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Angels we have heard on high

Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plain,
And the mountains in reply echo back their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your...

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Away in a manger

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

The cattle are lowing, the poor Babe...

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Bring a torch

Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella,
Bring a torch, come hurry and run.
It is Jesus, good folk of the village,
Christ is born, and Mary's calling, Ah! Ah!
Beautiful is the Mother. Ah! Ah!
Beautiful is her Son.

Skies are...

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Blue Christmas

I'll have a blue Christmas without you.
I'll be so blue thinking about you.
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree,
Won't mean a thing if you're not here with me.

And when the blue snowflakes start falling,...

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The Night Before Christmas

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack....

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Carol of the bells

Hark, how the bells, sweet silver bells,
All seem to say, Throw cares away.
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer
To one and old, meek and the bold.
Ding, dong, ding-dong, that is their song,
With joyful ring, all...

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Caroling, caroling

Caroling, caroling, now we go,
Christmas bells are ringing.
Caroling, caroling thru the snow,
Christmas bells are ringing.
Joyous voices sweet and clear
Sing the sad of heart to cheer.
Ding dong, ding dong,...

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The Chipmunk song

Christmas, Christmas time is near,
Time for toys and time for cheer.
We've been good, but we can't last.
Hurry, Christmas, hurry fast.
Want a plane that loops the loop.
Me, I want a hula-hoop.
We can hardly stand...

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Children go where I send thee

Children, go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send thee one by one.
One for the little bitty baby
That was born, born,
Born in Bethlehem.

Children, go where I send thee
How shall I...

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C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

When I was but a youngster,
Christmas meant one thing,
That I d be getting lots of toys that day.
I learned a whole lot different,
When my mother sat me down,
And taught me to spell Christmas this way:

"C" is...

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The friendly beasts

Jesus our brother, kind and good
Was humbly born in a stable rude
And the friendly beasts around Him stood,
Jesus our brother, kind and good.

"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
"I carried His mother up hill...

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Do you hear what I hear

Said the night wind to the little lamb,
Do you see what I see, way up in the sky, little lamb?
Do you see what I see? A star, a star, dancing in the night,
With a tail as big as a kite,
With a tail as big as a...

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God rest ye merry, gentlemen

God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.
To save us all from Satan's power when we were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort...

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Good Christian men, rejoice,

Good Christian men, rejoice,
With heart and soul and voice,
Give ye heed to what we say:
News, News, Jesus Christ is born today.
Ox and ass before Him bow,
And He is in the manger now.
Christ is born...

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Go tell it on the mountain

Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere,
Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.

While shepherds kept their watching o'er silent flocks at night,
Behold, throughout the heavens...

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Grandma got run over by a reindeer

Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa we believe.

She'd been drinking too much eggnog,...

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Hark the herald angels sing,

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,...

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your hearts 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...

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Here we come a-wassailing

Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green,
Here we come a-wandering so fair to be seen.
Love and joy come to you, and to you your wassail too.
And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year,
And God...

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas,
Only a hippopotamus will do.
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy,
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy.
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
I don't...

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