UPDATED Claudelands Carols

1. SILENT NIGHT
Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace
3. MARY’S BOY CHILD
Long time ago in Bethlehem,
so the Holy Bible said,
Mary’s boy child Jesus Christ,
was born on Christmas Day
Hark, now hear the angels sing,
a king was born today,
And man will live for evermore,
because of Christmas Day
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born!
Silent night, holy night!
Son of God love’s pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
While shepherds watch their flocks by night,
they see a bright new shining star,
they hear a choir sing a song,
the music seemed to come from afar
Hark, now hear…
Now Joseph and his wife, Mary,
came to Bethlehem that night,
they found no place to bear her child,
not a single room was in sight.
Hark, now hear…
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
By and by they find a little nook
In a stable all forlorn
And in a manger cold and dark
Mary's little boy was born
Hark, now hear…..
2. AWAY IN A MANGER
Away in a Manger, no crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus, lay down his sweet head,
The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay,
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay
The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes
But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes
I love thee Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,
And stay by my bedside till morning is nigh
Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever and love me, I pray
Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,
And take us to heaven to live with Thee there
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4. RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it,
You would even say it glows
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
‘Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?’
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
You’ll go down in history.
Repeat from the top
Rudolph, the red-nosed….
SECOND BRACKET
5.WE THREE KINGS
We three kings of Orient are
One on a tractor, one in a car
One on a scooter
Tooting his hooter
Following yonder star
Oh, Star of wonder, Star of light
Star of bewdy, she’ll be right
Star of glory, that’s the story
Following yonder star
(Repeat all)
6. TE HARINUI
Not on a snowy night
By star or candlelight
Nor by an angel band
There came to our dear land
7. SNOOPY’S CHRISTMAS
O Tanenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
The news had come out in the First World War
The bloody Red Baron was flying once more
The Allied command ignored all of its men
and called on Snoopy to do it again.
Was the night before Christmas, 40 below
When Snoopy went up in search of his foe
He spied the Red Baron, fiercely they fought,
with ice on his wings Snoopy knew he was caught
Christmas bells those Christmas bells
Ringing through the land
Bringing peace to all the world
And good will to man
Te Harinui
Te Harinui
Te Hari-nu-i
Glad tid-ings of great joy
The Baron had Snoopy dead in his sights
He reached for the trigger to pull it up tight
Why he didn’t shoot, well, we’ll never know
Or was it the bells from the village below
But on a summer day
Within a quiet bay
The Maori people heard
The great and glorious word
Te Harinui…
Christmas bells those Christmas bells…
The people gathered round
Upon the grassy ground
And heard the preacher say
I bring to you this day
Te Harinui…
Now in this blessed land
United heart and hand
We praise the glorious birth
And sing to all the earth
Te Harinui…
The Baron made Snoopy fly to the Rhine
And forced him to land behind the enemy lines
Snoopy was certain that this was the end
When the Baron cried out, “Merry Christmas, my
friend!”
The Baron then offered a holiday toast
And Snoopy, our hero, saluted his host
And then with a roar they were both on their way
Each knowing they’d meet on some other day
Christmas bells those Christmas bells… x2
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8. SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
He’s making a list
And checking it twice
Gonna find out
who’s naughty who’s nice
Santa Claus is comin' to town
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
(Repeat from the top)
(Last time)
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is comin’
Santa Claus is comin’
Santa Claus is comin’ to town
THIRD BRACKET
9. JINGLE BELLS
Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way
Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight
Oh, jingle bells….
10. FELIZ NAVIDAD
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Prospero Ano y Felicidad
Feliz Navidad
Prospero Ano y Felicidad
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
From the bottom of my heart
We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
From the bottom of our heart