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Carrillon
Lyrics (German folk song, Lyrics by Frank Edwards, publ. 1924) Christmas version:Ring out sweet carillon with Yuletide cheer!Let love attune your message,Fair hope be in your presage.Ring naught but joy to crown the passing year! Easter version:Ring out sweet carillon ...
The Clear Cool Pond
Lyrics (French folk song, Lyrics – English adaptation – George Gould, 1903) Down by the old farmhouse,Hurry, hurry, little ducklings!Down by the old farmhouseThere’s a clear cool pond.Clear cool, bright pool,Clear cool, bright pool,There’s a clean cool pond. There swim ...
Tick-tock
Lyrics (Clara Belle Baker, 1921) 1. Upon the staircase landing,Tick-tock, tick-tock, tock-tock, tock-tock,Upon the staircase landing,There stands a big hall clock, tick-tock.There stands a big hall clock. 2. We wake up in the morning,Tick-tock, tick-tock, tock-tock, tock-tock,We wake up in ...
Muss i denn
Lyrics – Swabian German dialect (Friedrich Solcher, 1825) Muss i denn, muss i dennzum Städtele hinaus, Städtele hinaus,Und du, mein Schatz, bleibst hier?Wenn i komm’, wenn i komm’,wenn i wiedrum komm’, wiedrum komm’,Kehr’ i ein, mein Schatz, bei dir.Kann i ...
Evening Shades
Lyrics (Evan Stephens, 1899) Evening shades are gently falling,And another day is done,So goodbye to every one. See also Subjects: goodbye / evening Harmony: canons / chords I & V Meter: 4 Scale: hexatonic Tones: s,t,drmfs Source: The School and Primary ...
Valentines (When days)
Lyrics (Folk tune, Lyrics by Clara Belle Baker, 1921) When days of February come I know what we will do,We’ll make some pretty valentines of paper red and blue.Valentines, valentines, oh, they tell that I love you.Valentines, valentines, oh, they ...
Cold the Wind is Blowing
Lyrics (Lowell Mason) Cold the wind is blowing; the storm is raging loud.See the rain is pouring, pouring from the cloud,See the rain is pouring, pouring from the cloud. See also Subject: rain Harmony: canons Meter: 6/8 Scale:Â harmonic minor Source: ...
Winter Cheer
Lyrics (Music by J. W. Elliot, 1924, Lyrics by George W. Pennington) When the snow is on the ground,Scarlet berries still are found,Happy winter birds are seenAmong the boughs of evergreen. When the lake with ice is locked,When the drifts ...
Meeting (Gaudeamus igitur)
Lyrics (Traditional Latin, English Lyrics – Hervey White, 1903) Sing the song we love to sing,Sing the song of greeting,Sing till all the echoes ring,Joyousness repeating.Song we sang when we were younger,Song will sing when age grows stronger.Gladsome song of ...
The Three Kings / La Marche des rois
Lyrics (Provençal folk song used in Bizet’s L’Arlésienne, Lyrics by Stephen Fay, 1924) Once three kings upon the break of dayCame proudly riding with a train in brave array,And as they rode I marked the armor brightThat shone like silver ...