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The Birthday of a King
03:09
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1 In the little village of Bethlehem,
There lay a child one day,
And the sky was bright with a holy light,
O’er the place where Jesus lay:
Refrain
Alleluia! O how the angels sang,
Alleluia! How it rang:
And the sky was bright with a holy light,
’Twas the birthday of a King.
2 ’Twas a humble birthplace, but oh!
How much God gave to us that day,
From the manger bed, what a path has led
What a perfect holy way:
By William H. Neidlinger (New York organist and composer, 1863-1924)
Arranged by Dino Kartsonakis (Piano Stylings: Piano Solo Arrangements by Dino Kartonakis, copyright 1980)
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Mary's Boy Child
03:40
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1 Long time ago in Bethlehem
So the Holy Bible say
Mary’s Boy Child, Jesus Christ
Was born on Christmas Day!
Refrain
Hark! Now hear the angels sing:
“New King’s born today
And man will live for evermore
Because of Christmas Day!”
2 While shepherds watched their flocks by night
They saw a bright new shining star
And heard a choir from heaven sing
The music came from afar
3 Now Joseph and his wife Mary
Came to Bethlehem that night.
They found no place to bear her Child,
Not a single room was in sight.
4 By and by they found a little nook
In a stable all forlorn.
And in a manger cold and dark
Mary’s little Boy/Child was born
Refrain 2
Trumpets sound and angels sing,
Listen to what they say!
That man will live forevermore
Because of Christmas Day!
Written in 1956 by Jester Hairston
Arranged by Paul Tobey
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Silent Night, Holy Night
04:17
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1 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.
2 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
3 Silent night, holy night!
Son of God love’s pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Written in 1816 by Joseph Mohr in 1816
Arranged by Gustav Lange
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1 I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
2 And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
3 Till, ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
4 Then from each black, accursed mouth,
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
5 It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
6 And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
7 Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead ; nor doth he sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Written in 1863 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Arranged by David Huntsinger
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1 There’s a song in the air! There’s a star in the sky!
There’s a mother’s deep prayer and a baby’s low cry!
And the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!
2 There’s a tumult of joy o’er the wonderful birth,
For the virgin’s sweet Boy is the Lord of the earth.
Ay! the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!
3 In the light of that star lie the ages impearled;
And that song from afar has swept over the world.
Every hearth is aflame, and the beautiful sing
In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King!
4 We rejoice in the light, and we echo the song
That comes down through the night from the heavenly throng.
Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,
And we greet in His cradle our Savior and King!
Arranged by Stephen R. Dalrymple
Lyrics by Josiah G. Holland (1872)
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