* * C H R I S T M A S T I M E S I N G - A L O N G * * 1. JOY TO THE WORLD! Light and life to all he brings, Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! Let earth receive her King; (Refrain) Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And heav'n and nature sing, 3. WHAT CHILD IS THIS And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n and heav'n and nature sing. What Child is this, Who, laid to rest, On Mary's lap is sleeping? Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns; Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, Let men their songs employ; While shepherds watch are keeping? While fields and floods, rocks, hills This, this -- is Christ, the King; And plains - Repeat the sounding joy, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: Repeat the sounding joy, Haste, haste to bring Him laud, Repeat, repeat the sounding joy. The Babe, the Son -- of Mary! He rules the world with truth and grace So bring Him in - cense, gold and myrrh, And makes the nations prove Come peasant, king to own Him; The glories of - His righteousness The King of kings, salvation brings; And wonders of His love, Let loving hearts enthrone Him. And wonders of His love, Raise, raise - the song on high, And wonders, wonders of His love. The Virgin sings her lullaby: Joy, joy, -- for Christ is born, 2. HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING The Babe, the Son -- of Mary! Hark! the herald angels sing; 4. WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, We three kings of Orient are; God and sinners reconciled! Bearing gifts we traverse a- far, Joyful all ye nations, rise, Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Join the triumph of the skies; Following yonder star. With th'angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. CHORUS: REFRAIN: O --- Star of wonder, star of night, Hark! the herald angels sing, Star with royal beauty bright, Glory to the newborn King. Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to Thy perfect light. Christ, by highest heav'n adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord; Born a King on Bethlehem's plain, Late in time behold him come, Gold I bring, to crown Him again, Off-spring of the Virgin's womb. King for ever, ceasing never, Veil'd in flesh the God-head see; O-ver us all to reign. (Chorus) Hail th'Incarnate De-i-ty, Pleased as Man with man to dwell, Frankincense to offer have I, Jesus, our Emmanuel. In-cense owns a De-i-ty nigh. (Refrain) Pray'r and praising, all men raising, Worship Him, God most High. (Chorus) Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die, Myrrh is mine, its bit-ter per-fume Born to raise the sons of earth, Breathes a life of gathering gloom; Born to give them second birth. Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Ris'n with healing in His wings, Seal'd in the stone cold tomb. (Chorus) ST. JOSEPH'S MANOR PAGE 1 MEADOWBROOK, PA. CHRISTMAS TIME SING - ALONG FAVORITE CAROLS Glo-rious now behold Him a - rise, Christ, the Savior, is born,---- King and God and Sac - ri-fice, Christ, the Savior, is born.---- Al - le - lu -ia, Al - le - lu -ia; Earth to heav'n re - plies. (Chorus) Si - lent night! Ho - ly night! Son of -- God, love's pure light 5. IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR Radiant beams from Thy ho - ly face With the dawn of re -deem -ing grace, It came up - on the mid-night clear, Jesus, Lord at Thy birth, ---- That glo-rious song of old, --- Jesus, Lord at Thy birth. ---- From an-gels bend - ing near the earth To touch their harps of gold: -- 7. DECK THE HALL WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY "Peace on the earth, good-will to men From heav'n's all-gra-cious King." -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly, The world in solemn still-ness lay Fa la la la la, la la la la. To hear the an - gels sing. 'Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Still through the cloven skies they come Don we now our gay ap-par-el, With peace-ful wings un - furl'd; -- Fa la la la la, la la la la. And still their heav'n-ly music floats Troll the Ancient Yuletide Carol, O'er all the weary world: ---- Fa la la la la, la la la la. Above its sad and low - ly plains They bend on hov - 'ring wing; --- See the blazing Yule before us, And ev - er o'er its Babel sounds Fa la la la la, la la la la. The bless - ed an - gels sing. Strike the harp and join the chorus, Fa la la la la, la la la la. O ye, be-neath life's crush-ing load, Follow me in merry measure, Whose forms are bend - ing low, --- Fa la la la la, la la la la. Who toil a - long the climb-ing way While I tell of Yuletide treasure. With pain - ful steps and slow! --- Fa la la la la, la la la la. Look now, for glad and gold - en hours Come swift - ly on the wing; --- Fast away the old year passes, O rest be - side the wea - ry road, Fa la la la la, la la la la. And hear the an - gels sing. Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa la la la la, la la la la. For lo! the days are hast-'ning on, Sing we joyous all together, By proph - ets seen of old, ---- Fa la la la la, la la la la. When with the ev - er-circling years Heedless of the wind and weather. Shall come the time fore - told, --- Fa la la la la, la la la la. When the new heav'n and earth shall own The Prince of Peace, their King, ---- 8. GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN And the whole world send back the song Which now the an - gels sing. God rest ye mer-ry, gen-tle-men, Let nothing you dismay, 6. SILENT NIGHT Remember Christ, our Saviour, Was born on Christmas Day, Si - lent night! Ho - ly night! To save us all from Sa-tan's pow'r All is calm, all is bright: When we were gone a - stray; Round yon Virgin Mother and Child, Ho - ly In-fant, so tender and mild, CHORUS: Sleep in heav-en-ly peace, ---- Sleep in heav-en-ly peace. ---- O -- tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy! Si - lent night! Ho - ly night! O -- tidings of comfort and joy. Shepherds quake at the sight! Glories stream from heaven a-far, In Bethlehem, in Jewry, Heavn'ly hosts sing Al-le-lu-ia; This blessed Babe was born, ST. JOSEPH'S MANOR PAGE 2 MEADOWBROOK, PA. CHRISTMAS TIME SING - ALONG FAVORITE CAROLS And laid within a manger, On a cold winter's night Upon this blessed morn; that was so deep. This which His Mother Mary CHORUS: Did nothing take in scorn. (Chorus) Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, ----- Born is the King of Is-ra-el. From God our Heavenly Father A blessed Angel came; They looked up and saw a Star And unto certain Shepherds Shining in the East, beyond them far; Brought tidings of the same: And to the earth it gave great light, How that in Bethlehem was born And so it continued both day and night. The Son of God by Name. (Chorus) (Chorus) This star drew nigh to the North-West, Now to the Lord sing praises, O'er Bethlehem it took rest, All you within this place, And there it did both stop and stay And with true love and brotherhood Right o-ver the place where Je-sus lay. Each other now embrace; (Chorus) This holy tide of Christmas All other doth deface. Then en-ter'd in there Wise-men three, (Chorus) Full rev-'rently on bended knee, And of-fer'd there in His -- pres-ence, 9. O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL Their gold and myrrh and frankincense. (Chorus) O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, ******* O come ye, O come ye to Beth-le-hem; Come and behold Him, Born the King of an-gels; St. Joseph's Manor is a non-profit CHORUS: nursing care facility providing loving care for the elderly. Like all such O come, let us adore Him, facilities the need for extra help in O come, let us adore Him, providing these services is ever O come, let us adore Him, present. Christ, the Lord! If you enjoy these Sing - Along song Sing, choirs of angels, sheets and find them helpful at the time Sing with exultations, we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Sing, all ye citizens of heav'n above: Saviour, please send a small donation. Glory to God in the highest; (Chorus) St. Joseph's Manor Activities Meadowbrook, PA 19046 Yea, Lord we greet Thee, Born this happy morning, May you have a truly joyous Christmas! Jesus, to Thee be glo-ry giv'n; Word of the Father, NOTE: Now in flesh appearing; These carols follow the words and songs (Chorus) in the numerical order presented on the "Christmas Sing-Along With Mitch" audio 10. THE FIRST NOEL tapes 3CT 38298 or LET 10166 released by Columbia Records/CBS Inc. The first Noel the an-gel did say, Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay keeping their sheep ST. JOSEPH'S MANOR PAGE 3 MEADOWBROOK, PA. INDEX DECK THE HALL WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY 2 FIRST NOEL, THE 3 GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN 2 HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING 1 IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR 2 JOY TO THE WORLD! 1 O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL 3 SILENT NIGHT 2 WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE 1 WHAT CHILD IS THIS 1 ST. JOSEPH'S MANOR PAGE 4 MEADOWBROOK, PA.