Silent Night: THE STORIES BEHIND 40 BELOVED CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Contents
Introduction
Section 1: CAROLS OF PEACE
Silent Night
Away in a Manger
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Love Came Down at Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Still, Still, Still
Section 2: CAROLS OF WONDER,
Angels, from the Realms of Glory
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
The Birthday of a King
Section 3: CAROLS OF PRAISE
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
O Holy Night
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
For unto Us a Child Is Born
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Angels We Have Heard on High
There’s a Song in the Air
Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne
He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child
Section 4: CAROLS OF MYSTERY
What Child Is This?
Coventry Carol
I Saw Three Ships
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The First Noel
The Holly and the Ivy
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Section 5: CAROLS OF JOY
Once in Royal David’s City
As with Gladness Men of Old
Carol of the Bells
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Here We Come A-Wassailing
Joy to the World
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
We Three Kings