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All I Want for Christmas is You (Carey/Afanasieff)

 

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need

I don't care about the presents 

Underneath the Christmas tree

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you

Yeah

 

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need (and I)

Don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree

I don't need to hang my stocking there upon the fireplace

Santa Claus won't make me happy with a toy on Christmas Day

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you

You, baby

 

Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas

I won't even wish for snow

I'm just gonna keep on waiting underneath the mistletoe

I won't make a list and send it to the North Pole for Saint Nick

I won't even stay awake to hear those magic reindeer click

'Cause I just want you here tonight

Holding on to me so tight

What more can I do?

Oh, baby, all I want for Christmas is you

You, baby

 

Oh-oh, all the lights are shining so brightly everywhere

And the sound of children's laughter fills the air

And everyone is singing

I hear those sleigh bells ringing

Santa, won't you bring me the one I really need?

Won't you please bring my baby to me?

 

Oh, I don't want a lot for Christmas

This is all I'm asking for

I just wanna see my baby standing right outside my door

Oh, I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

Oh, baby, all I want for Christmaaaaaaas 

Is you

You, baby

 

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas is you

 

 

Once in royal David's city (H.J. Gauntlett/C.F.Alexander) CC1/100 vs 1,2,3,6

 

Once in royal David's city

Stood a lowly cattle shed,

Where a mother laid her baby

,In a manger for his bed:

Mary was that mother mild,

Jesus Christ, her little Child.

 

He came down to earth from heaven

Who is God and Lord of all,

And His shelter was a stable,

And His cradle was a stall:

With the poor, and mean, and lowly,

Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

 

And through all his wondrous childhood

He would honour and obey,

Love, and watch the lowly maiden,

In whose gentle arms he lay;

Christian children all must be

Mild, obedient, good as he.

 

Not in that poor lowly stable,

With the oxen standing by,

We shall see him; but in heaven,

Set at God's right hand on high;

When like stars his children crowned

All in white shall wait around.

 

 

God rest you merry, gentlemen (Trad.) CC1/29 (vs 1,2,3,5)

 

God rest you merry, gentlemen,

Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born upon this day,
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

 

From God our heavenly Father

A blessed angel came,
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name:
O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy,

O tidings of comfort and joy.

 

The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway,
This blessed Babe to find:
O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy,

O tidings of comfort and joy.

 

Now to the Lord sing praises,

All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All other doth deface:
O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy,

O tidings of comfort and joy.

  

 

Silent Night (Franz Gruber/Joseph Mohr)

 

Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child!
Holy infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace!
Sleep in heavenly peace!

Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight!
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ the Saviour is born!
Christ the Saviour is born!

Silent night! Holy night!
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth!
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth!

 

 

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Johnny Marks)

 

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glows

 

All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games

 

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
"Rudolph, with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

 

Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
You'll go down in history"

 

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
"Rudolph, with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

 

Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
You'll go down in history

You'll go down in history!”

 

 

Ding Dong! merrily on high (Trad. French/G.R.Woodward) CC1/28

 

Ding Dong! merrily on high
In heav'n the bells are ringing
Ding, dong! verily the sky
Is riv'n with angel singing
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis

E'en so here below, below
Let steeple bells be swungen
And i-o, i-o, i-o
By priest and people be sungen
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis

Pray ye dutifully prime
Your matin chime, ye ringers
May ye beautifully rime
Your evetime song, ye singers

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis.

 

 

Away in a manger (W.J.Kirkpatrick/anon.) CC1/2

 

(Children only)

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.
The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
 

(Everyone)
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.
I love thee, Lord Jesus! look down from the sky,
And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay
Close by me forever, and love me I pray.
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care,
And take us to heaven to live with thee there.

 

 

Good King Wenceslas (Trad./J.M.Neale)

 

Good King Wenceslas looked out, 
on the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about, 
deep and crisp and even;
Brightly shone the moon that night, 
tho' the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight, 
gath'ring winter fuel.
 

"Hither, page, and stand by me, 
if thou know'st it, telling,
Yonder peasant, who is he? 
Where and what his dwelling?"
"Sire, he lives a good league hence, 
underneath the mountain;
Right against the forest fence, 
by Saint Agnes' fountain."

 

(Lower voices)

"Bring me flesh, and bring me wine, 
bring me pine logs hither:
Thou and I shall see him dine, 
when we bear them thither.”

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(All voices)
Page and monarch, forth they went, 
forth they went together;
Through the rude wind's wild lament 
and the bitter weather.

 

(Higher voices)

"Sire, the night is darker now, 
and the wind blows stronger;
Fails my heart, I know not how; 
I can go no longer.”

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(Lower voices)
"Mark my footsteps, good my page; 
Tread thou in them boldly:
Thou shalt find the winter's rage 
Freeze thy blood less coldly."

 

(All voices)

In his master's steps he trod, 
where the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in the very sod 
which the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure, 
wealth or rank possessing,
Ye who now will bless the poor, 
shall yourselves find blessing.

 

 

The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé)

 

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, 
Jack Frost nipping at your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, 
And folks dressed up like Eskimos. 

Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe, 
Help to make the season bright, 
Tiny tots with their eyes all a-glow, 
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.

 

They know that Santa's on his way 
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh, 
And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy, 
To see if reindeer really know how to fly. 

And so I'm offering this simple phrase, 
To kids from one to ninety-two, 
Although it's been said
Many times, Many ways
Merry Christmas to you. 

 

They know that Santa's on his way 
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh, 
And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy, 
To see if reindeer really know how to fly. 

And so I'm offering this simple phrase, 
To kids from one to ninety-two, 
Although it's been said
Many times, Many ways

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you.

 

 

While shepherds watched their flocks (Trad./Nahum Tate) CC1/166

 

While shepherds watched their flocks by night
All seated on the ground
The angel of the Lord came down
And glory shone around

 

'Fear not', said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind
'Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind'

 

'To you, in David's town this day
Is born of David's line
The Savior who is Christ the Lord
And this shall be the sign'

 

'The heavenly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands
And in a manger laid'

 

Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God, who thus
Addressed their joyful song

 

'All glory be to God on high
And on the earth be peace
Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men
Begin and never cease'.

 

 

O little town of Bethlehem (Trad./Phillips Brooks) CC1/92

 

O little town of Bethlehem,

How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep

The silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth 

The everlasting light;
The hopes and fears of all the years

Are met in thee tonight.

O morning stars, together

Proclaim the holy birth,
And praises sing to God the King,

And peace to men on earth.
For Christ is born of Mary;

And, gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep

Their watch of wondering love.

How silently, how silently

The wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts

The blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming,

But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive him - still

The dear Christ enters in.

O holy child of Bethlehem,

Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin and enter in,

Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels

The great glad tidings tell:
O come to us, abide with us,

Our Lord Emmanuel.

 

 

O come, all ye faithful (J.F. Wade) CC1/88

 

O come, all ye faithful,

Joyful and triumphant!
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold Him
Born the King of Angels:
O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
 

See how the shepherds,

Summoned to his cradle,

Leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear;

We too will thither

Bend our joyful footsteps:

O come, let us adore Him, 

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord.

Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above!
Glory to God, glory in the highest:
O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

 

 

Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard & Richard Bernhard Smith)

 

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight,
Walking in a winter wonderland.

 

Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.

 

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.

 

Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.

 

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kiddies knock him down.

 

Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland

Walking in a winter wonderland

Walking in a winter wonderland!

 

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane)

 

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Make the Yuletide gay
From now on, our troubles will be miles away

Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more

Through the years, we all will be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Instrumental

 

Here we are as in olden days

Happy golden days of yore

Faithful friends who are dear to us

Gather near to us once more

 

Through the years, we all will be together

If the fates allow

Hang a shining star upon the highest bough

And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

 

 

The first Nowell (Trad.) CC1/126

 

The first Nowell the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay, keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep:
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of Israel.

 

They lookèd up and saw a star,
Shining in the east, beyond them far:
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night:

Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of Israel.

 

And by the light of that same star,
Three Wise Men came from country far;
To seek for a King was their intent,
And to follow the star wherever it went:

Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of Israel.

 

Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord
That hath made heaven and earth of nought,
And with his blood mankind hath bought:

Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of Israel.

 

 

Jingle Bells (James Pierpont)

 

Dashing through the snow

In a one-horse open sleigh

O'er the fields we go

Laughing all the way

Bells on bobtail ring

Making spirits bright

What fun it is to ride and sing

A sleighing song tonight

 

Jingle bells

Jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun
It is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh (Repeat)

 

Now the ground is white

Go it while you're young

Take the girls tonight

Sing this sleighing song

 

Get a bob tailed bay

Two-forty for his speed 

Hitch him to an open sleigh

And crack! you'll take the lead

 

Oh, Jingle bells

Jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun
It is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh (Repeat)

 

Oh, what fun

It is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh!

 

 

Last Christmas (George Michael)

 

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But the very next day you gave it away

This year

To save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special

 

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But the very next day you gave it away

This year

To save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special

 

(Instrumental)

 

Once bitten and twice shy

I keep my distance

But you still catch my eye

Tell me, baby

Do you recognize me?

Well, it's been a year

It doesn't surprise me

 

Happy Christmas

I wrapped it up and sent it

With a note saying "I love you"

I meant it

Now I know what a fool I've been

But if you kissed me now

I know you'd fool me again

 

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But the very next day you gave it away

This year

To save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special

 

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But the very next day you gave it away

This year

To save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special

 

Oh, oh, baby

 

A crowded room

Friends with tired eyes

I'm hiding from you

And your soul of ice

My God, I thought you were someone to rely on

Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on

 

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart

A man under cover, but you tore me apart

Ooh, ooh

Now I've found a real love 

You'll never fool me again

 

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But the very next day you gave it away

This year

To save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special

 

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But the very next day you gave it away

(You gave me away)

This year

To save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special

(Special)

 

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart

I gave you my heart

A man under cover, but you tore him apart

Maybe next year I'll give it to someone—

I'll give it to someone special.

 

 

The holly and the ivy (Trad.) CC1/130 (vs 1,2,3,5)

 

The holly and the ivy,
When they are both full grown,
Of all the trees that are in the wood,
The holly bears the crown.
The rising of the sun
And the running of the deer,
The playing of the merry organ,
Sweet singing in the choir.

The holly bears a blossom,
As white as lily flower,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ,
To be our sweet Saviour.

The rising of the sun
And the running of the deer,
The playing of the merry organ,
Sweet singing in the choir.

The holly bears a berry,
As red as any blood,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
For to do us sinners good.

The rising of the sun
And the running of the deer,
The playing of the merry organ,
Sweet singing in the choir.

The holly bears a bark,
As bitter as any gall,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
To redeem us all.

The rising of the sun
And the running of the deer,
The playing of the merry organ,
Sweet singing in the choir.

 

 

Hark! the herald-angels sing (Mendelssohn/Charles Wesley) CC1/39

 

Hark! The herald-angels sing
"Glory to the newborn king;
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled"
Joyful all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim
"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
Hark! The herald-angels sing
"Glory to the new-born king"

 

Christ, by highest heaven adored
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of a Virgin's womb:
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
Hail the incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with man to dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel
Hark! The herald-angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King"

 

Hail the Heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His wings;
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the new-born king"

 

 

A merry Christmas (Trad.)

 

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year!

 

Good tidings we bring

To you and your kin;

We wish you a merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year!

 

Now bring us some figgy pudding

Now bring us some figgy pudding

Now bring us some figgy pudding

And bring some out here!

 

Good tidings we bring

To you and your kin;

We wish you a merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year!

 

And we won’t go until we've got some

And we won’t go until we've got some

And we won’t go until we've got some

So bring some out here!

 

Good tidings we bring 

To you and your kin;

We wish you a merry Christmas 

And a Happy New Year! 

 

We wish you a merry Christmas 

And a Happy New Year! 

 

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From the organisers, performers, the Harpenden Trust and all our sponsors, we wish you a very Merry Christmas!

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