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"Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" is a Christmas song that originated with a poem by Emily Huntington Miller (1833–1913), published as "Lilly's Secret" in The Little Corporal Magazine in December 1865. The song's lyrics have also been attributed to Benjamin Hanby , who wrote a similar song in the 1860s, Up on the Housetop .
Burl Ives included the song on his 1952 album Christmas Day in the Morning.Since then, it has been recorded by many other artists, including the Louvin Brothers; Harry Belafonte; The Harry Simeone Chorale; Johnny Cash (Belafonte and Cash use the title "The Gifts They Gave"); Risë Stevens; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Danny Taddei; Peter, Paul and Mary; and Sufjan Stevens. [4]
The Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1, [a] is a collection of Swedish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written from 1897 to 1913 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Constituent songs [ edit ]
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. For example, "four calling birds" was originally ...
Included on American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens' 2006 album Songs for Christmas. [27] U2's song "White as Snow" from its 2009 release No Line on the Horizon takes its tune directly from the hymn. [28] The 2000 charity album It's a Cool Cool Christmas features a version by the Scottish band Belle and Sebastian. [29]
"Here We Come A-wassailing" (or "Here We Come A-Caroling"), also known as "Here We Come A-Christmasing", "Wassail Song" and by many other names, is a traditional English Christmas carol and New Year song, [1] typically sung whilst wassailing, or singing carols, wishing good health and exchanging gifts door to door. [2]
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree Forever true your colour. Your boughs so green in summertime Stay bravely green in wintertime. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree Forever true your colour. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree You fill my heart with music. Reminding me on Christmas Day To think of you and then be gay. O Christmas Tree, O ...
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. A classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous gifts given to the speaker by their "true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day).