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Anonymous broadside, Angus, Newcastle, 1774–1825. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas. There are many variations in the lyrics.
Performed by Kevin MacLeod on piano. " Angels We Have Heard on High " is a Christmas carol to the hymn tune "Gloria" from a traditional French song of unknown origin called " Les Anges dans nos campagnes ", with paraphrased English lyrics by James Chadwick. The song's subject is the birth of Jesus Christ as narrated in the Gospel of Luke ...
Lyrics. The following are common representative lyrics: Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. Please [do] put a penny in the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny, [then] a ha'penny will do. If you haven't got a ha'penny, [then] God bless you!
Where do the '12 Days of Christmas' lyrics come from? The lyrics to this song first appeared in the 1780 English children's book Mirth Without Mischief. Some of the words have changed over the years.
The "Jingle Bells" tune is used in French and German songs, although the lyrics are unrelated to the English lyrics. Both songs celebrate winter fun, as in the English version. The French song, titled "Vive le vent" ("Long Live the Wind"), was written by Francis Blanche [ 19 ] [ 20 ] and contains references to Father Time , Baby New Year , and ...
"Joy to the World" is an English Christmas carol. It was written in 1719 by the English minister and hymnist Isaac Watts. It is usually sung to an 1848 arrangement by the American composer Lowell Mason that is based on a tune by George Frideric Handel. The carol's lyrics are a Christian reinterpretation of Psalm 98 and Genesis 3.
The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell (1883–1939) [1] is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell, a lecturer at the University of Bristol from 1909, [2] arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers as an elaborate four-part arrangement, which he performed with them in concert on December 6, 1935. [3]
Song by Harry Simeone. Written. October 1962. Composer (s) Gloria Shayne. Lyricist (s) Noël Regney. " Do You Hear What I Hear? " is a song written in October 1962, with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne. [ 1] The pair, married at the time, wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis. [ 2]