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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...

It came upon a midnight clear

It came upon a midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold.
Peace on the earth, good-will to men,
From heaven's all gracious King.
The world...

We Three Kings of Orient Are

We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Following yonder star.

O Star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still...

Gentle Mary Laid Her Child

Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
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 saviour?
Ask the saved of all the...

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay

To hear...

If you never go up a hill, you will never know what a plain is like.

A dragon will be teased by a shrimp in a shoal water; a tiger will be bullied by a dog on a treeless plain.

The sheep on the mountain is higher than the bull on the plain.

Go not with every ailment to the doctor, nor with every plaint to lawyer.

A rich man will get his carriage over the mountains, a poor man will lose his way on a level plain.