mince pie top 20 revised edition ecember 2014
1 Angels from relms glory J Montgomery An gels from relms glo ry, wing your flight o'er ll Trd French melody erth. Ye who sng cre tion's sto ry now pro cim Mes si h's birth. ome nd wor ship 1. 2. hrist new born king wor ship hrist new born king. 2 Shepherds in fields biding, Wtchin o'er your flocks by night, od with us is now residing; Yonder shines infnt light: 4 Sints before ltr bending, Wtching long in hope nd fer, Suddenly Lord descending, In his temple shll pper: 3 Sges, leve your contemptions; Brighter visions bem fr; Seek gret desire ntions; Ye hve seen his ntl str: 5 Though n infnt now we view him, He shll fill his fr's throune, r ll ye ntions to him; Ev'ry knee shll n bow down:
2 Awy in mnger non WJ Kirkptrick 1 Awy in mnger, no crib for bed, The little Lord Jesus id down his sweet hed. The strs in bright sky looked down where he y; The little Lord Jesus sleep in hy. 2 The cttle re lowing, bby wkes. But little Lord Jesus, no crying he mkes. I love e Lord Jesus, look down from sky, And sty by my side ntil morning is nigh. 3 Be ner me Lord Jesus, I sk e to sty close by me for ever nd love me I pry Bless ll der children in thy tender cre And fit us for heven, to live with e re.
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4 ing ong! merrily on high R Woodwrd 1.ing ing 2.E'en And 3.My My dong dong so i you you mer ri ver i here be o i du beu ti ti ly ly low o ful ful on be i ly ly high sky low o prime rime in is let by your your hev'n riv'n stee priest m eve with ple nd tin time bells n bells peo chime song re gels be ple ye ye 16th entury French tune ring sing swung sung ring sing ing. ing. en.s en. ers. ers. 5 lo 9 ri Ho sn n in ex cel sis!
5 od rest you merry, gentlemen 1.od rest you mer ry, gen tle men, Let no thing you dis my. 2.From od our hev'n ly F r bless ed n gel cme trd English For And 5 Je sus hrist our S viour ws bring up on this un to cer tin shep herds brought ti dings dy. sme, To How 9 sve tht us in ll Beth from le S tn's power hem ws born when we Son were Of gone od by stry: O nme: 13 ti dings 17 ti com dings fort nd 3 The shepherds t those tidings Rejoiced much in mind And left ir flocks feeding In tempest, storm nd wind And went to Bethlehem stright wy This blessed bbe to find: O tidings comfort nd joy... com joy. 3 omfort 3 nd 3 fort nd 3 joy. joy 4 Now to Lord sing prises All you within this pce And with true love nd brorhood Ech or now embrce This holy tide hristms All ors doth defce: O tidings comfort nd joy... O
J M Nele ood hrist ive ye heed 6 ood hristin men rejoice! in men to wht re joice with hert nd soul we sy: News! News! Je sus hrist nd trd ermn melody voice is born to dy! Ox nd ss be fore him bow nd he is in mn ger now: hrist is born to dy hrist is born to dy 2 ood hristin men rejoice, With hert nd soul nd voice; Now ye her endless bliss Joy! Joy! Jesus hrist ws born for this! He hth opened heven's door, Ad ll re blessed for evermore. hrist ws born for this! hrist ws born for this! 3 ood hristin men rejoice, With hert nd soul nd voice; Now ye need not fer grve: Pece! Pece! Jesus hrist ws born to sve! lls you one nd clls you ll, To gin his eversting hll. hrist ws born to sve! hrist ws born to sve!
7 ood King Wencess J M Nele ood King Wen ces s look'd out on fest melody from Pie ntiones Ste phen, When snow y round bout, deep nd crisp nd e ven; Bright ly shone moon tht night, though frost ws cru el, When poor mn cme in sight, g th'ring win el. ter fu 2 "Hir pge,nd stnd by me, If thou know'st it telling, Yonder pesnt, who is he? Where nd wht his dwelling?" "Sire, he lives good legue hence, Underneth mountin, Right ginst forest fence, By Sint Agnes' fountin." 4 "Sire, night is drker now, And wind blows stronger; Fils my her, I know not how; I cn go no longer." "Mrk my footsteps, good my pge, Tred thou in m boldly; Thou shlt find winter's rge Freeze thy blood less coldly". 3 "Bring me flesh nd bring me wine, Bring me pine logs hir; Thou nd I shll see him dine, When we ber m thir." Pge nd monrch, forth y went, Forth y went toger, Through rude wind's wild ment And bitter wer. 5 In his mster's steps he trod, Where snow y dinted; Het ws in very sod Which sint hd printed. Therefore, hristin folk, be sure, Welth or rnk possessing, Ye who now will bless poor Shll yoursleves find blessing.
8 Hrk! Herld Angels Sing Wesley escnt Hrk! her ld n gels sing hrist, by high esv'n Hil hev'nbornprince dored Pece! lo ry hrist, to ev Hil Sun er new st Right born ing eous king. Lord. ness! Pece on Lte in Light nd Mendelssohn erth time life nd be to mer cy mild hold ll him come, he brings, od nd sin Offspring Risen with hel ners ing re con ciled: Joy ful ll ye virgin's womb: Veiled in flesh in his wings: Mild he ys his n tions rise, odhed see, glo ry by, Join triumph Hil th'in crnte Born tht mn no de more i my skies ty! die, With th'ngel ic host Plesed s mn with mn Born to rise sons pro to cim, hrist is dwell, Je sus, erth, Born to born our give in Beth le hem. Em mn u el. m se cond birth.s Hrk! he rld n gles sing. o ry to new born king.
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E H Sers 1It 2Still 10 It cme upon midnight cler cme up on through clo ven midnight cler, Tht skies hey come, With glorious song peceful wings trd English dpted Arthur Sullivn un old, furled; From And n still gels bend ir hev'n ing ly ner mu sic erth flots To o'er touch ll ir hrps we ry gold: world; Pece A on bove its erth, sd good nd will to low ly men, pins From They hev'n's bend ll on grc ious ho v'ring king! wing; The And world e in ver sol emn still ness o'er its B bel y to sounds The her bless ed n n gels gels sing. sing. 3 Yet with woes sin nd strife The world hs suffered long: Beneth ngelstrin hve rolled Two thousnd yers wrong: And mn, t wr with mn, hers not The lovesong which y bring: O hush noise, ye men strife, And her ngels sing! 4 For lo! dys re hstening on. By prophetbrds foretold, When, with evercircling yers, omes round ge gold: When pece shll over ll erth Its ncient splendours fling, And whole world give bck song Which now ngels sing.
11 Jingle Bells Jmes Pierpont shing through snow In onehorse o pen sleigh O'er fields we go 4 Lughing ll wy Bells on bobtilring Wht fun Mking spirits bright. it is to ride nd sing 8 sleighing songto night. Oh! Jingle bells jingle bells jingle ll wy Oh wht fun it is to ride in 12 one horse o pen sleigh Oh! Jin gle bells jin gle bells jin gle ll wy. 15 Oh wht fun it is to ride in one horse o pen sleigh. 2 A dy or two go I thought I'd tke ride And soon Miss Fnny Bright ws seted by my side The horse ws len nd nk, misfortune seemed his lot We rn into drifted bnk nd re we got upsot 4 Now ground is white o it while you're young Tke girls long nd sing this sleighing song Just bet bobtiled by two forty s his speed Hitch him to n open sleigh nd crck! You'll tke led! 3 A dy or two go story I must tell I went out on snow nd on my bck I fell A gent ws riding by in one horse open sleigh He ughed t me s I re id but quickly drove wy
Okeley & Brooke escnt Vs 4 12 O come, ll ye fithful non rr Willcocks O come, ll ye fith ful, Joyful nd tri um phnt, O come ye, O desc desc come ye to Beth le hem. An gels: O come, let ome nd be hold him, Born King us dore him, O come, let us dore him, O desc come, let 2 od od Light Light Lo! He bhors not Virgin's womb Very od Begotten, not creted: us dore him 3 See how shepherds Summoned to his crdle Leving ir flocks drw nigh with lowly fer We too will thir Bend our joyful footsteps: hrist 4 Sing choirs ngels Sing in exulttion Sing ll ye citizens hev'n bove lory to od in highest: Lord. 5 Ye, Lord we greet e Born this hppy morning Jesu, to e be glory given Word Fr Now in flesh ppering:
13 O Little Town Bethlehem Phillips Brooks 1. 2. trd English 1 O little town Bethlehm How still we see e lie Above thy deep nd dremless sleep The silent strs go by. Yet in drk street shineth The eversting light; The hopes nd fers ll yers Are met in e tonight 3 How silently, how silently The wondrous gift is given So od imprts to humn herts The blessings his heven No er my her his coming But in this world sin Where meek souls will recieve him still der hrist enters in 2 O morning strs toger Procim holy birth And prises sing to od King And pece to men on erth For hrist is born Mry And gred ll bove While mortls sleep, ngels keep Their wtch wondering love. 4 O holy child Bethlehem escend to us we pry st out our sin nd enter in Be born in us tody We her hristms ngels The gret gd tidings tell O come to us, bide with us, Our Lord Emmnuel
F Alexnder Once 14 Once in Royl vid's ity in roy l vid's ci ty, Stood low ly ct H J untlett tle shed, Where mo r id her b by In mn ger for his bed, M ry r ws tht mo mild Je sus hrist her lit tle child 2 He cme down to erth from heven Who is god nd lord ll And his shelter ws stble And his crdle ws stll With poor nd men nd lowly Lived on erth our sviour holy 4 For he is our childhood's pttern y by dy like us he grew He ws little, wek nd helpless, ters nd smiles like us he knew And he feeleth for our sdness And he shreth in our gdness 3 And through ll his wondrous childhood He would honour nd obey Love nd wtch lowly miden In whose gentle rms he y hristin children ll must be Mild, obedient, good s he. 5 And our eyes t st shll see him Through his own redeeming love For tht child so der nd gentle Is our lord in heven bove And he leds his children on To pce where he is gone.
15 Rudolph Red Nosed Reindeer m7 mj7 Johnny Mrks You know sher nd ncer nd Prncer nd Vixen 9 m7 7 m7 nd u pid o met mj7 9 mj77 Asus4/B E7 nd onner nd Blitzen but do you re A7 9 cll most fmous reindeer ll? 7 13 mj7/ 6 mj7/ 6 /E dim 7/ 7 m7 m7 7 Rudolph rednosed reindeer hd very shi ny nose nd if you e ver sw it 19 m7 you ( 13) would even sy it glows mj7/ 6 mj7/ All or reindeer 6 /E used to ugh nd cll him dim 7/ 7 nmes 26 m7 They ne ver let poor m7 7 Rudolph m7 join in 7 7/ ny reindeer gmes 7/E F /E Then one fog gy hristms Eve Am7 32 m7 7 Sn t cme to sy: / "Ru dolph with your Em7 nose so bright, Am7 7 won't you guide my sleight to night?" 38 44 mj7/ 6 Then how reindeer loved him 1. m7 7 you'll go down in his to ry!" mj7/ Am7 6 /E dim 7/ s yshouted out with glee: m7 7 2. sus4/ you'll go down in 7 m7 "Ru dolph rednosed rein deer, 7 his to ry!" F7 m7 7 6
16 Silent Night J Mohr Si lent night, ho ly night. All is clm, ll is Frnz ruber bright Round vir gin mo r nd child; Ho ly infnt so ten der nd mild, sleep in heven ly pe ce Sleep in heven ly pece. Silent night, holy night. Shepherds quke t sight, lories strem from heven fr, Hevenly hosts sing Allelui; hrist Sviour is born, hrist Sviour is born. Silent night, holy night. Son god, Love's pure light, Rdint bems from thy holy fnce, With dwn redeeming grce; Jesus, Lord, t thy birth, Jesus, Lord, t thy birth.
17 The Holly nd Ivy The hol ly nd i vy, When y re both full grown. Of trd 5 ll trees tht re in wood, hol ly bers crown. O 9 ri sing sun nd run ning der. The 13 py ing mer ry or gn sweet sing ing in choir. 2 The holly bers blosson s white s lily flow'r And Mry bore sweet Jesus hrist to be our der sviour 3 The holly bers berry s red s ny blood And Mry bore sweet Jesus hrist to do poor sinners good 4 The holly bers prickle s shrp s ny thorn And Mry bore sweet Jesus hrist on hristms y in morn 5 The holly bers brk s bitter s ny gll And Mry bore sweet Jesus hrist for to redeem us ll
18 The Twelve ys hristms Bm Em A On first dy hristms my true love gve to me A pr A7 words non1780 melody Fredric Austin 1909 ridge in per tree. On se cond dy hrist my ms 6 A7 true love gve to me A Two turte dovesnd pr tridge A7 in per tree. On third dy hristms my 11 A7 true love gve to me Em Three French hens Two Em turtle dovesnd pr A7 tridegein per tree. On 16 A7 fourthdy hristms my true love gve to me Em Em Four clling birds, Three French hens Two Em turtle doves nd 21 pr A7 tridge in per tree. On fifth Bm A7 dy hristms my true love gve to me F m Five E7 gold A rings 27 Four clling birds Three French Hens A7 Two turtle doves nd pt tridge A7 in per tree. On 32 Bm sixth 37 Em A7 dy hrist ms my true love gve to me Four clling birds Three French hens A7 Em Six geese y ing Seven swns swimming Eight mids milk ing Nine d ies dn cing Ten lords lep ing Eleven pi pers pi ping Twelve drummers drumming two turtle doves nd pr tridge F m Five in A7 E7 per gold tree. A rings
1 2 19 While Shepherds Wtched rnbrook While shep herds wtched ir flocks by night, ll set ed on gound While shep herds wtched ir flocks by night, While shep herds wtched ir flocks by night, ll set ed on ground ll set ed on ground While shep herds wtched ir flocks by night, flocks by night ll set ed on ground trd 1 8 The n gel Lord cme down The n gel Lord cme down. 2 The n gel Lord cme down The n gel Lord cme down. The n gel Lord cme down The n gel The n gel Lord cme down The n gel 1 16 And glo ry shone round. And glo ry shone round And glo ry shone round. 2 And glo ry shone round. And glo ry shone round And glo ry shone round. lord cme down And glo ry shone round. And glo ry shone And glo ry shone round. lord cme down And glo ry shone round. And glo ry shone And glo ry shone round "Fer not" sid he, for mighty dred hd seized ir troubled minds. "d tidings gret joy I bring, to you nd ll mn kind. To you in vid's town this dy, is born vid's line, A sviour who is hrist Lord. And this shll be your sign" All glory be to od on high nd on erth be pece oodwill henceforth from heven to men, Begin nd never cese.
20 Winter Wondernd ick Smith & Felix Bernrd Over ground lies mntle white, 9 heven dimonds shinedown through night, m Two herts re thrill in' inspite chill F7 in wer 14 Fm7 Love knows no se son love knows no clime, romnce cn blos som ny old time 19 m pen, F7 Here in o we'rewlk in' nd hop in' to ge r! Fm7 Sleigh bells ring re you list' ning! In 25 ne Fm7 snow is glist'nin' A beutiful sight We're hppy to night F9 Wlking in winter wonder nd. one 31 wy is blue bird, Here to sty Fm is new bird. He sings love song s we go long 37 F9 wlkin' in winter wonder nd 7 In medow we cn build snowmn n pretend tht he is Pr son 7 42 B F9 B 9 F7 Brown. He'll sy"are you mr ried?" We'll sy"no mn! But you cn do job when you're in town!" L ter 47 53 on 1. F9 Wlking in we'll con spire s we win ter won dernd drem Fm by fire Sleigh bells 2. F9 To fce Wlking in un frid pns tht we win ter wonder nd. mde
21 We wish you merry hristms trd West ountry crol F B 7 7 F A7 m F B F F 7 m 7 7 F m 7 F B F We wish you merry hristms We wish you merry hristms We wish you merry hristms And hppy new yer. ood tidings we bring to you nd your kin We wish you merry hristms And hppy new yer Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding And bring some out here. ood tidings... For we ll like figgy pudding For we ll like figgy pudding For we ll like figgy pudding So bring some out here. ood tidings... And we won't go until we've got some And we won't go until we've got some And we wont go until we've got some So bring some out here. ood tidings...