The Three Kings
1. Three Kings came riding from far away,
Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;
Three Wise Men out of the East were they,
And they travelled by night and they slept by day,
For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star.
The star was so beautiful, large, and clear,
That all the other stars of the sky
Became a white mist in the atmosphere,
And by this they knew that the coming was near
Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.
Three caskets they bore .....
Christmas Trees
2. The city had withdrawn into itself
And left at last the country to the country;
When between whirls of snow not come to lie
And whirls of foliage not yet laid, there drove
A stranger to our yard, who looked the city,
Yet did in country fashion in that there
He sat and waited till he drew us out
A buttoning coats to ask him who he was.
He proved to be the city come again
To look for something it had left behind
And could not do without and keep it .....
Minstrels
3. The minstrels played their Christmas tune
To night beneath my cottage eaves;
While, smitten by a lofty moon,
The encircling laurels, thick with leaves,
Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen,
That overpowered their natural green.
Through hill and valley every breeze
Had sunk to rest with folded wings:
Keen was the air, but could not freeze,
Nor check, the music of the strings;
So stout and hardy were the band
That scraped the chords with strenuous .....
Ring Out Wild Bells
4. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more,
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly .....
Christmas At Sea
5. The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
The decks were like a slide, where a seaman scarce could stand;
The wind was a norwester, blowing squally off the sea;
And cliffs and spouting breakers were the only things a lee.
They heard the surf a roaring before the break of day;
But twas only with the peep of light we saw how ill we lay.
We tumbled every hand on deck instanter, with a shout,
And we gave her the maintopsl, and stood .....
Christmas in India
6. Dim dawn behind the tamerisks the sky is saffron yellow
As the women in the village grind the corn,
And the parrots seek the riverside, each calling to his fellow
That the Day, the staring Easter Day is born.
Oh the white dust on the highway! Oh the stenches in the byway!
Oh the clammy fog that hovers
And at Home theyre making merry neath the white and scarlet berry
What part have Indias exiles in their mirth?
Full day begind the tamari .....
Christmas Carol
7. The kings they came from out the south,
All dressed in ermine fine;
They bore Him gold and chrysoprase,
And gifts of precious wine.
The shepherds came from out the north,
Their coats were brown and old;
They brought Him little new born lambs
They had not any gold.
The wise men came from out the east,
And they were wrapped in white;
The star that led them all the way
Did glorify the night.
The angels came from heaven high,
And they .....
In the Bleak Midwinter
8. In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.
Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
Enough for Him, Whom cherubim, worship night and day,
Breastful of milk, and a mang .....
Hymn on the Morning of Christs Nativity
9. IT was the Winter wilde,
While the Heavn born childe,
All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies;
Nature in aw to him
Had dofft her gawdy trim,
With her great Master so to sympathize:
It was no season then for her
To wanton with the Sun her lusty Paramour.
Only with speeches fair
She woos the gentle Air
To hide her guilty front with innocent Snow,
And on her naked shame,
Pollute with sinfull blame,
The Saintly Vail of Maid .....
Mistletoe
10. Sitting under the mistletoe
(Pale green, fairy mistletoe),
One last candle burning low,
All the sleepy dancers gone,
Just one candle burning on,
Shadows lurking everywhere:
Some one came, and kissed me there.
Tired I was; my head would go
Nodding under the mistletoe
(Pale green, fairy mistletoe),
No footsteps came, no voice, but only,
Just as I sat there, sleepy, lonely,
Stooped in the still and shadowy air
Lips unseen and kissed me there. .....
Good King Wenceslas
11. Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel
When a poor man came in sight
Gathring winter fuel
Hither, page, and stand by me
If thou knowst it, telling
Yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?
Sire, he lives a good league hence
Underneath the mountain
Right against the forest fence
By Saint Agnes fountain. .....
At Christmas
12. A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year;
He is almost what he should be when the Christmas seasons here;
Then hes thinking more of others than hes thought the months before,
And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for.
He is less a selfish creature than at any other time;
When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime.
When its Christmas man is bigger and is better in his part;
He is keener for the .....
A Christmas Carol
13. I.
The shepherds went their hasty way,
And found the lowly stable shed
Where the Virgin Mother lay:
And now they checked their eager tread,
For to the Babe, that at her bosom clung,
A Mothers song the Virgin Mother sung.
II.
They told her how a glorious light,
Streaming from a heavenly throng.
Around them shone, suspending night!
While sweeter than a mothers song,
Blest Angels heralded the Saviors birth,
Glory to God on high! and Peace on Earth. .....
Christmas Bells
14. I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men!
Till, ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good will to men!
Then from each blac .....
Marmion
15. Heap on more wood! the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
Well keep our Christmas merry still.
Each age has deemd the new born year
The fittest time for festal cheer:
Even, heathen yet, the savage Dane
At Iol more deep the mead did drain;
High on the beach his galleys drew,
And feasted all his pirate crew;
Then in his low and pine built hall
Where shields and axes deckd the wall
They gorged upon the half dressd steer;
Caroused in seas .....
T was just this time last year I died
16. T was just this time last year I died.
I know I heard the corn,
When I was carried by the farms,
It had the tassels on.
I thought how yellow it would look
When Richard went to mill;
And then I wanted to get out,
But something held my will.
I thought just how red apples wedged
The stubbles joints between;
And carts went stooping round the fields
To take the pumpkins in.
I wondered which would miss me least,
And when Thanksgiving came,
If fath .....
The Oxen
17. Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.
Now they are all on their knees,
An elder said as we sat in a flock
By the embers in hearthside ease.
We pictured the meek mild creatures where
They dwelt in their strawy pen,
Nor did it occur to one of us there
To doubt they were kneeling then.
So fair a fancy few would weave
In these years! Yet, I feel,
If someone said on Christmas Eve,
Come; see the oxen kneel
In the lonely barton by yonder coomb
Our .....
The True Christians
18. So stick up ivy and the bays,
And then restore the heathen ways.
Green will remind you of the spring,
Though this great day denies the thing.
And mortifies the earth and all
But your wild revels, and loose hall.
Could you wear flowers, and roses strow
Blushing upon your breasts warm snow,
That very dress your lightness will
Rebuke, and wither at the ill.
The brightness of this day we owe
Not unto music, masque, nor show:
Nor gallant furniture, no .....
Talking Turkeys
19. Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos turkeys just wanna hav fun
Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
An every turkey has a Mum.
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas,
Dont eat it, keep it alive,
It could be yu mate, an not on your plate
Say, Yo! Turkey Im on your side.
I got lots of friends who are turkeys
An all of dem fear christmas time,
Dey wanna enjoy it, dey say humans destroyed it
An humans are out of dere mind,
Yeah, I got lo .....
A Little Friends
20. Are you...........
ready for Christmas? , to decorate the tree,
The sparkling baubles that shine with glee,
The shops are filled with Christmas galore,
But the people are shouting, We want more,
Each and every leaf, is covered in snow,
Were still waiting for Santas Ho! Ho! Ho! ,
The Christmas lights, light up the street,
Presents to open, people to greet,
Look whats under the tall green tree,
Are these presents all for me? .....
Christmas without You
21. C Christmas carols oh blazon,
unearth the eve of torn images that churn
H Hitch hiking each moment,
that eclipses in every turns
R Raging the innocent faces,
as winter white blanketing the sadness
I Illusive and passive,
Jesus shying away in recognition of crisis
S Solemn night airs the song of broken love,
like broken wings of Dove
T Tormented in many pieces,
Santa .....
A Christmas Tree A Christmas Tree
22. A Christmas tree! A Christmas tree!
With dark green needled memories
Of childhood dreams and mysteries
Wrapped present like in front of me.
A Christmas tree! A Christmas tree!
I glimpse a past wherein i see
The child that then grew into me
Not forward fast but haltingly.
A Christmas tree! A Christmas tree!
A time for being with family
A time thats gone so fleetingly
Yet lives for always deep in me.
A Christmas tree! A Christmas tree!
When .....
Christmas Spirit
23. Put up a splash of Christmas spirit
Put in a dash of love
Stir up the sounds .....
Christmas Fancies
24. When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow,
We hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago.
And etched on vacant places,
Are half forgotten faces
Of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know .....
I Saw Three Ships
25. I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day, on Christmas day;
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning.
And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day?
And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas day in the morning?
Our Saviour Christ and his lady,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day;
Our Saviour Christ and his lady,
On Christmas day in the morning.
Pray whither sailed those shi .....
Merry Christmas
26. A snowy Christmas night
The December wind blows
I fight my way homeward
Through the deep snow close
Angels who make up the Christmas missed
Mistletoes where everyone is kissed
The toys beneath the tree so tall
The sunset before the night .....
A Christmas Folksong
27. DE win is blowin wahmah,
An hits blowin fom de bay;
Deys a sot o mist a risin
All erlong de meddah way;
Dey aint a hint o frostin
On de groun ner in de sky,
An dey aint no use in hopin
Dat de snowll mence to fly.
Its goin to be a green Christmas,
An sad de day fu me.
I wish dis was de las one
Dat evah I should see.
Deys dancin in de cabin,
Deys spahkin by de tree;
But dancin times an spahkin
Are all done pas fur me.
Deys feastin in de big house,
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All I want for Christmas
28. All I want for Christmas is to treat you as my wonderland
My finger tips to skate lightly across your chest
Hearing the music of a softly fine tuned band
I need you to be my holiday quest
I want to taste your sweet sugary lips
Feeling a hard candy Christmas all night
Before you practice my X mas eve scripts
Seeing your eyes grow bright
I want you wrapped in just a big red bow
Laying beside me when my eyes awaken on Christmas Morn
I need you to .....
A Special Messages for Gabriel
29. I see the countless Christmas Trees around the world below,
with tiny lights, like heavens stars, reflecting on the snow.
I hear many Christmas songs that people hold so dear,
but the sounds of music cant hide the feeling of being
happy or on the silent night with fear?
I know how much I miss me, I see the pain inside my heart,
The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away that tear,
for I am spending Christmas with you all with a smile on m .....
A Christmas Wish
30. I made a Christmas wish,
A special one for you.
I wished really hard,
And hoped it would come true.
You really needed something,
To brighten up your day,
So I made a little Christmas wish,
I hope will come your way.
It isnt something expensive,
That can be measured in cost.
Its something you had long ago,
But you thought youd lost.
You cant wear it on your finger...
You cant hold it in your hand
Its only a special wish,
I know youll u .....
