COMMUNITY CAROL SING DECK THE HALLS I SAW THREE SHIPS TABLE Deck the halls with boughs of holly, I saw three ships come sailing in, Fa la la la la, la la la la. On Christmas day, On Christmas day. OF CONTENTS Tis the season to be jolly... I saw three ships come sailing in, Don we now our gay apparel... On Christmas day in the morning. DECK THE HALLS page 3 Troll the ancient Yuletide carol... And what was in those ships all three… The Virgin Mary and Christ were there… O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL page 3 See the blazing Yule before us... Pray, whither sailed those ships all I SAW THREE SHIPS page 3 Strike the harp and join the chorus... three.. Follow me in merry measure... O they sailed into Bethlehem… HERE WE COME A-WASSAILING page 3 While I tell of Yuletide treasure... page 4 IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR Fast away the old year passes, HERE WE COME A-WASSAILING Hail the new, ye lads and lasses... HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING page 4 Here we come a-wassailing Among Sing we joyous, all together... the leaves so green; Here we come GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN page 5 Heedless of the wind and weather... a-wandering, So fair to be seen. RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER page 5 Chorus: Love and joy come to you, O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL JINGLE BELLS page 6 And to you our wassail, too. O come all ye faithful, And God bless you and JINGLE BELL ROCK page 6 joyful and triumphant. send you A Happy New Year And God send you a Happy New Year GOOD KING WENCESLAS page 7 Oh come ye,O come ye to Bethlehem! Come and behold him born the We are not daily beggars That beg from THE FIRST NOEL page 7 King of angels! door to door; But we are neighbours’ MARY’S BOY CHILD page 8 children Whom you have seen before. Chorus: O come let us adore him, Refrain AWAY IN A MANGER page 8 O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! We have a little purse made of ratching ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH page 8 leather skin; We want a little sixpence to Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM page 9 line it well within. sing all ye citizens of heaven above; Glory to God in the highest. WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE page 9 Chorus FROSTY, THE SNOWMAN page 9 Chorus God bless the master of this house, Likewise the mistress, too; And all the SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN page 10 Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this little children That round the table go… happy morning; WHITE CHRISTMAS page 10 Jesus, to thee be glory given; Chorus JOY TO THE WORLD page 10 Word of the Father; now in flesh appearing SILENT NIGHT page 10 Chorus WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS page 11 3 IT CAME UPON A HARK! THE HERALD GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN RUDOLPH THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR ANGELS SING God rest ye merry gentlemen, RED-NOSED REINDEER Let nothing you dismay, You know Dasher and Dancer and It came upon the midnight clear, Hark, the herald angels sing, Remember Christ, our Savior, was born Prancer and Vixen,Comet and Cupid and That glorious song of old, Glory to the newborn King! on Christmas Day, Donner and Blitzen? From angels bending near the earth, Peace on earth and mercy mild, To save us all from Satan’s pow’r when But do you recall? To touch their harps of gold: God and sinners reconciled! we were gone astray: The most famous reindeer of all? “Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, Joyful all ye nations rise, O, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort From heaven’s all-gracious King.” Join the triumph of the skies, and joy, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer The world in solemn stillness lay, with the angelic host proclaim, O, tidings of comfort and joy. Had a very shiny nose. To hear the angels sing. Christ is born in Bethlehem! And if you ever saw it, you would even Hark, the herald angels sing, In Bethlehem in Jewry, this blessed say it glows. Still through the cloven skies they come, Glory to the newborn King! Babe was born, All of the other reindeer used to laugh With peaceful wings unfurl’d; And laid within a manger, upon this and call him names. And still their heavenly music floats Christ, by highest heaven adored; blessed morn; They never let poor Rudolph join in any O’er all the weary world; Christ, the everlasting Lord; To which His mother Mary did nothing reindeer games. Above its sad and lowly plains, Late in time behold him come, take in scorn... They bend on hov’ring wing, Offspring of the Virgin’s womb. Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa And ever o’er its Babel sounds Veil’d in flesh the Godhead see; From God our Heav’nly Father, a blessed came to say, The blessèd angels sing. Hail th’Incarnate Deity, Angel came; “Rudolph, with your nose so bright, Pleased as Man with men to dwell: And unto certain shepherds brought won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?” For lo! the days are hastening on, Jesus, our Emmanuel!... tidings of the same: Then how the reindeer loved him, as By prophets seen of old, How that in Bethlehem was born the Son they shouted out with glee: When with the ever-circling years Mild he lays His glory by, of God by Name... “Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer, Shall come the time foretold, Born that man no more may die, You’ll go down in history!” When the new heav’n and earth Born to raise the sons of earth, Now to the Lord sing praises, all you shall own Born to give them second birth. within this place, The Prince of Peace their King, Ris’n with healing in His wings, And with true love and brotherhood And the whole world send back the song Light and life to all He brings, each other now embrace; Which now the angels sing. Hail, the Son of Righteousness! This holy tide of Christmas, all other Hail, the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!... doth deface... 4 5 JINGLE BELLS JINGLE BELL ROCK GOOD KING WENCESLAS THE FIRST NOEL Dashing through the snow, in a Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock Good king Wenceslas, The first Noel the angel did say one-horse open sleigh, Jingle bell swing and jingle bells ring, look’d out on the feast of Stephen, Was to certain poor shepherds in O’er the fields we go, laughing all the Snowin’ and blowin’ up bushels of fun, When the snow lay round about, fields as they lay; way. Bells on bob-tails ring, making Now the jingle hop has begun, deep and crisp and even: In fields where they lay keeping spirits bright; What fun it is to ride and Brightly shone the moon that night, their sheep sing, a sleighing song tonight! Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock tho’ the frost was cruel, On a cold winter’s night that was Jingle bells chime in jingle-bell time, When a poor man came in sight, so deep. Jingle Bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! Dancin’ and prancin’ in Jingle Bell gath’ring winter fuel. Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse Square; in the frosty air. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, open sleigh! “Hither, page, and stand by me, if thou Born is the King of Israel. What a bright time, it’s the right time know it, telling, A day or two ago, I thought To rock the night away, Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and They looked up and saw a star I’d take a ride, Jingle-bell time is a swell time what his dwelling?” Shining in the east, beyond them far, And soon Miss Fannie Bright was seated To go glidin’ in a one-horse sleigh. “Sire, he lives a good league hence, And to the earth it gave great light, by my side. Giddy-up, jingle-horse, pick up your feet underneath the mountain, And so it continued both day and night... The horse was lean and lank, misfortune Jingle around the clock; Right against the forest fence, by St. seem’d his lot, Mix and mingle in a jinglin’ beat, Agnes’ fountain.” This star drew nigh to the northwest, He got into a drifted bank, and we, we That’s the jingle bell, O’er Bethlehem it took its rest, got upsot... That’s the jingle bell, “Bring me flesh and bring me wine, And there it did both stop and stay, That’s the jingle bell rock. bring me pine logs hither; Right over the place where Jesus lay... Now the ground is white, go it while Thou and I will see him dine, when we you’re young; bear them thither.” Then entered in those wise men three, Take the girls tonight, and sing this Page and monarch, forth they went, Full rev’rently upon their knee, sleighing song; forth they went together, And offered there, in His presence, Just get a bootailed nag, two-forty for Through the rude and wind’s wild Their gold, myrhh, and frankincense... his speed, Hitch him to an open sleigh, lament, and the bitter weather.