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Sing We Now of Christmas

Meter: 11.10.10.11 Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: liturgical Songs of Response First Line: Sing we now of Christmas, Noel sing we here Refrain First Line: Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel Lyrics: 1 Sing we now of Christmas, Noel, sing we here! Hear ... , Noel! Sing we now of Christmas, sing we now Noel! 2 ... Text Sources: Traditional French carol
Sing We Now of Christmas

Love Came Down at Christmas

Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti Meter: 6.7.6.7 Appears in 68 hymnals
Love Came Down at Christmas
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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Author: Henry W. Longfellow Appears in 116 hymnals Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: [I heard the bells on Christmas day]
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
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O little town of Bethlehem

Author: P. Brooks (1835-1893) Appears in 848 hymnals Topics: Christmas 1 The Incarnation; God, Saviour Born (Christmas Seasonal) Lyrics: ... us today! We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings ... Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS CAROL
O little town of Bethlehem
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Joy to the World

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,861 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas; Christmas Season First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: Let earth receive her King; Let ev'ry heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heav'n and nature sing. 2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns: Let us, our songs ... Scripture: Psalm 98 Used With Tune: ANTIOCH
Joy to the World
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O come, let us adore him

Author: Frederick Oakeley, 1802-1880 Meter: Irregular Appears in 735 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas Day First Line: O come, all ye faithful Lyrics: ... in the highest: [Refrain] [On Christmas Day only] 7 Yea, Lord ... Scripture: 1 John 4:19 Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES Text Sources: Latin, 18th century
O come, let us adore him
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On Christmas Night All Christians Sing

Author: Luke Wadding Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 49 hymnals Topics: liturgical Scripture Songs Used With Tune: [On Christmas night all Christians sing] Text Sources: Traditional English carol
On Christmas Night All Christians Sing
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Go, Tell It on the Mountain

Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: While shepherds kept their watching Lyrics: ... us salvation that bless-ed Christmas morn. Refrain Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 Used With Tune: GO TELL IT Text Sources: Afro-American spiritual, 19th cent.
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
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Immanuel, God With Us

Author: Eliza M. Sherman Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Christmas First Line: O list the bells of Christmas morn Refrain First Line: Immanuel, be Thou with us Used With Tune: [O list the bells of Christmas morn]
Immanuel, God With Us
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God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 121 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas Season Refrain First Line: O tidings of comfort and joy Lyrics: ... embrace; This holy tide of Christmas All others shall replace. [Refrain ... Scripture: Luke 2:6-18 Used With Tune: GOD REST YOU MERRY Text Sources: English Carol, 18th C.
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
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The First Noel

Meter: Irregular Appears in 402 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: The first Noel the angel did say Refrain First Line: Noel, Noel Lyrics: 1 The first Noel 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. Refrain: Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel! Born is the King of Israel. 2 They looked up ... Used With Tune: THE FIRST NOWELL Text Sources: English carol, c. 17th cent.
The First Noel
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What Child Is This

Author: William C. Dix, 1837-1898 Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.8.6.7 Appears in 204 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: What child is this, who, laid to rest Lyrics: 1 What child is this, who, laid to rest, On Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the king, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing; Haste, haste to bring him laud, The babe, the ... Used With Tune: GREENSLEEVES
What Child Is This
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Hark! the herald-angels sing

Author: C. Wesley Appears in 1,330 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas Day Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald-angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” 2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; Universal nature say, Christ the Lord is born to-day! 3 Christ, by ... Used With Tune: MONKLAND
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

Author: Nahum Tate Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,102 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Christmas First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night Lyrics: 1. While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground, the angel of the Lord came down, and glory shone around, and glory shone around. 2. "Fear not!" said he, for mighty dread had seized their troubled mind. "Glad tidings of great ... Scripture: Luke 2:8-14 Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS
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Irish Carol

Author: Bishop Luke Wadding (1588-1687) Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Christmas First Line: Christmas Day is come; let's all prepare for mirth Lyrics: Christmas Day is come; let's ... and drum; So let our Christmas merry be, as Christians doth ... Used With Tune: [Christmas Day is come; let's all prepare for mirth]
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Martin Luther's Christmas Carol

Author: Martin Luther Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: Christmas First Line: Give heed, my heart, lift up thine eyes! Used With Tune: JESU! REDEMPTOR OMNIUM
Martin Luther's Christmas Carol
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There's a Star in the East (Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow)

Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: Christmas First Line: There's a star in the east on Christmas morn Refrain First Line: Follow, follow, rise up shepherd, and follow Lyrics: ... star in the east on Christmas morn, rise up, shepherd, and ... Scripture: Matthew 2:1-2 Used With Tune: RISE UP, SHEPHERD Text Sources: African American spiritual
There's a Star in the East (Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow)
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Of the Father's Love Begotten

Author: Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-413 Appears in 214 hymnals Topics: Church Year Christmas Lyrics: 1 Of the Father’s love begotten ere the worlds began to be, he is Alpha and Omega– he the source, the ending he, of the things that are, that have been, and that future years shall see evermore and evermore. 2 O that birth forever blessed, when a virgin, ... Scripture: Revelation 22:13 Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM Text Sources: Tr. composite
Of the Father's Love Begotten
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Christmas Hymn

Author: Anna Deming Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Christmas First Line: Softly, softly thro' the midnight Used With Tune: [Softly, softly thro' the midnight]
Christmas Hymn
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Silent Night, Holy Night

Author: Joseph Mohr, 1792-1849; John F. Young, 1820-1885 Meter: 6.6.8.9.6.6 Appears in 624 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas; Christmas Season Lyrics: 1 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. 2 Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight; Glories stream from ... Scripture: Luke 2:6-14 Used With Tune: STILLE NACHT
Silent Night, Holy Night
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A great and mighty wonder

Author: St. Anatolius; John Mason Neale, D. D. Appears in 109 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Christmas; Sunday after Christmas Lyrics: ... great and mighty wonder Our Christmas festal brings: On earth, a ... Used With Tune: MONARCH (St. Alphege)
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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Author: John M. Neale; Henry S. Coffin Appears in 509 hymnals Topics: Christmas Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: Latin: c. 9th Century
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
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There's a Song in the Air

Author: Josiah G. Holland Meter: 6.6.6.6.12.12 Appears in 203 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Christmas Lyrics: 1. There's a song in the air! There's a star in the sky! There's a mother's deep prayer and a baby's low cry! And the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing, for the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King! 2. There's a tumult of joy o'er the wonderful ... Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS SONG
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It came upon the midnight clear

Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 874 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas Midnight; Church Year Christmas Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: 'Through all the earth, goodwill and peace from heaven's all-gracious king!' The world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels ... Scripture: Psalm 46:8-10 Used With Tune: NOEL
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Good Christian Friends, Rejoice

Author: John M. Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 6.6.7.7.7.8.5.5 Appears in 220 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas Lyrics: 1 Good Christian friends, rejoice With heart and soul and voice; Give ye heed to what we say: Jesus Christ is born today; Ox and ass before him bow, And he is in the manger now. Christ is born today! Christ is born today! 2 Good Christian friends, rejoice ... Used With Tune: IN DULCI JUBILO Text Sources: Medieval Latin carol
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
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Angels We Have Heard On High

Appears in 238 hymnals Topics: Christmas Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Used With Tune: GLORIA Text Sources: French carol
Angels We Have Heard On High
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Hail, thou long expected Jesus

Author: Charles Wesley, (1707-1788) Appears in 749 hymnals Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: [Hail, thou long expected Jesus]
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Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,865 hymnals Topics: Adoration; Meditation; Christ Love of; Love God's Love; Righteousness First Line: Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
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O Holy Night!

Author: John S. Dwight, 1813-1893 Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10.11.10.10 Appears in 50 hymnals Topics: Christmas First Line: O holy night! The stars are brightly shining Used With Tune: CANTIQUE DE NOEL
O Holy Night!

While Humble Shepherds

Author: Nahum Tate, 1652-1715 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: Christmas First Line: While humble shepherds watched their flock Scripture: Hebrews 1:6 Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS
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Angels, from the Realms of Glory

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 765 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: Angels from the realms of glory Refrain First Line: Come and worship, come and worship Lyrics: 1 Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth; Once you sang creation's story; Now proclaim Messiah's birth: Refrain: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the new-born King. 2 Shepherds, in the fields abiding, ... Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE
Angels, from the Realms of Glory
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Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne

Author: Emily F. S. Elliott Appears in 417 hymnals Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: MARGARET
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Were You There on That Christmas Night

Author: Natalie Sleeth, 1930-1992 Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Christmas First Line: Were you there, were you there on that Christmas night Lyrics: ... , were you there on that Christmas night, when the world was ... Used With Tune: JUXTAPOSITION
Were You There on That Christmas Night
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Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Author: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 268 hymnals Topics: Church Year Christmas Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love; hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the gloom of doubt away; giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day! 2 ... Scripture: Job 38:7 Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY
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He Came Down

Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: He came down that we may have love Text Sources: Cameroon traditional
He Came Down

Creator of the Stars of Night

Author: J. M. Neale Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 91 hymnals Text Sources: Latin Hymn, 9th Century; Latin, 6th-7th c.
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Love Has Come

Author: Ken Bible, b. 1950 Meter: 9.9.10.9.9.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: Love has come - a light in the darkness! Lyrics: Love is the gift of Christmas. Love! Love! ... Used With Tune: UN FLAMBEAU
Love Has Come
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Once in Royal David's City

Author: Cecil F. Alexander, 1818-1895 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 408 hymnals Topics: Christmas Lyrics: 1 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. 2 He came down to earth from heaven who is God and Lord of all; and his shelter was a ... Scripture: Micah 5:2-4 Used With Tune: IRBY
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Gentle Mary Laid Her Child

Author: Joseph Simpson Cook Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 48 hymnals Topics: liturgical Gospel Acclamation Songs Lyrics: 1 Gentle Mary laid her Child Lowly in a manger; There He lay, the undefiled, To the world a stranger: Such a Babe in such a place, Can He be the Savior? Ask the saved of all the race Who have found His favor. 2 Angels sang about His birth; Wise men sought ...
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Who Is He in Yonder Stall

Author: B. R. Hanby Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 138 hymnals Topics: Adoration; Children's Hymns for Children; Christ Life and Ministry Refrain First Line: 'Tis the Lord, O wondrous story
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Away in a Manger

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 547 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: Away in a manger, no crib for a bed Lyrics: 1 Away in a manger, no crib for his 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. 2 The cattle are lowing; the baby awakes, but little Lord Jesus, no ... Used With Tune: AWAY IN A MANGER Text Sources: North American, 19th cent.
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The Bells of Christmas

Author: Charles Porterfield Krauth, 1823-1883; Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 43 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas First Line: The bells of Christmas chime once more Lyrics: 1 The bells of Christmas chime once more; The heav' ... gladness sing, To keep our Christmas with our king, Until our ... 'nly guest, And keep your Christmas in our breast; Then David ... Used With Tune: DET KIMER NU TIL JULEFEST
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Merry, Merry Christmas Bells

Author: F. E. Pettingell Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Christmas First Line: Christ is born in Bethlehem Refrain First Line: Merry, merry Christmas bells! Lyrics: ... dells, Merry, merry Christmas bells. Refrain: Merry, merry Christmas bells! Hear them ... Used With Tune: [Christ is born in Bethlehem]
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See, amid the winter's snow

Author: Edward Caswall, 1848-1878 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 164 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Years A, B, and C Christmas Day Refrain First Line: Hail, thou ever-blessed morn Lyrics: 1 See, amid the winter's snow, born for us on earth below, see, the tender Lamb appears, promised from eternal years. Refrain: Hail, thou ever-blessed morn, hail, redemption's happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. 2 Lo, ... Scripture: Isaiah 15:1 Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS MORN
See, amid the winter's snow

Christmas Benediction

Author: Charles Wesley ; Nickolas Campbell Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Christmas/Epiphany First Line: Sing we with the hosts of heaven Used With Tune: W ZLOBIE LEZY Text Sources: "Angels Speak, Let Men Give Ear"
Christmas Benediction

A Christmas Gloria

Appears in 60 hymnals Topics: The Liturgical Year Christmas (Days of) First Line: Glory to God in the highest Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Used With Tune: GLORIA Text Sources: Refrain: Trad. French Carol
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Come and sing the Christmas story

Author: Michael Perry (born 1942) Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: God, Saviour Born (Christmas Seasonal); Christmas 1 The Incarnation Lyrics: 1 Come and sing the Christmas story this holy night! Christ ... Used With Tune: ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
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Christ Was Born on Christmas Day

Meter: 7.7.7.11 Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christmas Season Lyrics: 1 Christ was born on Christmas day: Wreathe the holly, twine ... Scripture: Luke 2:7 Used With Tune: RESONET IN LAUDIBUS Text Sources: Traditional
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
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Infant Holy, Infand Lowly

Author: Edith M.B. Reed Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: Christmas First Line: Infant holy, infant lowly Used With Tune: W ZLOBIE LEZY
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King of Kings and Lord of Lords

Author: Nomi Yah; Sophie Conty Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: King of kings and Lord of lords, glory, hallelujah
King of Kings and Lord of Lords

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