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| Carol | Composer /Lyricist | Year published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Adam Lay Ybounden" | Set by numerous composers, most notably by Boris Ord and Peter Warlock | 15th century | |
| "All I Want For Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff | 1994 | |
| "Angels from the Realms of Glory" | words: James Montgomery; music (US): to the tune of "Regent Square" (UK): a slightly different arrangement of "Angels We Have Heard on High" ("Gloria") | 1816 | |
| "Angels We Have Heard on High" | based on traditional hymn "Gloria" (a French traditional carol "Les Anges dans nos Campagnes"); English translation by Bishop James Chadwick, tune arranged by Edward Shippen Barnes | 1862 | |
| "Auld Lang Syne" | words by Robert Burns in his poem of the same name; set to the tune of a traditional folk song | 1788 (poem written) | famously featured at the end of the classic film It's a Wonderful Life |
| "Away in a Manger" | first two stanzas attributed to unknown author; third stanza written by John McFarland (1904) | 1885 | |
| "Boar's Head Carol" | English traditional | ||
| "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" | translation of the French "Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle!" | ||
| "Calypso Carol" ("See him lying on a bed of straw") | Michael Perry | 1969 | Written in 1964 for a college concert |
| "Candlelight Carol" | John Rutter | 1984 | |
| "Carol of the Bells" | music composed by Mykola Leontovych; original traditional Ukrainian lyrics are of pre Christian origin; English adaptation of text by Peter Wilhousky, 1936 | 1916 | based on a pagan epiphany song sung on the New Year known in Ukrainian as "Shchedryk"; sometimes called the "Bulgarian Carol" (although of Ukrainian origin) |
| "The Cherry Tree Carol" | English traditional | ||
| "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" | |||
| "Christians Awake" | John Byrom | 1746 | |
| "A Christmas Carol" | words and music: Charles E. Ives | 1894 | |
| "Christmas Is Coming" | |||
| "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire . . .") | Lyrics by Robert Wells. Music by Mel Tormé. | 1944 | |
| "Come Buy My Nice Fresh Ivy" | music: Turlough O'Carolan, John Keegan | 1849 | (originally titled "O'Carolan's Lament") |
| "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus" | Charles Wesley | 1749 | |
| "Coventry Carol" ("Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child") | English traditional | ||
| "Deck the Halls" | Thomas Oliphant (English lyrics) | 1862-74 | based on the Welsh traditional "Oer yw'r gŵr sy'n methu caru" |
| "Ding Dong Merrily on High" | music: Jehan Tabourot, words: George Ratcliffe Woodward | ||
| "Down in Yon Forest" | English traditional | ||
| "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | written by Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne | 1962 | |
| "Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains" | words and music: John Menzies Macfarlane | 1869 | |
| "The First Nowell" ("The First Noël") | English traditional | 1823 | First published in Carols Ancient and Modern by William B. Sandys |
| "The Friendly Beasts" | |||
| "Frosty the Snowman" | Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson | 1950 | First recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys |
| "Gabriel's Message" | translated into English by Sabine Baring-Gould | from the Basque traditional carol "Birjina gaztettobat zegoen" | |
| "Glory to God" ("Ere Zij God") | Dutch traditional | ||
| "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | Lyrics by John W. Work | 1865 | African-American spiritual dating at least to 1865 |
| "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" | English traditional | 1833 | Published by William B. Sandys; author unknown |
| "Good King Wenceslas" | words: John Mason Neale, music: tune from Piae Cantiones | ||
| "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | *music: Felix Mendelssohn, words: Charles Wesley, amended by George Whitefield and Martin Madan | originally as part of Festgesang, adapted and harmonised by William Hayman Cummings; descant for verse 3 added in 1961 by Sir David Willcocks for the Carols for Choirs books | |
| "Here We Come A-Wassailing" | English traditional | c. 1850 | |
| "The Holly and the Ivy" | English traditional | ||
| "Huron Carol" ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime") | |||
| "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" | words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, music: Johnny Marks | ||
| "I Pray on Christmas" | written and by Harry Connick, Jr. | ||
| "I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In)" | English traditional | 1833 | Published by William B. Sandys; parent tune "Greensleeves" dates to 17th century |
| "In Dulci Jubilo" ("Good Christian Men, Rejoice" or "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice") | Macaronic carol known in several translations | ||
| "In the Bleak Midwinter" | words: Christina Rossetti, music: Gustav Holst | ||
| "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" ("W żłobie leży") | Polish traditional | ||
| "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" | words: Edmund Hamilton Sears, music: Richard Storrs Willis, | 1849 | |
| "I Wonder as I Wander" | Appalachian traditional | ||
| "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree" | |||
| "Jingle Bell Rock" | Joe Beal and Jim Boothe | 1957 | First sung and made popular by Bobby Helms |
| "Jingle Bells" | James Lord Pierpont | 1857 | Originally titled 'The One Horse Open Sleigh' |
| "Joy to the World" | words: Isaac Watts based on Psalm 98, music: arranged by Lowell Mason based on themes in Handel's Messiah | ||
| "Judea" | music: William Billings | ||
| "Let It Snow" | words Sammy Cahn; music Jule Styne | 1945 | |
| "Little Donkey" | written by Eric Boswell | ||
| "The Little Drummer Boy" ("Carol of the Drum") | written by Katherine K. Davis | 1957 | |
| "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" ("Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen") | German traditional | ||
| "Love Came Down at Christmas" | words: Christina Rossetti, music: various | ||
| "March of the Kings" | |||
| "Mary, Did You Know?" | words: Mark Lowry, music: Buddy Greene | 1984 /1990 | |
| "Mary's Boy Child" (Mary's Little Boy Child) | written by Jester Hairston | 1956 | |
| "Night of Silence" | words and music: Daniel Kantor | written to be sung simultaneously with "Silent Night" | |
| "O come, O come, Emmanuel" ("Veni, Veni, Emmanuel") | strictly an Advent hymn | ||
| "O Holy Night" | words: Placide Cappeau de Rouquemaure, translated by John Sullivan Dwight, music: Adolphe Adam | ||
| "O Little Town of Bethlehem" | words: Phillips Brooks, music (US): Lewis H. Redner, music (UK): traditional tune: "Forest Green" (a.k.a. "The Ploughboy's Dream") | ||
| "Of the Father's Love Begotten" ("Of the Father's Heart Begotten") | music: tune from Piae Cantiones | ||
| "Once in Royal David's City" | words: Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander, music: Henry John Gauntlett, (Irby) | ||
| "Past Three O'Clock" (or "Past Three a Clock") | English traditional, with verses written by George Ratcliffe Woodward | first published in The Cowley Carol Book with a harmonisation by Charles Wood | |
| "Rocking Carol" ("Jesu, Jesu, Baby Dear" or "Little Jesus") | Loose translation of Czech traditional carol "Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku" by Percy Dearmer | First published in the Oxford Book of Carols (1928); popularised by Julie Andrews (1965) & The Carpenters (1984) | |
| "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | |||
| "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | First popularized by Gene Autry in 1949 | |
| "Sans Day Carol" | Cornish traditional | ||
| "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie | 1934 | First sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934; first known recording was in October 1934 |
| "See, Amid the Winter's Snow" | words: Edward Caswall, music: John Goss | ||
| "The Seven Joys of Mary" | English traditional | ||
| "Silent Night" ("Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht!") | written by Franz Xaver Gruber and Josef Mohr, best known in the English translation by John Freeman Young | ||
| "Silver Bells" | |||
| "Sleigh Ride" | "Leroy Anderson" | 1948 | |
| "Star of the East" | written by Alfred Hans Zoller, translation by George Cooper in 1890, music by Amanda Kennedy in 1883 | 1890 | |
| "Step Into Christmas" | music by Elton John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin | 1973 | |
| "The Sussex Carol" ("On Christmas Night All Christians Sing") | English traditional | ||
| "Sweet Little Jesus Boy"
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" |
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| "This Endris Night" | Traditional | 15th century | |
| "Torches" | composed by John Joubert | 1951 | |
| "The Twelve Days of Christmas" | English traditional | with melody for "Five gold rings" added by Frederic Austin | |
| "A Virgin Unspotted" ("A Virgin Most Pure") | English traditional | ||
| "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" | English traditional | ||
| "We Three Kings of Orient Are" ("Three Kings of Orient") | written by Rev. John Henry Hopkins | 1863 | strictly an Epiphany carol |
| "The Wexford Carol" ("Good People All, This Christmastide") | Irish traditional | Sometimes known as the "Enniscorthy Carol" | |
| "What Child Is This?" | music: traditional English song "Greensleeves", words: William Chatterton Dix | ||
| "Whence Is That Lovely Fragrance Wafting" ("Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing?") ("Quelle est cette odeur agréable?") | French traditional | ||
| "While by My Sheep I Watched at Night" | |||
| "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" | words: Nahum Tate, music (UK): "Winchester Old" from Este's Psalter adapted from Christopher Tye, music (US): adapted from Handel | ||
| "White Christmas" ("I'm dreaming of a . . . " | Irving Berlin | 1942 | |
| "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard (music); Richard B. Smith (lyrics) | 1934 |
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