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2 - 4 - 6 - 8, come and join the dance
Crouch, Paul / Mudie, David
5 0 0 0 + hungry folk
Smale, Ian Stuart (aka Ishmael)
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, we're going to have fun
Robinson, Joan
A Aonmhic na hÓighe, a stór, is a sciath na mbocht
Ghunna, Cathal Buí Mac Giolla
A Athair dhílis an Aon-Mhic
Fiaich, Tomás Ó
A babe is born all of a may
Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
A babe is born, I wys
Westminster Abbey Library
A babe is born in Bethlehem
Traditional
A babe is born of high nature
Trinity College Cambridge Library / Selden Manuscript (15th century)
A babe lies in the cradle
England, Paul / Geistliche Nachtigall der Catholischen Teutschen (1649 Vienna, Corner) / Schöne christenlichen catholisch weihnächt-oder kindtlessweigen Gesäng (1590 von Themar)
A babe was born on Christmas morn
Saward, Michael John
A babel of confusion
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A baby cries and gurgles with delight
Fraser, Ian Masson
A baby dear
Heddle, Dorothy
A baby so tiny, lies sleeping in the hay
Edwards, Janet I.
A baby was born in Bethlehem, a baby
Golby, Ivor
A baby was born in Bethlehem by a stable light
Monk, P. (Miss)
A band of faithful reapers we
Authorship not stated
A band of way-worn men are we
Gilbert, Edwin
A beautiful name I have heard
Higham, William Vernon
A beggar, vile and base, I come
Gadsby, William
Å Betlehem, du vesle by (Norwegian translation)
Hauge, Alfred / Brooks, Phillips
A bloodied child foreshadowed by a cross
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A body, broken on a cross
Wren, Brian Arthur
A body made of many parts
Campbell, John
A bowl of water and a towel
Leckebusch, Martin Ernest
A boy gave to Jesus five loaves and two fish
Horrobin, Peter J.
A boy is born in Bethlehem... Within
Keyte, Hugh / Parrott, Andrew Haden / Musae Sioniae VI (1609 Praetorius)
A boy is born in Bethlehem... Our human flesh
Keyte, Hugh / Parrott, Andrew Haden / Geschichte der evangelischen Kirchenmusik (1964 Kassel, Blume) / Piae Cantiones (1582 Griefswald) / Hereford Breviary (1505) / Codex Taurinen (13th cent. Bobbio)
A boy once sat by the side of a river
McClelland, G.
A boy was born in Bethlehem, rejoice (alternative Luff verses)
Luff, Alan Harold Frank / Piae Cantiones (1582 Griefswald)
A boy was born in Bethlehem; rejoice for that
Poston, Elizabeth / Dearmer, Percy / Piae Cantiones (1582 Griefswald) / Hereford Breviary (1505) / Analecta Hymnica (c.1420) / Codex Taurinen (13th cent. Bobbio)
A boy was born in Bethlehem with not a penny
Atkins, Janet
A boy was born in Bethlehem with tiny hands
Baird, Catherine Elizabeth Cain
A brave new world where poverty
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A bright star shone out, blazing
Bishop, Mark
A brighter dawn is breaking
Dearmer, Percy
A broken loaf – this broken world
Leckebusch, Martin Ernest
A butterfly, a butterfly, an Easter egg
Landry, Carey
A calendar will call us to share with Christ in Lent
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A call that ignores the plans you've carefully laid
Campbell, John
A carpenter hung on a cross
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A century passes, memories will fade
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A certain man held a feast
Winter, Gloria Francis Thérèse [Miriam Theresa, (Sister)]
A certain traveller on his way
Walker, Mary Lu
A charge to keep I have
Wesley, Charles
A charge to keep I have (The Christian Life Hymnal Version)
Wesley, Charles
A chattering parakeet in a garden
Pickard, Donald Alfred
A cheering, chanting, dizzy crowd
Troeger, Thomas H.
A child, a woman and a man
Wren, Brian Arthur
A child emerges from the womb
Gaunt, Alan
A child has been given
Glover, Ben / Morgan, Reuben
A child is born for us, a Son is given
Farrell, Bernadette
A child is born for us today, a Son to us
Beasley, Winifred Pearl
A child is born for us today, alleluia
Norbet, Gregory
A child is born in Bethlehem, alleluia
Wright, Ralph / Piae Cantiones (1582 Griefswald) / Hereford Breviary (1505) / Codex Taurinen (13th cent. Bobbio)
A child is born in Bethlehem, alleluia (Hume)
Hume, Ruth Fox / Anonymous Latin
A child is born in Bethlehem: awaiteth him
Trevelyan, Robert Calverley / Röntgen, Julius
A child is born in Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Gaunt, Alan / Grundtvig, Nikolai Frederik Severin
A child is born in Bethlehem, sing nowell!
Perry, Michael Arnold (Pseudonym sometimes used: Word and Music) / Jensen, Esten
A child is born, new life begins
Camp, Alan N.
A child is born, the Christ
Keyte, Hugh / Parrott, Andrew Haden / Mainz Cantual (1605) / Moosburg Gradual (1355/1360)
A child this day is born
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
A child this day is born (Salvation Army 2015 Version)
Anonymous
A child was born and Sarah laughed
Gaunt, Alan
A child was born in Bethlehem
Sheehy, Cecily
A childling slept
Anonymous
A children's temple here we build
Montgomery, James
A church is a living fellowship
Clabburn, Frank R.
A church is heaven's gate
Green, Frederick Pratt
A circle gathered round for praise
Haward, Stephen
A city radiant as a bride
Dudley-Smith, Timothy
A city strong we claim as ours
Dudley-Smith, Timothy
A climate of change is now in the air
Fraser, Ian Masson
A cloak of darkness, like a shroud
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A cloud of witnesses around us
Wren, Brian Arthur
A commonwealth of love
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A contradictory blessing
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A core of silence breathes beyond all words
Reilly, Jim
A corn of wheat abides alone
Higham, William Vernon
A covenant of gladness
Campbell, John
A cross on a hillside
Smith, Allan R.
A cross that changes ev'rything
Redman, Matt / Tomlin, Chris / Ingram, Jason
A crowd fills the court of the temple
Goadby, Frederic William
A crown of beauty
Hadden, David J.
A crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord
Bowater, Chris
A crown of many thorns
Pool, Henk / Kraayenoord, Kees / Eaton, Chris
A crown of peace to me is given
Allan, J. D.
A crown of piercing thorns
Leckebusch, Martin Ernest
A crumb of mercy, Lord, I crave
Fawcett, John
A cry in the night
Ainger, Geoffrey J.
A cry of spirits moved across the heath
Richards, Rognvald
A cuckoo in the holy nest
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A dancer's body leaps and falls (Definitive version)
Wren, Brian Arthur
A dancer's body leaps and falls (Original version)
Wren, Brian Arthur
A day like many other days
Clabburn, Frank R.
A day of anointing, miraculous passage
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A day of returning, a day to remember
Pratt, Andrew Edward
A day to awe and terrify
Hodgetts, Michael William / Thomas of Celano
A day will dawn like morning sun
Webster, Colin
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ADVENTURER'S SONG
Townsend, Jill
AE FOND KISS
Anonymous Scottish
AESCENDUNE
Blair, Hugh
AETERNA CAELI GLORIA
Guisborough Hymnal
AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA (Mode iii)
Anonymous
AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA (Mode vii) (long fourth note)
Directorium Chori (1582 Rome Guidetti)
AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA (Mode vii) (notes of equal length)
Directorium Chori (1582 Rome Guidetti)
AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA (Rouen Crowfoot)
Crowfoot, William
AETERNE RERUM CONDITOR
Anonymous
AETERNE REX
Fryer, G.
AETERNE REX ALTISSIME
Anonymous
AETHELWOLD
Nicholson, Sydney Hugo
AFFECTION (Greenwood)
Greenwood's Psalmody (1838 Halifax)
AFFECTION (Miller)
AFFLICTION
Bray, Jillian
AFLAME
Holmsen, Holm Wilhelm
AFORO–KWABI
Benson, Paul
AFRAID AND ALONE
Sharp, A. Ian
AFTER SCHOOL
Ghesquiere, Remi
AFTON
Wareing, Laurence
AFTON WATER
Anonymous Scottish
AG AN bPÓSADH BHÍ I gCÁNA
AG CRÍOST AN SÍOL
O Riada, Séan (see Ó Riada, Seán)
AG MOLADH DÉ
Anonymous Irish
AGADA
Krichevsky, Chanina
AGAIN (Complete)
Composer Unknown
AGAIN (Refrain)
Composer Unknown
AGAIN AND AGAIN (Complete)
Bilbrough, Dave
AGAIN AND AGAIN (Refrain)
Bilbrough, Dave
AGAINST THE GRAIN
Bell, John Lamberton
AGAPE (Herbert)
Herbert, George
AGAPE (Mitchell)
Mitchell, Hugh
AGAPETOS
Brubeck, David (Dave) Warren
AGATHA
Bonner, Carey [Various pseudonyms]
AGELESS GOD OF BOUNDLESS WONDER
Bell, John Lamberton
AGINCOURT (888888)
Anonymous
AGINCOURT (LM) (mv)
Anonymous English
AGINCOURT SONG
AGIOS O THEOS
Anonymous Russian
AGIOS O THEOS (Agape Songs of Hope and Reconciliation Version)
Lampadarios, Petros
AGNES
Bunnett, Edward
AGNUS DEI
Boyce-Tillman, June (née Boyce, June and formerly Tillman, June)
AGNUS DEI (Bell)
Bell, John Lamberton
AGNUS DEI (Blow)
Blow, William
AGNUS DEI (Celtic Liturgy)
Walker, Christopher Dixon Harvey
AGNUS DEI (Church Hymnary Fourth Edition)
Celebration Hymnal
AGNUS DEI (Dean)
Dean, Stephen
AGNUS DEI (Inwood)
Inwood, Paul [Pseudonym: Faber, Peter]
AGNUS DEI (Laudate Version)
Composer Unknown
AGNUS DEI (Mayhew)
Mayhew, Kevin J.
AGNUS DEI (Saint Bride 3 -3 3 0 2)
Bell, John Lamberton
AGNUS DEI (Saint Bride)
Bell, John Lamberton
AGNUS DEI (WE WALK HIS WAY VERSION)
Bell, John Lamberton
AGNUS DEI XVIII
Dean, Stephen
AGNUS REDEMIT
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
AH, LORD GOD
Chance, Kay
AH! MANY YEARS (Complete)
Composer Unknown
AH! MANY YEARS (Refrain)
Composer Unknown
AH WHAT SHAME I HAVE TO BEAR
Anonymous Japanese
AHAZ
Constable, Douglas Brian
AI HU
Lim, Swee Hong
AICHISON'S
Tambling, Christopher
AIDS, AIDS, GIVE US A BREAK
Hemming, Nigel
AIGLON
AILEEN
Boyce-Tillman, June (née Boyce, June and formerly Tillman, June)
AIMABLE ENFANT
Adaptation of a French Nöel
AIMEE
Watson, Philip Begbie
AINSDALE
Etherton, John M.
AIN'T JESUS GOOD
Waner, Mark
AIN'T NOTHING LIKE IT (Complete)
Kendrick, Graham Andrew
AIN'T NOTHING LIKE IT (Refrain)
Kendrick, Graham Andrew
AIR FALALALO
Anonymous Scottish
AIR OF O CANADA
AIREDALE
Stanford, Charles Villiers
AIRLIE
Nicholson, Sydney Hugo
AJ JAK MILI
Bohemian Brethren (1561)
AJALON
AKANAMANDLA
Anonymous South African
AKEKHO OFANA NO YESU
Traditional
AKWAABA–O
Bradley, John / Côte d'Ivoire Melody
ALABAMA
Anonymous American
ALABANZA (Complete)
Badillo, Pablo Fernández
ALABANZA (Refrain)
Badillo, Pablo Fernández
ALABASTER (Complete)
Rend Collective Experiment
ALABASTER (Refrain)
Rend Collective Experiment
ÁLAINN FARRAIGE
Anonymous Scots Gaelic
ALAS! AND DID MY SAVIOUR BLEED
Hudson, Ralph Erskine
ALBANO
Novello, Vincent
ALBERTA
Harris, William Henry
ALBION
Dixon, Alfred Capel
ALCAIC ODE
Löwenstern, Matthäus Appeles von
ALCONBURY NINE
Wren, Brian Arthur
ALCUIN
Dawson, David
ALDEBURGH
Brough, Geoffrey / Harley, Michael
ALDEBY
Shaw, Martin Edward Fallas
ALDENHAM
Zuch, Christine
ALDERCROFT
Haywood, Alan
ALDERLEY
Wood, Charles
ALDERSGATE
Merrick, George Purnell
ALDERSGATE STREET
Horner, Egbert Foster
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600 Essential Worship Songs
2005, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
A Bernadette Farrell Songbook
2010, Decani Music
A Calendar of Praise
2006, Canterbury Press
A Door For The Word
2006, Oxford University Press
A Heritage of Hymns (Jabusch)
1980, World Library Publications, Inc
A House of Praise
2003, Oxford University Press
A House of Praise Part Three
2019, Oxford University Press
A House of Praise Part Two
2015, Oxford University Press
A Marty Haughen Songbook
2009, Decani Music
A Mirror to the Soul
2013, The Royal School of Church Music
A Rainbow to Heaven
2006, Stainer & Bell Ltd
Above Every Name
2009, Canterbury Press Norwich
Above The Moon Earth Rises
2002, Oxford University Press
Again I Say Rejoice (Albert Bayly)
1967, Private Publication
Agape Songs of Hope and Reconciliation
2003, Oxford University Press
Alleluia Aotearoa
1993, The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust Inc.
Alleluya
1980, A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd
Always from Joy (Alan Gaunt)
1997, Stainer & Bell Ltd
Ancient & Modern
2013, Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd
And Jesus Said No
2019, Wild Goose Publications
Anglican Hymn Book
1965, Church Society/Oxford University Press
Anglican Hymns Old & New
2008, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Anglican Praise
1987, Church Society/Oxford University Press
Baptist Hymn Book, The
1962, Psalms and Hymns Trust
Baptist Praise & Worship
1991, Psalms and Hymns Trust/Oxford University Press
BBC Hymn Book (Part 1 of The Broadcast Hymn Book)
1951, British Broadcasting Corporation/Oxford University Press
BBC Songs of Praise
1997, British Broadcasting Corporation/Oxford University Press
Be Still and Know
2000, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Believers Hymn Book
2008, John Ritchie Ltd
Beneath a Travelling Star
2016, The Royal School of Church Music
Best of Songs of the Spirit
1988, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Beyond All Words
2011, Stainer & Bell Ltd
Beyond Our Dreaming
2012, Oxford University Press
Big Blue Planet
1995, Stainer & Bell Ltd & The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Blinded by the Dazzle (Andrew Pratt)
1997, Stainer & Bell Ltd
Book of Praises, The (David Preston)
1986, Carey Publications
Born in Song
2020, British Library Cataloguing
Borrowed Light
1999, Oxford University Press Inc
Boys' Brigade Hymnbook
1958, Boys' Brigade
Break Not the Circle (Fred Kaan/Doreen Potter)
1972, Hope Publishing Company
Bring Many Names (Brian Wren)
1989, Hope Publishing Company (distributed in Europe by Stainer & Bell Ltd)
Broadcast Praise (Part 2 of the Broadcast Hymn Book)
1981, British Broadcasting Corporation/Oxford University Press
Cambridge Hymnal, The
1967, Cambridge University Press
Cantate Domino
1980, World Council of Churches/Oxford University Press
Carol our Christmas
1996, The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust Inc.
Carol Praise
1987, Jubilate Hymns Ltd/Marshall Pickering/HarperCollins Religious
Carol Praise 2006
2006, Harper Collins Publishers
Carol, Gaily, Carol
1980, A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd
Carols for the King
2006, Church in the Market Place Publications
Carols for Today
1986, Jubilate Hymns/Hodder & Stoughton/Hodder Headline plc
Carols Old & New
1991, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Catholic Hymns Old and New
2008, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Catholic Supplement
1999, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Celebrate and Sing
1991, Methodist Publishing House
Celebrating Creation in all its Diversity
2024, The Pratt Green Trust
Celebration Hymnal for Everyone
1994, McCrimmon Publishing Company Ltd
Celtic Hymn Book
2005, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Children's Hymn Book, The
1994, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Children's Praise
1991, Marshall Pickering/HarperCollins Religious
Christ Triumphant
2006, Jubilate Hymns Ltd
Christian Hymns (1977)
1977, Evangelical Movement of Wales
Christian Hymns (2004)
2004, Evangelical Movement of Wales
Christian Praise
1957, The Tyndale Press
Christian Worship
1976, The Paternoster Press
Church Family Worship
1991, Jubilate Hymns/Hodder & Stoughton/Hodder Headline plc
Church Hymnal (Fifth Edition)
2000, Oxford University Press
Church Hymnal, The [Irish]
1960, Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge/Oxford University Press
Church Hymnary (Fourth Edition)
2005, Canterbury Press
Church Hymnary (Revised Edition)
1927, Oxford University Press
Church Hymnary (Third Edition)
1973, Oxford University Press
Colours of Grace
2006, Strube Verlag GMBH
Come & Praise, Book 1
1978, BBC Books/BBC Enterprises Ltd/BBC Worldwide Ltd
Come & Praise, Book 2
1988, BBC Books/BBC Enterprises Ltd/BBC Worldwide Ltd
Come all you People (John Bell)
1994, Wild Goose Publications
Come and Praise Beginning
1996, BBC Education/BBC Worldwide Ltd
Come Celebrate
2009, Canterbury Press Norwich
Come Rejoice
1989, Jubilate Hymns/Hodder & Stoughton/Hodder Headline plc
Come, let us walk this road together (Tom Colvin)
1997, Hope Publishing Company
Come, You People of the Promise (Joy Patterson)
1994, Stainer & Bell Ltd
Common Ground
1998, Saint Andrew Press
Common Praise
2000, Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd/The Canterbury Press
Complete Anglican Hymns Old & New
2000, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Complete Celebration Hymnal, The (incorporating New Songs of Celebration)
1991, McCrimmon Publishing Company Ltd
Complete essential worship song collection
2005, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Complete Junior Praise
2011, Harper Collins Publishers
Complete Mission Praise
1999, Marshall Pickering/HarperCollins Religious
Complete Mission Praise 2
2005, Marshall Pickering/HarperCollins Religious
Complete Mission Praise 2009
2009, HarperCollins Publishers
Complete Source
2006, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Congregational Praise
1951, Congregational Church in England & Wales/Independent Press Ltd/URC in UK
Courage to Say No, The, (Wild Goose)
1996, Wild Goose Publications/The Iona Community
Cry Hosanna
1980, Hodder & Stoughton/Hodder Headline plc
Dangerous Love
2015, Stainer & Bell Ltd
Dare to Believe
2018, Print2Demand, Hastings, UK
Delight that Never Dies (Alan Gaunt)
2003, Stainer & Bell Ltd
Draw Near
2005, Suzan Robinson
Draw Near to God
2010, Canterbury Press
Eagles' Wings and Lesser Things
2007, Stainer & Bell Ltd
Easter Source
2003, Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Eleven Hymn Tunes (Geoffrey Beaumont)
1958, Josef Weinberger Ltd
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A Book of Psalmody (1718 Chetham)
A Book of Psalmody (c.1760 Great Milton, Wilkins)
A Choice Collection of Church Musick (1749 Watts)
A Choice Collection of Psalm Tunes (c.1721 Anchors)
A Collection of Dorset Carols (1926 London, Pickard-Cambridge)
A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship (1759 Whitefield)
A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1769 London, Madan)
A Collection of Psalms for the Use of Parish Churches (c.1794 Hellendaal)
A Collection of Revival Hymns adapted to Popular Airs (1844)
A Collection of Spiritual Songs (1806 USA Dow)
A General Thanksgiving
A Good Christmas Box (1847 Dudley)
A Graduate of Clare College
A Melologue upon National Music (1811 Moore)
(fl.2004)
A New Garland containing Songs for Christmas (1728 Devereux)
A Religious of C. S. M. V.
A Repository of Sacred Music, (1820 Wyeth)
A Repository of Sacred Music, Part 2 (1813 Wyeth)
A Second Book of Christmas Carols (1925 London Dunstan)
A Second Book of Christmas Carols (1925 London, Dunstan)
A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors (1787 Rippon)
A Selection of Psalm Tunes (1834 London Cunningham)
A Selection of Revival Hymns (c.1865)
A Sister of Notre Dame
(p.1968)
A Students' Hymnal (1923 University of Wales Walford Davies)
A Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony (1820)
A Supplement to the New Version (1708 Croft) [See Supplement...]
A. E. E.
A. S. H. [See Walker, William (attributed)]
A.E.M.
Aarek, Hans Eirik
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Aaronic Blessing
Aas, Tore W.
(p.2014)
Aas, Tore Wilhelm
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Ab Eurig [See Wyn, Arfon]
Abba, Kate
(fl. 2000)
Abbaye d'Encalcat
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Abbey Notre-Dame de Tamié
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1
Now let good Christians all begin
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 Gilbert)
1
The Lord at first did Adam make
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 Gilbert)
2
Within a lovely garden
Simpson, Kenneth W. / Anonymous Provençal
3
To Abram thus the Almighty spake
A Religious of C. S. M. V.
4
The holy Son of God most high
More, Henry
5
Most highly favoured lady
Baring-Gould, Sabine / Bordes, Charles (Collector)
5
The angel Gabriel from heaven came
Baring-Gould, Sabine / Bordes, Charles (Collector)
6
There stood in heaven a linden tree
Keyte, Hugh / Parrott, Andrew Haden / Woodward, George Ratcliffe / Das deutsche Kirchenlied von den ältesten Zeit...(1863/1877 Leipzig, Wackernagel)
7
We sing of David's daughter
O'Connor, John / Anonymous Basque
8
Gabriel to the Virgin came
Pickard-Cambridge, William Adair / Anonymous (fl.1922)
9
Then sing you all, both great and small
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 Gilbert)
9
When righteous Joseph wedded was
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 Gilbert)
10
As Joseph was a-walking
Ancient Mysteries Described (1823 London, Hone)
11
Gabriel's message does away
Neale, John Mason / Piae Cantiones (1582 Griefswald)
11
So, behold, all the gates of heaven unfold
Neale, John Mason / Piae Cantiones (1582 Griefswald)
12
Creator of the starry height
Neale, John Mason / Hymns Ancient & Modern / Anonymous Latin
13
O come, O come Emmanuel
Lacey, Thomas Alexander / Neale, John Mason / O Antiphons
13
Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel shall come to thee
Petti, Gaetano Raphael G. [Pseudonym: Petti, Anthony] / Neale, John Mason / O Antiphons
14
O little town of Bethlehem
Brooks, Phillips
15
O little town of Bethlehem
Brooks, Phillips
16
Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
Winkworth, Catherine / Weissel, Georg
17
A virgin most pure, as the prophets do tell
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 Gilbert)
17
Aye, and therefore be merry, rejoice and be you merry
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 Gilbert)
18
God rest you merry, gentlemen
The Oxford Book of Carols (1928) / Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
18
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
19
A child this day is born
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
19
Nowell... sing all we may
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
20
This endris night I saw a sight
Royal Appendix 58 (British Library) / Bodleian Library Manuscript
21
God who is our Saviour
Anonymous English
21
Today our God of his great mercie
Anonymous English
22
On Christmas night all Christians sing
Vaughan Williams, Ralph / Wadding, Luke / Verrall, (Mrs) (Forenames unknown)
23
For to redeem our souls from thrall
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 Gilbert)
23
Let all that are to mirth inclined
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 Gilbert)
24
Rejoice and be merry in songs and in mirth
Dorset Gallery Book
25
We saw a light shine out afar
Anonymous
26
Nowell... born is
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
26
The first nowell the angel did say
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
27
In the reign of great Caesar
Songs of the Nativity (1855 London, Husk)
28
Christ is born of maiden fair
Gillington, Alice (Collector) / Anonymous Surrey
29
The old year now away is fled
New Christmas Carols (1642 London, Wood)
30
Oh, who would be a shepherd boy
Terry, Richard Runciman / Gray, John (carol translator)
31
In Bethlehem city, on Christmas day morn
Woodward, George Ratcliffe
32
O the morn, the merry, merry morn
Woodward, George Ratcliffe
33
Born is a baby, gentle as may be
Popular Music of the Olden Time (1853/1859 London, Chappell) / Woodward, George Ratcliffe
33
Past three o'clock, and a cold and frosty morning
Popular Music of the Olden Time (1853/1859 London, Chappell)
34
As I went to Bethlehem
Hitchcock, Gordon
35
Noël... loud sing a Saviour's birth
Old English Carols (1865 Rimbault)
35
The babe in Bethlem's manger laid
Old English Carols (1865 Rimbault) / A Good Christmas Box (1847 Dudley)
36
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Tate, Nahum (oka Teate, Nahum)
37
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Tate, Nahum (oka Teate, Nahum)
38
Hark! Hark! what news the angels bring
A Good Christmas Box (1847 Dudley) / Stephenson, Joseph / Compleat Book of Psalmody (1769 Evison)
39
Hark! Hark! what news the angels bring
A Good Christmas Box (1847 Dudley) / Stephenson, Joseph / Compleat Book of Psalmody (1769 Evison)
40
Come, tune your cheerful voice
Anonymous Dorset
41
Awake and join the cheerful choir
Thomas Hardy Memorial Collection / A Collection of Dorset Carols (1926 London, Pickard-Cambridge) / Anonymous Dorset
42
Let folly praise what fancy loves
Southwell, Robert
43
Behold a silly, tender babe
Southwell, Robert
44
Lullay my babe, lie still and sleep
Anonymous
44
My pretty lamb, my pretty boy
Anonymous
45
Jesus so meek, Jesus so mild
Grimes, Gordon
45
Sing we, then, merrily, merrily
Grimes, Gordon
46
I sing the birth was born tonight
Jonson, Benjamin
47
Lord, when the wise men came from far
Dearmer, Percy / Godolphin, Sidney
48
Gloomy night embraced the place
Crashaw, Richard
49
A shoot, a shoot on Jesse's tree
A Religious of C. S. M. V.
50
O I sing of a simple stable
Renwick, Philippa
51
Glory to God in heights of heaven
Shewring, Walter Hayward
52
In excelsis, in excelsis gloria
British Library MS (Harley 5396)
52
When Christ was born of Mary free
British Library MS (Harley 5396)
53
I saw a fair maiden
Terry, Richard Runciman / Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
53
Lullay my liking, my dear Son, my sweeting
Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
54
I sing of a maiden that is makeless
Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
55
Thou whose birth on earth
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
56
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn
Caswall, Edward
56
See amid the winter's snow
Caswall, Edward
57
The angels sing around the stall
Gallwey, Peter
58
How far is it to Bethlehem?
Chesterton, Frances (née Blogg)
59
The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
60
Masters in this hall
Morris, William
60
Nowell... sing we clear
Morris, William
61
In the bleak mid-winter
Rossetti, Christina Georgina
62
Love came down at Christmas
Rossetti, Christina Georgina
63
O babe divine, now will I sing
Pickard-Cambridge, William Adair / Anonymous Old English
64
Lo! unto us a child is born
Gibbs-Smith, Reginald
65
Clean as the wind that bends the bough
Horn, Richard E.
66
Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?
Ramsay, Allen Beville / Anonymous French
67
Jesus Christ lay in his cradle
Bennetto, Diane
68
If Christ were born in Burnley
Bayly, Albert Frederick
69
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, Coventry (15th century) / Croo, Robert (attributed)
69
O sisters too, how may we do
Croo, Robert (attributed) / Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, Coventry (15th century)
70
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, Coventry (15th century) / Croo, Robert (attributed)
70
O sisters too, how may we do
Croo, Robert (attributed) / Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, Coventry (15th century)
71
Hail, Mary full of grace, mother in
Trinity College Cambridge Library
71
The Holy Ghost is to thee sent
Trinity College Cambridge Library
72
A babe is born of high nature
Trinity College Cambridge Library / Selden Manuscript (15th century)
72
What tidings bringest thou, messenger
Trinity College Cambridge Library / Selden Manuscript (15th century)
73
Nowell... This is the salutation
Commonplace Book (c.1500 Hill) / Bodleian Library Manuscript
73
Tidings true there be come new
Bodleian Library Manuscript / Selden Manuscript (15th century)
74
A Patre unigenitus... a maiden
Selden Manuscript (15th century)
74
Make we joy now in this feast
Selden Manuscript (15th century) / Bodleian Library Manuscript
75
There is no rose of such virtue
Trinity College Cambridge Library
76
He who made the earth so fair
Gass, Irene / Chester MS / Benedictine Nunnery of Saint Mary, Chester
77
Sweet was the song the virgin sang
Egerton, M.S. / William Ballet's Lute Book (17th century)
78
Upon my lap my sovereign sits
Verstegan, Richard
79
I saw a fair maiden
Terry, Richard Runciman / Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
79
Lullay my liking, my dear Son, my sweeting
Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
80
Adam lay ybounden
Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
81
Behold a simple, tender babe
Southwell, Robert
81
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, sing we with mirth
Southwell, Robert
82
Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong
Anonymous
82
On Christmas night the bells are rung
Anonymous
83
A childling slept
Anonymous
83
My gracious Lord and king
Anonymous
84
A little baby boy
Hogan, W. M.
84
When Mary came to Bethlehem at Caesar's
Hogan, W. M.
85
Three kings have wandered from Eastern land
Anonymous / Cornelius, Carl August Peter
86
Cum cantico
Epps, Jessie / Auserlesene catholische geistliche Kirchengesänge (1623 Cologne)
86
Watching my sheep, I feared naught
Epps, Jessie / Auserlesene catholische geistliche Kirchengesänge (1623 Cologne)
87
Thou must leave thy lowly dwelling
England, Paul
88
Gloria in excelsis Deo (and adaptations)
Various
89
Rorate caeli desuper! Heavens distil
Dunbar, William
90
From heaven high I come to tell
Ane Compendious Booke of Godly and Spiritual Songs (1621 Edinburgh) / Luther, Martin
91
Child in the manger, infant of Mary
Macbean, Lachlan / Macdonald, Mary (née McDougall)
92
Come, ye thankful people, and welcome Christ
Scott, Anne (née Conway)
93
Deck the hall with boughs of holly
The Franklin Square Song Collection (1881 New York, McCaskey)
94
Greetings, good master, mistress, children
Heller, Ruth
95
Jesus your king is born
Middleton, Jesse Edgar / Brebeuf, Jean de
95
'Twas in the moon of winter-time
Middleton, Jesse Edgar / Brebeuf, Jean de
96
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
Macfarland, John Thomas (questionable attribution) / Gabriel's Vineyard Songs (1892 Louisville, Gabriel) / Little Children's Book for Schools and Families (1885 Philadelphia)
97
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
Macfarland, John Thomas (questionable attribution) / Gabriel's Vineyard Songs (1892 Louisville, Gabriel) / Little Children's Book for Schools and Families (1885 Philadelphia)
98
O star of wonder, star of night
Hopkins, John Henry Jr.
98
We three kings of orient are
Hopkins, John Henry Jr.
99
There's a star in the east on Christmas morn
Slave Songs of the United States (1867 New York, Allen/Ware/Garrison)
100
Out on the plains the Brolgas are dancing
Angior, Harry Rupert [Pseudonym: Wheeler, John]
101
Across the plains one Christmas night
Angior, Harry Rupert [Pseudonym: Wheeler, John]
102
Come, good people, let us sing
Grimes, Gordon
103
Mary and Saint Joseph went
Grimes, Gordon
104
Noël... let your voices
Hitchcock, Gordon / Simpson, Kenneth W. / Grande Bible des noëls (1721 Troyes)
104
Noël... now together sing
Hitchcock, Gordon / Simpson, Kenneth W. / Grande Bible des noëls (1721 Troyes)
105
Blessed be that maid Marie
Woodward, George Ratcliffe / Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
105
Eya! Jesu (Ihesus) hodie
Woodward, George Ratcliffe / Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
106
Take thy tabor and thy flute
Anonymous / Noei borguignon (1701 Barôzai)
107
Lullaby... sing
Anonymous
107
Shepherds, rejoice, your Saviour is nigh
Anonymous
108
Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris
Vieux Noëls (1876 Nantes, Lemeignen)
108
Now between the ox and ass
Micklem, Thomas Caryl
109
Gloria in excelsis Deo (and adaptations)
Various
109
Wherefore this great joy and singing?
C. F. / Anonymous Cornish
110
Come with hearts afire
Simpson, Kenneth W. / Anonymous French
111
I the angel am of God
Simpson, Kenneth W. / Les Noëls Bressans
112
This new Christmas carol
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys) / Anonymous Breton
113
What is this fragrance softly stealing?
Simpson, Kenneth W. / Anonymous French
114
O shepherds, leave your peaceful flocks a-grazing
Simpson, Kenneth W. / La Grande Bible renouvelée (1723 Garnier)
115
Shepherds, shake off your drowsy sleep
Anonymous / Anonymous Besçanon
115
Shepherds, the chorus come and swell
Anonymous / Anonymous Besçanon
116
Jesus in a stable
O'Connor, John / Cantiques Spirituels (1728 Fléchier)
116Alt
Dans cette étable
Cantiques Spirituels (1728 Fléchier)
117
God in highest heaven, seeing
Scott, Anne (née Conway) / Anonymous French
118
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Armstrong, Thomas Henry Wait / Anonymous Catalan
119
Joy is come from God above
Pettman, Charles Edgar
119
Sing we merrily, sing Nowell
Pettman, Charles Edgar
120
Lovely baby, Mary bore him
Gray, John (carol translator) / Anonymous Basque
121
Sing lullaby! lullaby baby, now reclining
Baring-Gould, Sabine / Douze Noëls populaires en dialecte souletin (1895 Paris, Bordes)
122
I saw a maiden sitting and sing
Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
122
Lullay... my dear Son, my sweeting
Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
123
Bethlehem's darkened city
Simpson, Kenneth W.
124
Lead me to thy peaceful manger
Bridges, Matthew
125
Who were the shepherds, Mary?
Gray, John (carol translator) / Anonymous Basque
126
Joseph and gentle Mary came
Baring-Gould, Sabine
126
Sing Hallelujah! sing Noël
Baring-Gould, Sabine
127
Unto us a child is born
Brenchley, Cyril
128
Christ was born on Christmas Day; wreathe
Poston, Elizabeth / Neale, John Mason / Moosburg Gradual (1355/1360)
129
In dulci jubilo
Parrott, Andrew Haden / Keyte, Hugh / Court, Geoffrey / Poston, Elizabeth / Dearmer, Percy / Pearsall, Robert Lucas de / Triller, Valentin / Leipzig University MS (c.1400)
130
Good Christian men, rejoice with heart
Neale, John Mason / Triller, Valentin / Leipzig University MS (c.1400)
131
O'er the hill and o'er the vale
Neale, John Mason
132
High in the heavens, the angels now are singing
Hitchcock, Gordon / Anonymous German
132
Sleep, my little one, sleep
Hitchcock, Gordon / Anonymous German
133
Awake from sleep, the night is spent
Micklem, Thomas Caryl
134
Shepherds tell your beauteous story
O'Connor, John / Anonymous Latin
135
I know a flower it springeth
Woodward, George Ratcliffe / Speierischen Gesangbuch (1600 Cologne)
136
God with us, God with us, a Saviour
O'Connor, John / Musae Sioniae VI (1609 Praetorius)
136
This day is born Emmanuel
O'Connor, John / Musae Sioniae VI (1609 Praetorius)
136Alt
Dominus, Salvator noster est
Musae Sioniae VI (1609 Praetorius)
136Alt
En! natus est Emanuel
Musae Sioniae VI (1609 Praetorius)
137
The shepherds in the fields at night
Davies, Laurence H.
138
From highest heaven come, angels, come!
Anonymous English / Nie derdeotsche Geistliche Lieder (1524)
139
Shepherds are singing, laughing and dancing
Renwick, Philippa
140
The shadows are falling, the evening's at hand
Armstrong, Thomas Henry Wait / Stimmen des Deutschen Volkes
141
O slumber heavenly treasure, now
Davies, John (born 1787) / Anonymous German
142
Silent night! Holy night!
Young, John Freeman / Brooke, Stopford Augustus / Mohr, Joseph Franz
142Alt
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Mohr, Joseph Franz
143
Our Lady on Christmas eve had to go
O'Connor, John / Anonymous Dutch
144
In a cavern oxen trod
Woodward, George Ratcliffe / Anonymous Dutch
145
Within a stable lay a maiden
Gass, Irene
146
Hail, blessed virgin Mary!
Woodward, George Ratcliffe / Corona di sacre canzioni, o laude spirituali di più divoti autori (1689 Florence)
147
Dark is the even
Simpson, Kenneth W. / Anonymous Italian
148
To weary shepherds sleeping
Simpson, Kenneth W. / Laude Spirituali (1674)
149
When Jesus Christ our Lord
Hitchcock, Gordon
150
Sleep, my Saviour, sleep
Baring-Gould, Sabine
151
To make him sleep his mother sang
Offer, C. K.
152
Infant holy, infant lowly
Reed, Edith Margaret Gellibrand / Anonymous Polish
153
Christ is come to save mankind
Whitehead, Alfred / Anonymous Russian
153
Steeples, set your bells a-ringing
Whitehead, Alfred / Anonymous Russian
154
Oh, glad I am 'tis Christmas Eve
Grimes, Gordon
155
Once in royal David's city
Alexander, Cecil Frances (née Humphreys)
156
Hark, the herald-angels sing
Wesley, Charles / Whitefield, George / Madan, Martin
157
It came upon the midnight clear
Sears, Edmund Hamilton
158
O come, all ye faithful
Percival, Allen Dain / Brooke, William Thomas / Mercer, William / Oakeley, Frederick / Borderies, Étienne Jean François / Wade, John Francis (attributed) / Anonymous
158
O come let us adore him
Oakeley, Frederick / Wade, John Francis (attributed)
159
As with gladness men of old
Dix, William Chatterton
160
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Heber, Reginald
161
All my heart this night rejoices
Winkworth, Catherine / Gerhardt, Paulus
162
All the skies tonight sing o'er us
O'Connor, John / Gerhardt, Paulus
163
O Jesus, sweet child, thou gentle and mild
Anonymous / Tabulatur-Buch hundert geistlicher Lieder und Psalmen... (1650 Görlitz, Scheidt) / Musikalisches Gesangbuch (1736 Leipzig, Schemelli) / Thilo, Valentin (attributed)
164
All ye who are to mirth inclined
The Garland of Good-will (c.1699)
165
Sing O my love
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
165
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
166
O the rising of the sun and the running
English Folk-Carols (1911 London, Sharp)
166
The holly and the ivy when
English Folk-Carols (1911 London, Sharp)
167
And Mary bore Jesus Christ
Watson, W. D. (Collector) / Doble, G. H. (Collector) / Dearmer, Percy / Perry, Michael Arnold (Pseudonym sometimes used: Word and Music) / Anonymous Cornish
167
Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk
Watson, W. D. (Collector) / Doble, G. H. (Collector) / Anonymous Cornish
168
Awake awake, ye drowsy souls
Sharp, Cecil James (Collector)
168
So God send you all much joy
Sharp, Cecil James (Collector)
168Alt
It was early in the morning
Sharp, Cecil James (Collector)
169
Then praise the Lord, both high and low
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
169
When Jesus Christ was twelve years old
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 Gilbert)
170
Alleluya to Jesus who died on the tree, and hath raised
Christmas Carols Old and New (1871) / Anonymous English
170
As Jacob with travel was weary one day
Anonymous
171
O mortal man, remember well
Broadwood, Lucy Etheldred (Collector)
172
Remember, O thou man
Melismata (1611 Ravenscroft)
173
The moon shines bright and the stars give a light
Anonymous English
174
Down in yon forest there stands a hall
Vaughan Williams, Ralph / Anonymous Derbyshire
175
A babe is born, I wys
Westminster Abbey Library
176
Joy to the world! the Lord is come!
Watts, Isaac
177
All glory to God in the highest we sing
Littledale, Richard Frederick
177
The cedar of Lebanon, plant of renown
Littledale, Richard Frederick
178
Jhesu, Lord, that madest me
Lambeth MS (c.1430)
179
O young and old look to it
Wade-Gery, Henry Theodore / Anonymous German
179
Saint Mary goes a-seeking
Wade-Gery, Henry Theodore / Anonymous German
180
O love, how deep, how broad, how high!
Webb, Benjamin / Anonymous Latin / Thomas à Kempis (attributed or formerly attributed) (oka Thomas Haemmerlein of Kemper)
181
Moses, sing unto Christ, thy king
Woodward, George Ratcliffe
181
Then merry, merry, merry
Woodward, George Ratcliffe
181
While merry, merry, merry
Woodward, George Ratcliffe
181
Yea, merry, merry, merry
Woodward, George Ratcliffe
182
Let the song be begun
Neale, John Mason
183
Alleluia.
Various
183
Christ is now risen again
Coverdale, Miles / Wipo of Burgundy (attributed) / Anonymous German
184
For joy of heart
Pickard-Cambridge, William Adair / Vetter, Georg (oka Strejc, Georg)
185
Sweet Spring has come again to earth
Rose, Margaret (p.1961)
186
Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green
Crum, John Macleod Campbell
186
Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain
Crum, John Macleod Campbell
187
Bearing myrrh and spices sweet
Brownlie, John (formerly Brownlee) / Anonymous Greek
188
Good Joseph had a garden
Barry, Alda Marguerite Milner
189
Sing songs of joy today
Rose, Margaret (p.1961)
190
All creatures of our God and king
Draper, William Henry / Francis of Assisi
190
O praise him, O praise him (Draper)
Draper, William Henry / Francis of Assisi
191
All creatures of our God and king
Draper, William Henry / Francis of Assisi
191
It is finished! It is finished! as the sun sinks down to rest
Studdert-Kennedy, Geoffrey Anketell
191
O praise him, O praise him (Draper)
Draper, William Henry / Francis of Assisi
192
Alleluia.
Various
192
Alleluia... O sons and daughters
Hymns Ancient & Modern / Neale, John Mason / Tisserand, Jean
192
O sons and daughters, let us sing
Hymns Ancient & Modern / Neale, John Mason / Tisserand, Jean
193
Ye humble souls that seek the Lord
Doddridge, Philip
194
Alleluia.
Various
194
Christ the Lord is risen today, Hallelujah!
Wesley, Charles
195
Alleluia.
Various
195
Good Christian men, rejoice and sing!
Alington, Cyril Argentine
196
Come, my way, my truth, my life
Herbert, George
197
Evermore and evermore Christians
Neale, John Mason
197
'Twas about the dead of night
Neale, John Mason
198
Our Lord, his passion ended
Burkitt, Francis Crawford
199
Come, bring with a noise
Herrick, Robert (dates given are those of baptism and burial)
200
Merry Christmas, merry Christmas
Fletcher, Tom / Anonymous Swedish
201
Let such so fantastical liking not this
Tusser, Thomas
202
For the Saviour of all people
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
202
God bless the master of this house
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
203
Here we come a-wassailing
Songs of the Nativity (1864 London, Husk)
203
Love and joy come to you
Songs of the Nativity (1864 London, Husk)
204
In those twelve days let us be glad
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
204
What is it which is but one?
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
205
Welcome be thou, heaven-king
Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
205
Welcome Yule, thou merry man
Sloane Manuscript (15th century)
206
The first day of Christmas (English version)
Anonymous English
207
Down with the rosemary and bays
Herrick, Robert (dates given are those of baptism and burial)
207
Thus times and seasons oft do shift
Herrick, Robert (dates given are those of baptism and burial)
208(i)
Joseph was an old man, and an old man was he
Ancient Mysteries Described (1823 London, Hone)
208(ii)
As Joseph was a-walking
Ancient Mysteries Described (1823 London, Hone)
208(iii)
Then Mary took her young son
Ancient Mysteries Described (1823 London, Hone)
209
As it fell out one May morning
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
210
There was a maid so lovely
O'Connor, John / Anonymous Dutch
211
I saw three ships come sailing in
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
212
The first good joy that Mary had
Anonymous English / Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain (1853/1855 London, Brand/Ellis) / Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys) / The Joys of Mary
212
When he was first her Son, good man
Anonymous English / The Joys of Mary
213
Tantara! Mighty God
O'Connor, John / Anonymous Burgundian
214
God save you kindly gaffer
O'Connor, John / Anonymous Provençal
215
Good King Wenceslas looked out
Neale, John Mason
216
Our master hath a garden which fair flowers adorn
Neale, John Mason / Greatheed, Samuel Stephenson (attributed in some books) / Geestlijke Harmonie (1633)
216
There angel choirs tune jubilant lyres
Neale, John Mason / Geestlijke Harmonie (1633)
217
Ding dong! merrily on high
Woodward, George Ratcliffe
217
Gloria! Hosanna in excelsis!
Woodward, George Ratcliffe

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1 CHRISTMAS EVE (Gilbert)
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 London Gilbert)
2 NOUS VOICI DANS LA VILLE (76767775)
Anonymous Provençal
3 PHILIP
Anonymous
4 SO TREIBEN WIR
Gesangbuch (1541 Wittembuch)
5 GABRIEL'S MESSAGE (Basque)
Anonymous Basque
6 ES STEHT EIN' LIND' IM HIMMELREICH
Geistliche Lieder (c.1430 Laufenberg)
7 KHANTA ZAGUM GUZIEK
Archives de la Tradition Basque (Bordes)
8 ANGELUS AD VIRGINEM (Dublin Troper)
Dublin Troper (c.1360)
9 WHEN RIGHTEOUS JOSEPH WEDDED WAS (Devonshire)
Anonymous Devonshire
10 JOSEPH AND THE ANGEL
Terry, Richard Runciman
11 ANGELUS EMITTITUR
Piae Cantiones . . . (1582 Griefswald)
12 STARRY HEIGHT
MacWilliam, Margaret
13 VENI EMMANUEL (Helmore) (mv)
Helmore, Thomas (attrib) / Anonymous French
14 CHRISTMAS CAROL (Davies)
Davies, Henry Walford
15 FOREST GREEN (86867686)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph / Anonymous English
15 FOREST GREEN (CMD)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph / Anonymous English
16 LIFT UP YOUR HEADS (Freylinghausen)
Freylinghausen, Johann Anastasius
17 A VIRGIN MOST PURE (Gilbert) (mv)
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 London Gilbert)
18 GOD REST YOU MERRY (London)
Anonymous London
19 SANDYS
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
20 THIS ENDRIS NYGHT (CM) (mv) (4 1 2 0 2)
Royal Appendix 58 (British Library)
21 TODAY OUR GOD OF HIS GREAT MERCIE
Anonymous Kent
22 SUSSEX CAROL (888888)
Anonymous English
23 LET ALL WHO ARE TO MIRTH INCLINED (mv)
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 London Gilbert)
24 GALLERY CAROL
Anonymous Dorset
25 THE GOLDEN CAROL (Anonymous)
Anonymous
26 THE FIRST NOWELL
Anonymous English
27 THE JOYFUL SOUNDS OF SALVATION
Anonymous
28 CHRIST IS BORN OF MAIDEN FAIR
Gillington, Alice (Collector) / Anonymous Surrey
29 GREENSLEEVES (87876867; int codes 3 2 2 1 -1)
Lute Book (c.1600 Ballet)
30 LORD THOMAS (Sandys/Gilbert)
Some Ancient Christmas Carols (1822 London Gilbert) / Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
31 IN BETHLEHEM CITY
Anonymous Worcestershire
32 O THE MORN, THE MERRY, MERRY, MORN
Anonymous
33 PAST THREE A CLOCK (Refrain; MV)
Anonymous English
33 PAST THREE A CLOCK (Verse and Refrain)
Anonymous English
34 AS I WENT TO BETHLEHEM (Byrd)
Byrd, William
35 THE BABE IN BETHLEM'S MANGER LAID
Old English Carols (1865 Rimbault) / Anonymous English
36 WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED (Dorset)
Mayo, C. H. (Collector) / Anonymous Dorset
37 WINCHESTER OLD (Equal length opening notes)
Whole Booke of Psalmes (1592 Este) / Tye, Christopher
38 THE OLD HARK (Leicestershire)
Anonymous Leicestershire
39 THE OLD HARK (Sandys)
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
40 DORSET CAROL
Anonymous Dorset
41 LYNGHAM (mv)
Jarman, Thomas
42 HOLY WELL (CMD)
Anonymous English
43 WE ARE POOR FROZEN-OUT GARDENERS
The Popular Music of the Olden Time (1853-1854 Chappell)
44 LULLAY MY BABE
Dowland, John (oka Douland, John)
45 SING WE, THEN, MERRILY (Byrd-Complete)
Byrd, William
45 SING WE THEN, MERRILY (Byrd-Refrain)
Byrd, William
46 ACH HERR
Praetorius, Michael
47 SAINT VENANTIUS
Paris Antiphoner (1681)
48 HYMN IN THE HOLY NATIVITY
Cantiques de Strasbourg (1697)
49 MISS LUCY
Anonymous
50 THE SUN IN THE MORNING
Anonymous Sussex
51 A BABE IS BORN (Sloane MS)
Sloane Manuscript 2593 (15th century)
52 IN EXCELSIS GLORIA (Widdicombe)
Widdicombe, Trevor
54 I SING OF A MAIDEN (Terry)
Terry, Richard Runciman
55 THOU, WHOSE BIRTH ON EARTH
Anonymous Tournai
56 HUMILITY (Goss)
Goss, John
57 THE ANGELS SING AROUND THE STALL
Terry, Richard Runciman
58 STOWEY (Rhythmic variations)
Anonymous English
60 MASTERS IN THIS HALL
Antient Christmas Carols (E.E.Sedding)
61 CRANHAM
Holst, Gustav Theodore von
62 LOVE INCARNATE
Pettman, Charles Edgar
63 O BABE DIVINE
Pettman, Charles Edgar
64 LO! UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN
Gibbs-Smith, Reginald
65 CLEAN AS THE WIND
Foulkes, Graham
66 WHENCE IS THAT GOODLY FRAGRANCE (Forbes)
Forbes, Patrick
68 FAIRHOLME ROAD
Leah, Maurice
69 COVENTRY CAROL (Three equal length opening notes) (mv)
Anonymous English
70 COVENTRY CAROL (Long first note) (mv)
Anonymous English
72 WHAT TIDINGS BRINGS'T US MESSENGER? (Refrain)
Selden Manuscript (c.1450) / Trinity College Cambridge MS
72 WHAT TIDINGS BRINGS'T US MESSENGER? (verse; 0 -3 -2 -2 -1)
Selden Manuscript (c.1450) / Trinity College Cambridge MS
73 TIDINGS TRUE (Bodleian Library Manuscript)(Complete)
Bodleian Library Manuscript / Selden Manuscript (c.1450)
73 TIDINGS TRUE (Bodleian Library Manuscript)(Refrain)
Bodleian Library Manuscript / Selden Manuscript (c.1450)
74 MAKE WE JOY NOW IN THIS FEAST (Selden adapted)(Complete)
Selden Manuscript (c.1450)
74 MAKE WE JOY NOW IN THIS FEAST (Selden adapted)(Refrain)
Selden Manuscript (c.1450)
76 QUI CREAVIT COELUM (Rhythmic variant)
Anonymous
77 LUTE BOOK LULLABY (c.1600)
Lute Book (c.1600 Ballet)
78 UPON MY LAP MY SOVEREIGN SITS
Peerson, Martin
81 BEHOLD A SIMPLE TENDER BABE (Ireland)
Ireland, John Nicholson
82 BELL CAROL (Thiman)
Thiman, Eric Harding
83 A CHILDLING SLEPT
Thiman, Eric Harding
84 WHEN MARY CAME TO BETHLEHEM
Light, F. E.
86 ALS ICH BEI MEINEN SCHAFEN WACHT (Auserlesene) (mv)
Auserlesene catholische geistliche Kirchengesänge (1623)
87 THE SHEPHERD'S FAREWELL TO THE HOLY FAMILY
Berlioz, Louis Hector
89 ADDISON'S
Sheeles, John
90 VOM HIMMEL HOCH (Edinburgh)
Ane Compendious Book of Godly and Spiritual Songs (1621 Edinburgh)
91 BUNESSAN (5553D)
Anonymous Gaelic
92 CHRISTMAS DAY IS COME
Anonymous Irish
93 NOS GALAN (8989D)
Anonymous Welsh
94 LA GUIGNOLÉE
Anonymous French-Canadian
95 JESOUS AHATONHIA
Anonymous French-Canadian
96 CRADLE SONG (Kirkpatrick)
Kirkpatrick, William James
97 NORMANDY (Normandy Carol) (mv)
Anonymous Basque
98 KINGS OF ORIENT
Hopkins, John Henry, Jr
99 RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW (mv)
Anonymous
100 CAROL OF THE BIRDS
James, William Garnet
101 THE THREE DROVERS
James, William Garnet
102 CARMEL MOUNT
Anonymous Flemish
103 MARY AND SAINT JOSEPH WENT
Anonymous French
104 NOËL NOUVELET (65654665)
Anonymous French
105 BLESSED BE THAT MAID MARIE
Anonymous
106 PATAPAN
Anonymous Burgundian
107 SHEPHERDS, REJOICE (French)
Anonymous French
108 ENTRE LE BOUEF ET L'ÂNE GRIS
Anonymous French
109 IRIS (Interval Code 0 -2 2 3 0) (mv)
Anonymous Flemish or French
110 NOUS ALLONS
Anonymous French
111 JE SUIS L'ARCHANGE DE DIEU
Les Noëls Bressans
112 BRETON DANCE (Sandys/Terry)
Terry, Richard Runciman / Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
113 FRAGRANCE
Anonymous French
114 QUITTEZ, PASTEURS (11 10 11 6 4 8)
Noëls Angevins (Nineteenth century, Roques) / Anonymous French
115 BESANÇON CAROL
Anonymous Besançon
116 DANS CETTE ÉTABLE (565666612)
Anonymous French
117 PICARDY (mv)
Chansons Populaires des Provinces de France (1860 Fleury-Weckerlin) / Anonymous French
118 CHRIST IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM (Catalan)
Anonymous Catalan
119 THE JOYS OF CHRISTMAS
Anonymous Basque
120 AUR TXIKI
Anonymous Basque
121 THE INFANT KING (mv)
Anonymous Basque
122 I SAW A MAIDEN
Pettman, Charles Edgar / Anonymous Basque
123 ABETS ZAGUN GUZIEK
Anonymous Basque
124 EZ DUKEZU
de Donostia, José Antonio / Anonymous Basque
125 ETZEN BADA MARIE?
Anonymous Basque
126 EGUBERRIREN JITIAZ
Anonymous Basque
127 PUER NOBIS NASCITUR (German Carol Melody - equal length opening notes)
Anonymous German
128 RESONET IN LAUDIBUS (7 7 7 11)
Saint Gall Manuscript (Switzerland) / Piae Cantiones . . . (1582 Griefswald) / Anonymous German
129 IN DULCI JUBILO (66667655)
Anonymous
130 IN DULCI JUBILO (667277855)
Piae Cantiones . . . (1582 Griefswald)
131 IN VERNALI TEMPORE
Piae Cantiones . . . (1582 Griefswald)
132 SCHLAF, MEIN KINDELEIN
Anonymous German
133 IN EINEN KRIPPLEIN (Laufenberg)
Geistliche Lieder (c.1430 Laufenberg)
134 QUEM PASTORES (8887)
Anonymous German
135 ES IST EIN' ROS' ENTSPRUNGEN
Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesang (1599)
136 EN NATUS EST EMANUEL
Praetorius, Michael
137 SAINT LUKE'S CAROL
Anonymous German
138 SUSANI
Hymnarius (Tirs) / Auserlesene catholische geistliche Kirchengesänge (1623) / Anonymous German
139 HIRTENLIED
Anonymous Tyrolean
140 TYROLEAN CRADLE SONG
Anonymous Tyrolean
141 SCHLAF WOHL
Neuner, Karl
142 STILLE NACHT
Gruber, Franz Xaver
143 OUR LADY ON CHRISTMAS EVE
Anonymous Dutch
144 EEN SOUDAEN HAD EEN DOCHTERKEN
Anonymous Dutch
145 WITHIN A STABLE
Anonymous Dutch
146 HAIL, BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Italian)
Anonymous Italian
147 LA ROSELLINA
Laude Spirituali (1674) / Anonymous Italian
148 TO WEARY SHEPHERDS SLEEPING
Laude Spirituali (1674) / Anonymous Italian
149 IL ZAMPOGNARI
Anonymous Neapolitan
150 SLEEP MY SAVIOUR SLEEP (Anonymous Bohemian)
Anonymous Bohemian
151 MARY WAS WATCHING TENDERLY
Anonymous Czech
152 INFANT HOLY
Anonymous Polish
153 STEEPLES, SET YOUR BELLS A-RINGING
Whitehead, Alfred Ernest / Dalekaya i blezkaya
154 OH, GLAD I AM 'TIS CHRISTMAS EVE
Knudson, Peter
155 IRBY
Gauntlett, Henry John
156 MENDELSSOHN (7777777777)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jacob Ludwig Felix
157 NOEL (Sullivan)
Sullivan, Arthur Seymour / Anonymous English
158 ADESTE FIDELES
Wade, John Francis
159 DIX
Monk, William Henry / Kocher, Conrad
160 LIEBSTER IMMANUEL
Himmels-Lust (1679 Jena)
161 BONN (Ebeling) (mv)
Ebeling, Johann Georg
162 BONN (Ebeling/Bach)
Bach, Johann Sebastian / Ebeling, Johann Georg
163 O JESULEIN SÜSS (10 8 8 8 10; 0 -1 1 2 -3)
Tabulaturbuch (1650 Scheidt)
164 ALL YE WHO ARE TO MIRTH INCLINED
Routley, Erik Reginald
165 MY DANCING DAY (Sandys) (mv)
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
166 THE HOLLY AND THE IVY (Traditional)
Sharp, Cecil James (Collector) / Anonymous English
167 SANS DAY CAROL (mv)
Anonymous Cornish
168 AWAKE, AWAKE YE DROWSY SOULS
Sharp, Cecil James (Collector) / Anonymous English
169 WHEN JESUS CHRIST WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD (Sandys)
Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys)
170 JACOB'S LADDER (11 12 12 11 Ref) (mv)
Anonymous English
171 SUSSEX MUMMERS' CAROL
Broadwood, Lucy Etheldred (Collector) / Anonymous Sussex
172 MELISMATA
Ravenscroft, Thomas
173 HITCHEN CAROL
The Cornish Song Book (1929 London Dunstan) / Anonymous English
174 DOWN IN YON FOREST (Derbyshire)
Anonymous Derbyshire
175 A BABE IS BORN I WYS (Bainton)
Bainton, F.
176 SAINT GEORGE (Hermann)
Herman, Nikolaus (also Heermann)
177 THE CEDAR OF LEBANON
Routley, Erik Reginald
178 RICHARD DE CASTRE'S PRAYER TO JESUS
Terry, Richard Runciman
179 MARIA'S WALLFAHRT
Brahms, Johannes
180 COUTANCES (mv)
Rouen Antiphoner (1728)
181 OLD KING COLE
Anonymous English
182 PERSONENT HODIE (Pies Cantiones)
Piae Cantiones . . . (1582 Griefswald)
183 CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN (6 7 7 7 All)
Anonymous
184 MIT FREUDEN ZART (8 8 8 8 8 8 8)
Kirchengeseng (1566 Prague/Berlin Bohemian Brethren)
185 HILARITER (8889)
Geistliche Catholische Kirchengesäng (1623 Cologne von Brachel)
186 GRAIN OF WHEAT
Routley, Erik Reginald
187 BEARING MYRRH AND SPICES SWEET
Anonymous Basque
188 GOOD JOSEPH HAD A GARDEN (Hitchcock)
Hitchcock, Gordon
189 VRUECHTEN (6767D)
David's Psalmen (1685 Amsterdam Oudean)
190 LASST UNS ERFREUEN (Alleluia each line)
Geistliche Catholische Kirchengesäng (1623 Cologne von Brachel)
191 EDMONTON
Perrin, Ronald Edward
192 O FILII ET FILIAE (Opening Alleluias of 3/4 version, flattened leading note)
Anonymous
192 O FILII ET FILIAE (Verse; long second note)
Motetts or Antiphons (1792 Webbe) / Anonymous French
193 STEWART
Stewart, Haldane Campbell
194 EASTER HYMN (Lyra Davidica)
Lyra Davidica (1708 London)
195 GELOBT SEI GOTT (888All)
Vulpius, Melchior
196 COME, MY WAY
Brent-Smith, Alexander Edmonston
197 SCRIBERE PROPOSUI
Piae Cantiones . . . (1582 Griefswald)
198 NAPHILL
Darke, Harold Edwin
199 COME BRING WITH A NOISE
Anonymous English
200 MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY CHRISTMAS
Anonymous Swedish
201 LET SUCH SO FANTASTICAL
Anonymous English
202 TYROLESE (7676D)
Anonymous Tyrolean
203 HERE WE COME A-WASSAILING (rv)
Christmas Carols, New and Old (1871 Bramley/Stainer) / Shaw, James Fallas (Collector) / Anonymous English
204 IN THOSE TWELVE DAYS (Traditional) (Refrain)
Anonymous English
204 IN THOSE TWELVE DAYS (Traditional) (Verse and refrain)
Anonymous English
207 CANDLEMAS EVE (Basque)
Anonymous Basque
208(i) CHERRY TREE CAROL (7 6 7 6; interval codes 0 -1 -2 -2 5)
University Carol Book / Anonymous
208(ii) CHERRY TREE CAROL PART 2
Christmas, its Customs and Carols (1860 Fyfe) / Anonymous English
208(iii) CHERRY TREE CAROL (Rimbault) (metre CM; int codes 4 3 2 2 1)
Old English Carols (1865 Rimbault)
209 THE HOLY WELL (Sharp)
Sharp, Cecil James (Collector) / Anonymous English
210 THERE WAS A MAID
Anonymous Dutch
211 I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING IN (Rhythmic Variations)
Christmas Carols, New and Old (1871 Bramley/Stainer) / Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833 Sandys) / Anonymous English
212 JOYS SEVEN (CMD)
Anonymous English
213 THE TRUMPET CAROL
Anonymous Burgundian
214 DIEU VOUS GARD' NOSTRE MÈSTRE
Anonymous Provençal
215 TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM
Piae Cantiones . . . (1582 Griefswald)
216 JESUS BLOEMHÖF (12 12 Ref) (5 2 2 1 2)
Geestlijke Harmonie (1633)
217 BRANSLE DE L'OFFICIAL
Orchésographie (1588 Langres Arbeau)
1961, H. Freeman & Co./EMI Music Publishing/International Music Publications
International Music Publications
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