The Christmas Album
Release date: 2011
Record Label: EMI Classics
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- Joy to the World
closeJoy to the world, the Lord has come!
Let earth receive her King
let every heart prepare him room
and heaven and nature singJoy to the earth, the Saviour reigns!
Your sweetest songs employ
while fields and streams and hills and plains
repeat the sounding joyHe rules the world with truth and grace
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness
the wonders of his love - Still, Still, Still
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Still still still
let all the earth be still
For Mary in her arms enfolding
Hope of all the world is holding
Still still still
let all the earth be stillSing sing sing
sweet angel voices sing
While Jesus lies in manger dreaming
Seraph choirs from heaven are streaming
sing sing sing
sweet angel voices singLight light light
let all the earth be light
the holy star its news ablazing
sign of hope for nations raising
light light light
let all the earth be lightSleep holy Jesus sleep
- Carol of the Bells
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Hark how the bells
sweet silver bells
all seem to say
throw cares awayChristmas is here
bringing good cheer
to young and old
meek and the boldDing dong ding dong
that is their song
With joyful ring
all carollingOne seems to hear
words of good cheer
from eveywhere
filling the airOh how they pound
raising the sound
o’er hill and dale
telling their taleGloria, in excelsis Deo
GloriaGaily they ring
while people sing
songs of good cheer
Christmas is hereMerry, merry, merry, merry Christmas
On on they send
on without end
their joyful tone to every homeDing dong ding dong
That is their song - Veni, Veni Emmanuel
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Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel
Veni, veni Emmanuel!
captivum solve Israel
qui gemit in exsilio
privatus Dei FilioGaude, gaude, Emmanuel
nascetur pro te, Israel.
Veni, O Sapientia
quae hic disponis omnia
Veni, viam prudentiae
ut doceas et gloriaeO come, O come Emmanuel
and ransom captive Israel
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appearRejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel - Once in Royal David's City
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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 childHe came down to earth from heaven
who is God and Lord of all
and his shelter was a stable
and his cradle was a stall
with the poor and mean and lowly
lived on earth our Saviour holyAnd our eyes at last shall see him
through his own redeeming love
for that child so dear and gentle
is our Lord in heaven above
and he leads his children on
to the place where he is goneNot in that poor lowly stable
with the oxen standing by
we shall see him but in heaven,
set at God’s right hand on high
where like stars his children crowned
all in white shall wait around - O Holy Night
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O holy night, the stars are brightly shining
it is the night of the dear Saviour’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 mornFall on your knees
O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
O Holy night, O holy nightTruly 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 nameChrist is the Lord
For ever praise we
his power and glory evermore proclaim - White Christmas
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The sun is shining the grass is green
the orange and palm trees sway
There’s never been such a day
in Beverley Hills LA
But it’s December the twenty forth
and I am longing to be up North
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
and children listen
to hear sleighbells in the snowI’m dreaming of a white Christmas
with every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
and may all your Christmases be white - Corpus Christi Carol
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He bare her up, he bare her down
He bare her into an orchard ground
Lully lullay, lully lullay
The falcon hath borne my mate awayAnd in that orchard there was a hall
That was hanged with purple and pall
And in that hall there was a bed
And it was hanged with gold so redAnd on this bed there lyeth a knight
His wound is bleeding day and night
By his bedside kneeleth a maid
And she weepeth both night and dayBy his bedside standeth a stone
‘Corpus Christi’ written thereon - In Dulci Jubilo
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In dulci jubilo
Now sing with hearts aglow
Our delight and pleasure lies in praesepio
like sunshine is our treasure Matris in gremio
Alpha es et OO Jesu parvule
For thee I long alway
Comfort my heart’s blindness O puer optime
With all thy loving kindness O princpes gloriae
Trahe me post teO patris caritas
O nati lenitas
Deeply were we stained per nostra crimina
But thou for us hast gained coelorum gaudia
O that we were thereUbi sunt gaudia
in any place but there
There are angels singing in nova cantica
and there the bells are ringing in Regis curia
O that we were there - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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Have yourself a merry little Christmas
let your heart be light
Next year all our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
make the Yuletide gay
Next year all our troubles will be miles awayOnce again as in olden days
happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who were dear to us
will be near to us once moreSomeday soon we all will be together
if the fates allow
Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow
So have yourself a merry little Christmas now - Sing the Story
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Sing the story of the glory
in stable cold and dark came the miracle
Wonderful miracle, the redeemer of us allBleak the night as we come to worship you
Guard us on our way
Hard the road as we bring our gifts to you
Help us on we prayShining like silver the stars in the sky lead us to Bethlehem
Streaming from heaven the angels on high point us to BethlehemBleak the night as we try to follow you
Guard us on our way
Hard the road as bring our lives to you
Help us on we prayShining like silver the stars in the sky lead us to Bethlehem
Streaming from heaven the angels on high point us to Bethlehem
Sing the story of the glory in stable cold and dark came the miracle,
Wonderful miracle, the redeemer of us allSing the story the wonderful miracle
Sing the glory of love evermore - Coventry Carol
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Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Bye bye, lully lullayO sisters too
How may we do
For to preserve this day?
This poor youngling
For whom we do sing
Bye bye, lully lullay!Herod, the king
In his raging
Chargèd he hath this day
His men of might
In his own sight
All young children to slayThat woe is me
Poor child for thee!
And ever morn and day
For thy parting
Neither say nor sing
Bye bye, lully lullay! - The First Noel
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The first Nowell 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 deepNowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of IsraelThey lookèd 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 nightThis star drew nigh to the north-west
O’er Bethlehem it took its rest
And there it did both stop and stay
Right over the place where Jesus layThen let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord
That hath made heaven and earth of naught
And with his blood mankind hath bought - Jubilate Deo
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Alleluia
Angels holy, high and lowly
Tell the story of the gloryJubilate Deo
Jubilate deo omnis terra
Servite domino in laetitiaeHeaven soaring, stars adoring
Tell the story of the glory - While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night
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While shepherds watched their flocks by night
all seated on the ground
the angel of the Lord came down
and glory shone around‘Fear not,’ said he (for mighty dread
had seized their troubled mind)
‘glad tidings of great joy I bring
to you and all mankind’
‘To you in David’s town this day
is born of David’s line
a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord
and this shall be the sign’
‘The heavenly babe you there shall find
to human view displayed
all meanly wrapped in swathing bands
and in a manger laid’
Thus spake the seraph and forthwith
appeared a shining throng
of angels praising God, who thus
addressed their joyful song‘All glory be to God on high
and on the earth be peace
good will henceforth from heaven to men
begin and never cease’ - Lullabye (Goodnight my Angel)
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Goodnight my angel time to close your eyes
and save these questions for another day
I think I know what you’ve been asking me
I think you know what I’ve been trying to say
I promised I would never leave you
and you should always know, wherever you may go, no matter where you are, I never will be far awayGoodnight my angel now it’s time to sleep
and still so many things I want to say
Remember all the songs you sang for me
when we went sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean
I’m rocking you to sleep, the water’s dark and deep inside this ancient heart you’ll always be a part of meGoodnight my angel now it’s time to dream
and dream how wonderful your life will be
Someday your child will cry and if you sing this lullaby, then in your heart there will always be a part of meSomeday we’ll all be gone but lullabyes go on and on, they never die
that’s how you and I will be
