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Christmas Day in the Morning (Decca DL 5428, 1952) is the first of several Christmas albums by the folk singer Burl Ives. Subtitled Yuletide Folk Songs, this album includes seven traditional Christmas carols, from the well-known "What Child Is This?" to the little-known "Down in Yon Forest" and "The Seven Joys of Mary."
Perhaps the earliest version was written by George Wheler in his 1698 book The Protestant Monastery, which reads: [1] Upon lying down, and going to sleep. Here I lay me down to sleep.
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes. I love thee, Lord Jesus! look down from the sky, And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.
The Christmas carol can be traced back to Austria. It was written by Joseph Mohr, a priest at the Catholic St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf and first performed in 1818. ... Christmas-themed lyrics ...
Irish traditional, (Short Carol) "Christmas Day Is Come" (also known as "The Irish Carol") [20] [21] words by Fr. William Devereaux, 18th Century Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols" "Codail A Linbh" / "Codail a Leanbh" ("Sleep Child") Lyrics are from 5th century poem, music by Michael McGlynn "The Kerry Christmas Carol" Irish ...
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
"The Holly and the Ivy" is a traditional British folk Christmas carol, listed as number 514 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The song can be traced only as far as the early nineteenth century, but the lyrics reflect an association between holly and Christmas dating at least as far as medieval times. The lyrics and melody varied significantly in ...
Last Christmas, Mays played 50 characters, from Scrooge down to a potato bubbling against a pot lid, in his one-man "A Christmas Carol" on Broadway, an adaptation he wrote with his wife, Susan ...