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"The Dream Isaiah Saw" is a contemporary classical choral Christmas song, commissioned by the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh and composed in 2001 by Glenn L. Rudolph to the lyrics of Thomas H. Troeger's 1994 hymn "Lions and Oxen Will Feed in the Hay." It has become a holiday favorite.
The poor man's tithe (Hebrew: מַעְשַׂר עָנִי ma'sar ani), also referred to as the pauper's tithe or the third tithe, is a triennial tithe of one's produce, required in Jewish law. It requires that one tenth of produce grown in the third and sixth years of the seven-year sabbatical cycle be given to the Levites and the poor.
The 1970 Columbia version of the song adds an opening verse, written in 1963 while Tormé was working as musical arranger for The Judy Garland Show. He first performed and introduced the opening verse while duetting with Garland on the song for the show's Christmas Special, which aired on December 22, 1963:
" O Tannenbaum" (German: [oː ˈtanənbaʊm]; "O fir tree"), known in English as "O Christmas Tree", is a German Christmas song. Based on a traditional folk song that was unrelated to the holiday, it became associated with the traditional Christmas tree .
The song was later remade by Andrew Hulshult for the 2013 remaster. [31] American country singer Garth Brooks (2000) [32] [33] American rock band Boston (2002), as "God Rest Ye Metal Gentlemen", released online [34] [35] and on a special tour edition of the album Life, Love & Hope. [36] [37] British rock band Jethro Tull, on The Jethro Tull ...
The Kingston Trio recorded the song as "A Round About Christmas", on their album The Last Month of the Year released in 1960. [6] [16] [17] A calypso sounding version was featured on the 1979 album John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together [18] and a loose, jazzy piano-based arrangement was featured in the musical score of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
The song is now performed by choirs around the world, especially during the Christmas season as a Christmas carol. [5] Another motivation of the song may have been to Christianize old English winter season songs used in wassailing the apple orchards — pouring out libations or engaging in similar ceremonies to seek fertility of the trees. [6]
Must Be Santa" is a Christmas song written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks [1] and first released in November 1960 by Mitch Miller on Columbia 41814 (45 rpm). [2] A cover version by Tommy Steele reached Number 40 on the UK Singles Chart a year later. [3] Another cover, by Joan Regan made number 42 a week later. [4]