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Silent Night

 

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,

heav'nly hosts sing, “Alleluia!

Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior 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!

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The First Noel

 

The First Noel the Angels 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

 

Noel

Noel

Noel

Noel

Born is the King of Israel!

 

They looked 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

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

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

 

Noel

Noel

Noel

Noel

Born is the King of Israel!

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O Come All Ye Faithful

 

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!

 

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!

 

Yea Lord we greet Thee
Born this happy morning
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given

Word of the Father
Now in flesh appearing

 

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord!

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Hark The Herald Angels Sing

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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 angelic host proclaim

Christ is born in Bethlehem

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Hark! The herald angels sing

Glory to the newborn King

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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

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Pleased as man with man to dwell Jesus, our Emmanuel
Hark! The herald angels sing

Glory to the newborn King

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Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace

Hail the Son 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 newborn King

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Angels we have
heard on higH

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Angels we have heard on high 

Sweetly singing o’er the plains 

And the mountains in reply 

Echoing their joyous strains 

 

Gloria, in excelsis Deo! 

Gloria, in excelsis Deo! 

 

Shepherds, why this jubilee? 

Why your joyous strains prolong? 

What the gladsome tidings be 

Which inspire your heavenly song? 

 

Gloria, in excelsis Deo! 

Gloria, in excelsis Deo! 

 

Come to Bethlehem and see Him 

Whose birth the angels sing 

Come, adore on bended knee 

Christ the Lord, the newborn King

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See him in a manger laid,

Whom the choirs of angels praise.

Mary, Joseph, lend your aid

While our hearts in love we raise.

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O Come O Come Emmanuel

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O come, O come, Emmanuel

And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here

Until the Son of God appear

Rejoice, rejoice

Emmanuel Shall come to Thee, O Israel

 

O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer

Our spirits by Thine advent here

Disperse the gloomy clouds of night

And death's dark shadows put to flight

Rejoice, rejoice

Emmanuel Shall come to Thee, O Israel

 

O come, Thou Key of David, come

And open wide our Heavenly home

Make safe the way that leads on high

And close the path to misery

Rejoice, rejoice Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel
(Ooh) rejoice (rejoice), rejoice (rejoice) Emmanuel (Emmanuel)

Shall come to Thee, O Israel

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Little Drummer Boy

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Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum

Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pum pum pum

To lay before the King, pa rum pum pum pum

Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

 

So to honor Him, pa rum pum pum pum When we come

Little Baby, pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum pum

That's fit to give the King, pa rum pum pum pum

Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

 

Shall I play for you, pa rum pum pum pum

On my drum?

Mary nodded, pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time, pa rum pum pum pum

I played my drum for Him, pa rum pum pum pum
I played my best for Him, pa rum pum pum pum

Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

Then He smiled at me, pa rum pum pum pum

Me and my drum

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See A Baby

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Words & Music: Valmai Harris. Valmai wrote "See A Baby" as part of a Cantata called “No Room In The Inn", which was first performed in Bendigo in 1990. It has become an integral part of the Sing Australia Christmas season.

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See a baby lying in a manger, wrapped it swaddling bands.
See the hope of every generation in His outstretched hands.

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Carol Of The Birds

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Out on the plains, the brolgas are dancing

Lifting their feet like horses prancing
Up to the sun, the woodlarks go winging

Faint in the dawn light echoes their singing

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Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day!

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Down where the tree ferns grow by the river

There where the waters sparkle and quiver

Deep in the gullies, bellbirds are chiming

Softly and sweetly their lyric notes rhyming

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Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day!

 

Friarbirds sip the nectar of flowers

Currawongs chant in wattle-tree bowers

In the blue ranges lorikeets calling

Carols of bush birds are rising and falling

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Down wherе the tree ferns grow by the rivеr

There where the waters sparkle and quiver

Deep in the gullies, bellbirds are chiming

Softly and sweetly their lyric notes rhyming

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Christmas Day
(The North Wind)

 

The North Wind is tossing the leaves

The red dust is over the town
The sparrows are under the eaves

And the grass in the paddock is brown

As we lift up our voices and sing

To the Christ-child, the heavenly king

 

The tree-ferns in Green Gully sway

The cool stream flows silently by

The joy-bells are greeting the day

And the chimes are adrift in the sky

As we lift up our voices and sing
To the Christ-child, the heavenly king

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The North Wind is tossing thе leaves

The rеd dust is over the town
The sparrows are under the eaves

And the grass in the paddock is brown

As we lift up our voices and sing

To the Christ-child, the heavenly king To the Christ-child, the heavenly king

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Away In A Manger

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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

 

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 side until morning is nigh

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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 fit us for Heaven to live with thee there.

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Go Tell It On The Mountain

 

Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills, and ev'rywhere;

go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.

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While shepherds kept their watching o’er silent flocks by night,
behold, throughout the heavens there shone a holy light. [Refrain]

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The shepherds feared and trembled

when lo, above the earth
rang out the angel chorus
that hailed our Savior’s birth.

 

[Refrain]

 

Down in a lowly manger
the humble Christ was born,

and God sent us salvation
that blessed Christmas morn.

 

[Refrain]

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The Silver Stars Are In The Sky

 

The silver stars are in the sky,
The red-gold moon is riding high,

O sleep my little one sleep.
Once long ago against her breast,

 

A mother hush’d a babe to rest.

Who was the Prince of Heav'n above

The Lord of gentleness and love.
O sleep my little one sleep.

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The boo-book calls across the night.

The brown moths flutter in the light,

O sleep my little one sleep.
In Beth-le-hem long, long a-go

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When roads and paddocks gleamed with snow.
On this same night,
That mother mild

lull'd in-to dreams Her Royal Child

 

So sleep my lit-tle one sleep! My little on sleep!

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Jingle Bell Rock

 

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring

Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun

Now the jingle hop has begun

 

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time

Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square

In the frosty air

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What a bright time, it's the right time

To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh

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Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet

Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet

That's the jingle bell rock

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Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time

Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square

In the frosty air

 

What a bright time, it's the right time

To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh

 

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet

Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet

That's the jingle bell

That's the jingle bell

That's the jingle bell rock

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On A Starlit Night

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On a star-lit night
‘Neath a sky so bright
The angels sing carols of love

Of a baby asleep
In a manger bed
Sent from heaven above

Sleep oh tiny precious one Sleep

God’s chosen son

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Silent Night

 

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.

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The Twelve Days of Christmas

 

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me
A partridge in a pear tree

 

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

 

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

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• four calling birds

• five gold rings
• six geese a-laying
• seven swans a-swimming
• eight maids a-milking
• nine ladies dancing
• ten lords a-leaping
• eleven pipers piping
• twelve drummers drumming

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Christmas Medley

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Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh,

Over fields we go, laughing all the way,

Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight

Oh jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,

Oh what fun it is to ride,
in a one horse open sleigh, hey

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,

Oh what fun it is to ride,
in a one... horse... open... sleigh.....

 

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 ....
We wish you a merry Christmas

and a happy New Year.

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O Come, All You Unfaithful

 

O come, all you unfaithful
Come, weak and unstable
Come, know you are not alone
O come, barren and waiting ones Weary of praying, come

See what your God has done

Christ is born, Christ is born Christ is born for you

 

O come, bitter and broken
Come with fears unspoken
Come, taste of His perfect love

O come, guilty and hiding ones
There is no need to run
See what your God has done

Christ is born, Christ is born

Christ is born for you

 

He's the Lamb who was given

Slain for our pardon
His promise is peace
For those who believe

He's the Lamb who was given

Slain for our pardon

 

His promise is peace
For those who believe

So come, though you have nothing

Come, He is the offering
Come, see what your God has done

Christ is born, Christ is born

Christ is born for you
Christ is born, Christ is born

Christ is born for you

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We Three Kings

 

We Three Kings
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain moor and mountain

Following yonder star

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O star of wonder star of night
Star with royal beauty bright

Westward leading still proceeding

Guide us to Thy perfect light

 

Born a King on Bethlehem plain

Gold I bring to crown Him again

King forever ceasing never

Over us all to reign

 

Frankincense to offer have I

Incense owns a Deity nigh
Prayer and praising gladly raising

Worshipping God on high

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Myrrh is mine its bitter perfume

Breathes a life of gathering gloom

Sorrowing sighing bleeding dying

Sealed in the stone cold tomb

Glorious now behold Him arise

King and God and sacrifice

Alleluia alleluia
Sounds through the earth and skies

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King Of Kings

 

In the darkness we were waiting

Without hope, without light
'Til from Heaven You came running

There was mercy in Your eyes

To fulfill the law and prophets

To a virgin came the word

From a throne of endless glory

To a cradle in the dirt

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Praise the Father, praise the Son

Praise the Spirit, three in one
God of glory, Majesty
Praise forever to the King of Kings

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To reveal the kingdom coming

And to reconcile the lost
To redeem the whole creation

You did not despise the cross

For even in your suffering
You saw to the other side

Knowing this was our salvation

Jesus for our sake you died

 

Praise the Father, praise the Son

Praise the Spirit, three in one
God of glory, Majesty
Praise forever to the King of Kings

 

And the morning that You rose
All of Heaven held its breath
'Til that stone was moved for good

For the Lamb had conquered death

And the dead rose from their tombs

And the angels stood in awe
For the souls of all who'd come
To the Father are restored

 

And the church of Christ was born

Then the Spirit lit the flame
Now this gospel truth of old
Shall not kneel, shall not faint

By His blood and in His name

In His freedom I am free

For the love of Jesus Christ

Who has resurrected me

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Praise the Father, praise the Son

Praise the Spirit, three in one
God of glory, Majesty
Praise forever to the King of Kings

Praise forever to the King of Kings

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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay;

remember Christ, our Savior was born on Christmas Day

to save us all from Satan's pow'r when we were gone astray.

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O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

 

From God our heav'nly 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.

 

[Refrain]

 

"Fear not," then said the angel,

"let nothing you affright;
this day is born a Savior,
the true and radiant light,

to free all those who trust in him
from Satan's pow'r and might."

 

[Refrain]

 

Now to the Lord sing praises,

all you within this place,
and in true love and fellowship

each other now embrace;

this holy tide of Christmas
is filled with heav'nly grace.

 

[Refrain]

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O Holy Night

O Holy night! The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees; O hear the Angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born
O night, O Holy night, O night divine!

Led by the light of Faith serenely beaming
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming
Here come the Wise Men from Orient land
The King of kings lay thus in lowly manger
In all our trials born to be our friend
He knows our need, to our weakness is no stranger
Behold your King; before Him lowly bend
Behold your King; before Him lowly bend

Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His Gospel is Peace
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother
And in His name, all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we
Let all within us Praise His Holy name
Christ is the Lord; O praise His name forever!
His power and glory evermore proclaim
His power and glory evermore proclaim

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Joy To The World

 

Joy to the world
The Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare him room

And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing

 

Joy to the earth
The Saviour reigns
Let men their songs employ

While fields and floods
Rocks, hills, and plains

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

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No more let sins and sorrows grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow

Far as the curse is found,

Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

 

He rules the world
With truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness

And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders of His love.

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