December 19 PM Carol Gathering at Verity
- Silver Bells
- 2 Winter Wonderland
- 3 White Christmas
- Do You Hear What I Hear
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- Go Tell It On The Mountain
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- What Child Is This
- The First Noel
- A Christmas Hallelujah
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- O Holy Night
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- Silent Night
1 Silver Bells
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style
In the air, there’s a feeling of Christmas
Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you’ll hear
Silver bells (silver bells), silver bells (silver bells)
It’s Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling (ring-a-ling), hear them ring (hear them ring)
Soon it will be Christmas day
Strings of streetlights, even stop lights blink a bright red and green
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures
Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch, this is Santa’s big scene
And above all this bustle, you’ll hear
2 Winter Wonderland
Verse 1
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight
We’re happy tonight
Walking in a winter wonderland
Verse 2
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song
As we go along
Walking in a winter wonderland
Chorus
In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He’ll say, Are you married?
We’ll say, No man
But you can do the job
When you’re in town
Later on, we’ll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid
The plans that we’ve made
Walking in a winter wonderland
3 White Christmas
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the tree-tops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
4 Do You Hear What I Hear
Verse 1
Said the night wind to the little lamb,
“Do you see what I see?
Way up in the sky, little lamb,
Do you see what I see?
A star, a star, dancing in the night
With a promise that shines just as bright
With a promise that shines just as bright
Verse 2
Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy,
“Do you hear what I hear?
Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy,
Do you hear what I hear?
A song, a song high above the trees
With a voice as big as the the sea,
With a voice as big as the the sea.”
Verse 3
Said the shepherd boy to people everywhere
Do you know what I know
That the birthday of a King has been declared
Do you know what I know
This Child, this Child, born upon this night
He will bring us goodness and light,
He will bring us goodness and light.”
Verse 4
Magi traveled from afar to see the King
Following that bright star
Bringing gifts to worship Christ the King
Following that bright star
The day has come, the prophets had foretold
Let us bring him silver and gold,
Let us bring him silver and gold.”
- Angels We Have Heard on High
Verse 1
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Chorus
Glo – ria
In excelsis Deo
Glo – ria
In excelsis Deo
Verse 2
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Verse 3
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King
Verse 4
See Him in a manger laid
Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth
Mary, Joseph lend your aid
With us sing our Saviour’s birth
6 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
CHORUS
Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go tell it on the mountain
Our Jesus Christ is born
VERSE 1
While shepherds kept their watching
o’er silent flocks by night,
behold, throughout the heavens
there shone a holy light
VERSE 2
The shepherds feared and trembled
when lo above the earth
rang out the angel chorus
that hailed our Saviour‘s birth
VERSE 3
Down in a lowly manger
the humble Christ was born,
and God sent us salvation
that blessed Christmas morn
7 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
VERSE 1
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Saviour, was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan’s pow’r
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.
VERSE 2
From God our heavenly Father a blessed angel came
And unto certain shepherds, brought tidings of the same
How that in Bethlehem was born
the Son of God by name
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
VERSE 3
But when to Bethlehem they came, whereat this infant lay
They found him in a manger, where oxen feed on hay
His mother Mary kneeling,
unto the Lord did pray
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.
8 What Child is This
VERSE 1
What child is this, who, laid to rest
On Mary’s lap, is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
Chorus
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!
VERSE 2
Why lies he in such mean estate,
Where ox and cattle are feeding?
Good christian fear for sinners here,
The silent world is pleading.
VERSE 3
So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh,
Come Peasant, King to own Him
The King of Kings salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone Him
9 THE FIRST NOEL
Verse 1
The first noel the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay
In fields where they, lay keeping their sheep
On a cold winter’s night that was so deep
Chorus
Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!
Born is the King of Israel
Verse 2
They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the east beyond them far
And to the earth, it gave great light
And so it continued both day and night
Verse 3
This star drew nigh — to the northwest
O’er Bethlehem it took its rest
And there it did — both stop and stay
Right over the place where Jesus lay.
10 A CHRISTMAS HALLELUJAH
VERSE 1
I heard about this baby boy
Who’s come to earth to bring us joy
And I just want to sing this song to you
Well it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
With every breath I’m singing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
VERSE 2
A couple came to Bethlehem
Expecting child, they searched the inn
To find a place for You were coming soon
There was no room for them to stay
So in a manger filled with hay
God’s only Son was born, oh Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
VERSE 3
The shepherds left their flocks by night
To see this baby wrapped in light
A host of angels led them all to You
It was just as the angels said
You’ll find Him in a manger bed
Immanuel and Saviour, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah (x2)
11 O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
Verse 1
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight
Verse 2
For Christ is born of Mary — and gathered all above
While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love
O morning stars together, proclaim the holy birth
And praises sing to God the King and peace to men on earth
Verse 3
O holy child of Bethlehem, descend to us we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today
We hear the Christmas angels, the great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel .
- IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR
Verse 1
It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heav’n’s all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing
Verse 2
For lo the days are hast’ning on
By prophets seen of old
When with the ever circling years
Shall come the time foretold
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendours fling
And all the world give back the song
Which now the angels sing
- O HOLY NIGHT
VERSE 1
O holy night
the stars are brightly shining
It is the night
of our dear Saviour’s birth
Long lay the world
in sin and error pining
Till He appeared
and the soul felt its worth
VERSE 2
Led by the light
of Faith serenely beaming
With glowing hearts
by His cradle we stand
So led by light
of a star sweetly gleaming
Here come the Wise Men
from Orient land
- O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
Verse 1
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
Chorus
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord
Verse 2
Sing, choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Oh, come ye, oh come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of Angels
Verse 3
Yea Lord we greet Thee, born this happy morning
Jesus to Thee be the glory giv’n
Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing
15 SILENT NIGHT
Verse 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.
Verse 2
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.
Verse 3
Silent night, Holy night
Shepherds quake, at the sight
Glories stream from heaven above
Heavenly, hosts sing Hallelujah.
Christ the Saviour is born,
Christ the Saviour is born