Category: Orff
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
Version 1 Lyrics (Traditional British carol, collected by Ralph Vaughn Williams in Sussex, Lyrics 17th century) 1. On Christmas night all Christians singTo hear the news the angels bringOn Christmas night all Christians singTo hear the news the angels bring ...
Oh Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb
Lyrics (American folk carol) 1. Oh Mary and the Baby, sweet Lamb, (repeat three times) 2. It’s a holy Baby, sweet Lamb (3x)Mary and the Baby, sweet Lamb. 3. I love that Baby, sweet Lamb (3x)Mary and the Baby, sweet ...
Christmas is Coming
Info The British “halfpenny” was known as “ha’penny” (pronounced HAY-penny / heɪpni), minted between 1672 and 1967. (source) Lyrics (English folk song) Christmas is coming! The goose is getting fat!Please to put a penny in the old man’s hat.Please to ...
It’s Almost Day
Lyrics (Folk song) Chicken crows at midnight, it’s almost day… Santa Claus is coming… Time to chop the tree down… Time to wrap the presents… Time to bake the cookies… Sugar cakes and candy… See also Subjects: Christmas / hello ...
A Mince Pie or a Pudding
Lyrics (American Shaker folk song) Welcome here! Welcome here! All be alive and be of good cheer! (repeat)I’ve got a pie all baked complete with pudding, too, that’s very sweet. (repeat)Welcome here! Welcome here! All be alive and of good cheer! (repeat ...
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Lyrics (Traditional carol from Trinidad) 1. The Virgin Mary had a baby boy (repeat twice)And they say that his name was Jesus. RefrainHe come from the glory, He come from the glorious kingdom. (repeat)O yes, believer (repeat)He come from the ...
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In
Lyrics (Traditional English carol) 1. I saw three ships come sailing inOn Christmas Day, on Christmas Day,I saw three ships come sailing inOn Christmas Day in the morning. 2. And what was in those ships all three… 3. Our Savior ...
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Lyrics (Folk song) Jolly old St. Nicholas, Lean your ear this way!Don’t you tell a single soul, What I’m going to say;Christmas Eve is coming soon, Now, you dear old man,Whisper what you’ll bring to me: Tell me if you ...
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Info This carol can be traced back to the sixteenth-century. (source) Lyrics (English folk song) We wish you a Merry Christmas (repeat twice)And a Happy New Year. Now bring us some foggy pudding (repeat twice)And bring some out here.We won’t ...
Freight Train Blues
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. I hate to hear that freight train blow whoo whoo!I hate to hear that freight train blow whoo whoo!Ev’ry time I hear it blowin’, I feel like ridin’ too. 2. I asked the brakeman to let me ...