This document provides summaries and links for several classic Christmas songs and carols, including Silent Night, Joy to the World, Jingle Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, and Auld Lang Syne. It discusses the origins and history of each song and includes lyrics and links to view the full texts online. The document also includes links to virtual experiences like Santa's Park in Finland and sites for Christmas e-cards, games, and other holiday entertainment.

1. Caroling,
Caroling
A Christmas Carol
Newsletter
prepared by
Elizabeth Therese Gaughan
English Language Assistant
IES La Arboleda, Lepe (Huelva)

2. Auld Lang Syne
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Auld Lang Syne originated as a Scottish poem. It means “time gone by”
and is traditionally sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
And days of auld lang syne, my dear,
We Wish You a Merry And days of auld lang syne.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Christmas And days of auld lang syne?
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ou.html
This English carol dates back to the 16th century. The
origin lies in the tradition where wealthy people of
Jingle Bells
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the community gave Christmas treats, such as ‘figgy e.html
puddings” to carolers on Christmas Eve.
James S. Pierpont, a musician from Boston,
We wish you a merry Christmas Massachusetts, wrote the lyrics and melody to
We wish you a merry Christmas this song in 1857.
We wish you a merry Christmas Dashing through the snow
And a happy New Year. In a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin; Laughing all the way
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New
Year. Bells on bobtail ring
Making spirits bright
Additional verses:
What fun it is to sing a sleighing song
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding; tonight!
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some; Jingle all the way.
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out What fun it is to ride in a one-horse open
here sleigh!
Joy to the World
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3. The lyrics to this song come from a hymn written by the Englishman Isaac Watts in 1719. The
melody has been credited to two men: George Frederick Handel, a German composer, and
Lowell Mason, an American.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature
sing.
Additional verses:
Joy to the world, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
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A tiny toy trumpet and an old-fashioned car,
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I can see them all! Can you?
O Come, All Ye Faithful
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4. This carol was originally written in Latin (“Adeste Fideles”) by the Englishman John Wade.
Fellow Englishman John Reading composed the melody, and Reverend Frederick Oakley
translated the lyrics into English in 1841.
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold Him
Born the King of angels;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ, the Lord.
Additional verses:
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
Glory to God,
Glory in the highest;
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning,
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;
Son of the Father, now in flesh appearing
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5. Silent Night
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On Christmas Eve 1818, the organ in St.
Nicholas Church in Austria broke down. Franz
Gruber, the organist, was forced to write a
simple melody that could be performed without
the organ. With Father Joseph Mohr’s simple
lyrics, the song was performed at the evening
service with great success.
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Additional verses:
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Savior is born
Christ, the Savior is born
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
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