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    The Festive Book of Christmas Carols
    The Festive Book of Christmas Carols
    The Festive Book of Christmas Carols
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    The Festive Book of Christmas Carols

    By Linda Alchin

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    This book contains the lyrics to over 60 Christmas carols, also included are the details of the person who wrote the words and lyrics as well as information about the music and the composer.

    Table of Contents:

    Angels from the Realms of Glory
    Ave Maria
    Away in a Manger
    Carol of the Bells
    Christians Awake salute the Happy Morn
    Deck the Halls
    Ding Dong Merrily on High
    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    Good Christian Men Rejoice
    Good King Wenceslas
    Hark the Herald Angels Sing
    I Saw Three Ships
    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
    Joy to the World
    O Christmas Tree
    O Come All Ye Faithful
    O Come O Come Emmanuel
    O Little Town of Bethlehem
    Once in Royal Davids City
    Silent Night
    The First Noel
    The Holly and the Ivy
    The Wassail Song
    We Three Kings of Orient are
    While Shepherds Watched
    A Boy Is Born in Bethlehem
    A Christmas Carol
    A Day, a Day of Glory
    A Great and Mighty wonder
    All my Heart this Night Rejoices
    As with Gladness Men of Old
    Ben Jonson's Carol
    Brightest and Best
    Come, all ye Shepherds
    Come, Ye Lofty
    Coventry Carol
    Cradled in a Manger, meanly
    Earth Today Rejoices
    From Heaven High, O Angels, Come
    From Highest Heaven I Come To Tell
    From the Eastern Mountains
    Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
    God is Love
    He Smiles Within His Cradle
    Here Is Joy For Every Age
    Hymn for Christmas Day
    Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
    Let Earth and Heaven combine
    Lo! He comes with Clouds Descending
    Love Came Down at Christmas
    Maker Of The Sun And Moon
    O Holy Night
    O Remember Adams fall
    Praise the Saviour all ye Nations
    See Amid The Winters Snow
    The Angels Song
    The Gloucestershire Wassail
    The Manger Throne
    Give Heed My Heart
    Glory be to God on High
    Go tell it to the Mountain
    God from on High hath heard
    The Race that Long in Darkness pined
    To us a Child of Royal Birth
    Unto Us A Boy Is Born
    While by my Sheep I Watched at Night

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMelissa Russell
    Release dateDec 7, 2011
    ISBN9781465768452
    The Festive Book of Christmas Carols
    Author

    Linda Alchin

    Linda Alchin is a website author specialising in English History. Her career initially focussed on conventional training techniques to provide adult education. With the advent of the internet she moved on to distance learning projects. Combining new technology with her love of history she has created a variety of highly successful educational websites which, in turn have lead to the publication of these books. She lives with her family just outside London.

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      The Festive Book of Christmas Carols - Linda Alchin

      The Festive Book of

      Christmas Carols

      Compiled By Linda Alchin

      Smashwords Edition.

      Copyright 2011 Linda Alchin

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Disclaimer

      Limit of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranty: The publisher has used its best efforts in preparing this book, and the information provided herein is provided as is. Linda Alchin makes no representation or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of fitness for any particular purpose and shall in no event be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage, including but not limited to, special, incidental, consequential, or other damages

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      Author Biography

      Linda Alchin is a website author specialising in English history. Her career initially focussed on conventional training techniques to provide adult education. With the advent of the Internet she moved on to distance learning projects. Combining new technology with her love of history she has created a variety of highly successful educational websites which, in turn, have led to the publication of this book. She lives with her family just outside London.

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Christmas Carols

      Angels from the Realms of Glory

      Ave Maria

      Away in a Manger

      Carol of the Bells

      Christians Awake salute the Happy Morn

      Deck the Halls

      Ding Dong Merrily on High

      God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

      Good Christian Men Rejoice

      Good King Wenceslas

      Hark the Herald Angels Sing

      I Saw Three Ships

      It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

      Joy to the World

      O Christmas Tree

      O Come All Ye Faithful

      O Come O Come Emmanuel

      O Little Town of Bethlehem

      Once in Royal Davids City

      Silent Night

      The First Noel

      The Holly and the Ivy

      The Wassail Song

      We Three Kings of Orient are

      While Shepherds Watched

      A Boy Is Born in Bethlehem

      A Christmas Carol

      A Day, a Day of Glory

      A Great and Mighty wonder

      All my Heart this Night Rejoices

      As with Gladness Men of Old

      Ben Jonson's Carol

      Brightest and Best

      Come, all ye Shepherds

      Come, Ye Lofty

      Coventry Carol

      Cradled in a Manger, meanly

      Earth Today Rejoices

      From Heaven High, O Angels, Come

      From Highest Heaven I Come To Tell

      From the Eastern Mountains

      Gentle Mary Laid Her Child

      God is Love

      He Smiles Within His Cradle

      Here Is Joy For Every Age

      Hymn for Christmas Day

      Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine

      Let Earth and Heaven combine

      Lo! He comes with Clouds Descending

      Love Came Down at Christmas

      Maker Of The Sun And Moon

      O Holy Night

      O Remember Adams fall

      Praise the Saviour all ye Nations

      See Amid The Winters Snow

      The Angels Song

      The Gloucestershire Wassail

      The Manger Throne

      Give Heed My Heart

      Glory be to God on High

      Go tell it to the Mountain

      God from on High hath heard

      The Race that Long in Darkness pined

      To us a Child of Royal Birth

      Unto Us A Boy Is Born

      While by my Sheep I Watched at Night

      Back to Table of Contents

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      Introduction

      The word Carol is a derivative of the French word caroller, the interpretation of which means dancing around in a circle. Carol and carols, eventually came to mean not only to dance but included music and lyrics - hence Christmas Caroling.

      Christmas carols are based on Christian lyrics and relate, in the main, to the Nativity. They were introduced in to church services by St Francis of Assisi in the 12th century. The joyous themes for many traditional Christmas carols were banned in England by the staunch Protestant Oliver Cromwell and many of the very old Christmas carols and songs were subsequently lost for all time.

      Christmas carols were only fully popularised again during the Victorian era when they again expressed joyful and merry themes in their carol lyrics as opposed to the normal, more sombre, Christian lyrics found in hymns.

      As religious observances in the United States and England were closely linked the popularity of Christmas carols grew in both countries in the 19th century. Many Christmas traditions are relatively recent such as Santa Claus and reindeer and bear no relation to Christmas carols.

      This book contains the lyrics to over 60 Christmas carols, also included are the details of the person who wrote the words and lyrics as well as information about the music and the composer.

      Back to Table of Contents

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      Angels from the Realms of Glory

      The author of Angels from the Realms of Glory was an Irishman called James Montgomery. He came from a religious family background and sadly his parents, who were missionaries died following their vocation. Angels from the Realms of Glory was written in 1816. The music was composed by Henry Smart and the lyrics tell the story of the shepherds, sages and Saints.

      Angels from the Realms of Glory

      Angels from the realms of glory,

      Wing your flight o'er all the earth;

      Ye who sang creation's story,

      Now proclaim Messiah's birth:

      Come and worship,

      Come and worship,

      Worship Christ, the newborn King!

      Shepherds, in the fields abiding,

      Watching o'er your flocks by night,

      God with man is now residing,

      Yonder shines the infant Light;

      Come and worship,

      Come and worship,

      Worship Christ, the newborn King!

      Sages, leave your contemplations,

      Brighter visions beam afar;

      Seek the great desire of nations,

      Ye have seen His natal

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