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Christmas
Songs
Shaped Note Edition
(Normal Note Edition also available)
A selection of sacred and secular songs for small groups or carolers.
All songs are in the public domain and can be sung in any setting
including recordings.
Complied by N. B. Chumbley
This booklet freely available for download at PDHymns.com.
1...... Angels From The Realms Of Glory
2 ...... Angels We Have Heard On High
3 ...... As With Gladness Men Of Old
4 ...... Away In A Manger
5 ...... Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
6 ...... Christmas Bells
7 ...... Dona Nobis Pacem
8...... Glory In The Highest
9 ...... Go Tell It On The Mountain
10.... God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
11 .... Good Christian Men, Rejoice
12.... Good King Wenceslas
13.... Hark The Herald Angels Sing
14.... Hark, What Sounds Are Sweetly Stealing
15.... I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
16.... It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
17.... Joy To The World
18.... Lo, How A Rose
19.... O Come, All Ye Faithful
20.... O Come, Little Children
21.... O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
22.... O Holy Night!
23.... O Little Town Of Bethlehem
24.... Silent Night, Holy Night
25.... The First Noel
26.... There’s A Song In The Air
27.... To Us A Child Of Hope Is Born
28....We Three Kings Of Orient Are
29....What Child Is This?
30....While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Sacred Songs
Angels From The Realms Of Glory
Words by James Montgomery
Music by Henry T. Smart
1 Bb/F - SOL
Angels We Have Heard On High
Words and Music: Traditional French Carol
Arrangement by Warren M. Angell
2 F/A - MI
As With Gladness Men Of Old
Words by William Chatterton Dix
Music by Conrad Kocher
3 A/A - DO
Away In A Manger
Words: Anonymous, vss, 1, 2; John Thomas McFarland, vs 3
Arrangement by James R. Murray
4 F/C - SOL
Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
Words and Music: Traditional
5 G/D - SOL
Christmas Bells
Words: Mrs. E. W. Chapman
Music: Frank M. Davis
6 C/G - SOL
Dona Nobis Pacem
Words and Music: Traditional
7 F/F - DO
Glory In The Highest
Words by Mary G. Walker
Music by Hubert P. Main
8 A/A - DO
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Words: John W. Work
Music: African-American Spiritual
9 F/A - MI
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Words: Traditional English Carol
Music: Traditional Tune
10 Em/E - LA
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Words: German Medieval Carol
Music: Unknown
11 F/F - DO
Good King Wenceslas
Words by John Mason Neale
Music from 16th Century
12 G/G - DO
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Words by Charles Wesley
Music by Mendelssohn / Arrangement by William H. Cummings
13 F/C - SOL
Hark, What Sounds Are Sweetly Stealing
Words and Music: Unknown
HOLY VOICES. 8, 7, 8, 7.
14 G/D - SOL
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
Words: Henry W. Longfellow
Music: J. Baptiste Calkin
15 Eb/Eb - DO
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Words by E. H. Sears
Music by R. S. Willie
16 Bb/F - SOL
Joy To The World
Words by Isaac Watts
Music by Lowell Manson (based on Handel)
17 D/D - DO
Lo, How A Rose
Words: Traditional
Music: 16th Century Melody
18 G/D - SOL
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Words: Latin Hymn ascribed to John Francis Wade; tr. Fredrick Oakeley
Music by John Francis Wade
19 G/G - DO
O Come, Little Children
Words: German Folk Song
Music by Johann A. P. Schulz
20 Eb/Bb - SOL
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Words: Medieval Latin Hymn (c. 1150), Attr: Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Vss. 1-2 Tr. by John Mason Neale,
Vss. 3-4 Tr. by Henry Sloane Coffin
Music: French Processional, Arr: Helmore’s Hymnal Noted
21 Em/E - LA
O Holy Night!
Words by John S. Dwight
Music by Adolphe Adam
22 C/E - MI
O Holy Night!
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Words by Phillips Brooks
Music by Lewis H. Redner
23 F/A - MI
Silent Night, Holy Night
Words by Joseph Mohr; tr. John F. Young
Music by Franz Grüber
24 Bb/F - SOL
The First Noel
Words: Traditional English Carol
Music: W. Sandy’s CHRISTMAS CAROLS / Arranged by John Stainer
25 D/F# - MI
There’s A Song In The Air
Words by J. G. Holland
Music by J. H. Tenney
26 Bb/F - SOL
To Us A Child Of Hope Is Born
Words by John Morrison
Music by Lowell Mason
27 C/G - SOL
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
Words and Music by Jjohn Henry Hopkins, Jr.
28 Em/E - LA
What Child Is This?
Words by William C. Dix
Music: Traditional English melody, 16th Century
29 Em/E - LA
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Words by Nahum Tate
Music by Hugh Wilson
30 Ab/Eb - SOL
Secular Songs
31.... Deck The Halls
32.... Here We Come A-Caroling (The Wassail Song)
33.... Jolly Old St. Nicholas
34.... Jingle Bells
35.... The Holly And The Ivy
36....We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Deck The Halls
Words: Traditional
Music: Old Welsh Air
31 F/C - SOL
Here We Come A-Caroling (The Wassail Song)
32
Words and Music: Traditional
Eb/Eb - DO
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Words and Music: Traditional
33 A/C# - MI
Jingle Bells
Words and Music: James Pierpont (1857)
34 G/D - SOL
Jingle Bells
The Holly And The Ivy
Words and Music: Traditional
35 G/G - DO
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Words and Music: Traditional
36 Ab/Eb - SOL
