LYRICS FOR OUTDOOR CAROLS (15th December)
O Come All Ye Faithful
O come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of angels
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord!
God of God, Light of light
Lo he abhors not the virgin's womb
Very God, Begotten not created
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord!
Sing choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing all ye citizens of heaven above
Glory to God in the highest
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord!
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O little town of Bethlehem,
how still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
the silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
the everlasting light;
the hopes and fears of all the years
are met in thee tonight.
O morning stars, together
proclaim the holy birth,
and praises sing to God the King
and peace to men on earth.
For Christ is born of Mary;
and, gathered all above,
while mortals sleep, the angels keep
their watch of wond'ring love.
How silently, how silently,
the wondrous gift is giv'n!
So God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of His heav'n.
No ear may hear His coming,
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive Him still,
the dear Christ enters in.
O holy Child of Bethlehem,
descend to us, we pray;
cast out our sin and enter in;
be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels,
the great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
our Lord Emmanuel!
Angels from the Realms of Glory.
Angels from the realms of glory
Wing your flight o'er all the earth.
Ye who sang Creation's story
Now proclaim Messiah's birth.
Come and Worship Christ the newborn King.
Come and Worship Christ the newborn King.
Shepherds in the fields abiding
Watching o'er your flocks by night.
God with man in now residing
Yonder shines the infant-light.
Come and Worship Christ the newborn King.
Come and Worship Christ the newborn King.
Saints before the altar bending
Watching long in hope and fear.
Suddenly the Lord descending
In His temple shall appear.
Come and Worship Christ the newborn King.
Come and Worship Christ the newborn King.
All creation join in praising
God the Father Spirit Son
Evermore your voices raising
To th'eternal Three in One.
Come and Worship Christ the newborn King.
Come and Worship Christ the newborn King.
Silent Night.
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, and all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace!
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 dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth!
Joy to the World
Joy to the world, the Lord is come
Let Earth receive her King
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room
And Heav'n and nature sing
And Heav'n and nature sing
And Heav'n, and Heav'n, and nature sing!
Joy to the Earth, the Saviour reigns
Your sweetest songs employ
While fields and streams, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy!
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders, of His love!
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King:
peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
join the triumph of the skies;
with th'angelic hosts proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King"
Christ, by highest heav'n adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
late in time behold him come,
offspring of the Virgin's womb:
veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th'incarnate Deity,
pleased as man with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King"
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that man no more may die,
born to raise the sons of earth,
born to give them second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King"
LYRICS FOR CHRISTINGLE SERVICES (8th December)
Little Donkey.
Little donkey, little donkey
On the dusty road
Gotta keep on plodding onward
With your precious load.
Been a long time little donkey
Through the winters night
Don't give up now little donkey
Bethlehem's in sight.
Little donkey, little donkey
Had a heavy day
Little donkey, carry Mary safely on her way
Little donkey, carry Mary safely on her way.
Little Donkey written by Eric Boswell (1959)
Away in a Manger.
Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Lay down His sweet head.
The cattle are lowing
The poor baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes.
Be near me, Lord Jesus
I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever
And love me I pray.
Away in a Manger is in the public domain.
Silent Night.
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, and all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace!
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 dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth!
Silent Night is in the public domain.