Christmas Carols, Ancient And Modern

Including The Most Popular In The West Of England, And The Airs To Which They Are Sung.
Also Specimens Of French Provincial Carols with Lyrics & Sheet Music - online book

By William Sandys, F.s.a. Published By Richard Beckley London, Circa 1833

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About This Book
If you are interested in the traditions of Christmas this book is a mine of information. As well as providing the lyrics for many early Carols & Christmas songs It provides in the very extensive introduction and notes a huge amount of information on the history, development and origins of our Christmas celebrations and traditions.

Because of the very extensive introduction section I have had to add 200 to pages numbers for the the section with the Carol lyrics at.

For another very extensive collection of information about Christmas and its traditions & customs see the All About Christmas page on my Childrens Books site.

Rod, Oct 2007

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Christmas Carols, Ancient And Modern, Contents & Page Numbers.

Title Page
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
Page - 0007.htm
Catholic observances - 0008.htm
Saturnalia of the Romans- 0009.htm
Telesphorus - 0010.htm
Witten-agemots - 0011.htm
Polydore Virgil - 0012.htm
Concilium Africa-num- 0013.htm
gossepes everich one - 0014.htm
St. Paul's School - 0015.htm
Earls of Huntingdon and Kent - 0016.htm
drama in France - 0017.htm
Vice of the Moralities - 0018.htm
observances and festivities - 0019.htm
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Page - 0021.htm
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All-hallows - 0023.htm
Master of the Revells - 0024.htm
Page - 0025.htm
Jack Straw - 0026.htm
Edward the Sixth - 0027.htm
Gammer Gurton's Needle - 0028.htm
Ferrex and Porrex - 0029.htm
Utter-Barristers - 0030.htm
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Masque of ladies - 0032.htm
Charles the First - 0033.htm
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Father Christ­mas - 0038.htm
Calisto - 0039.htm
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Page - 0041.htm
Page - 0042.htm
Round about our Coal-Fire, or Christmas Entertainments - 0043.htm
Merry in the Ball, when beards wag all - 0044.htm
Mumming - 0045.htm
Page - 0046.htm
Page - 0047.htm
Page - 0048.htm
Christmas log - 0049.htm
Wassail Bowl, or Lamb's Wool - 0050.htm
Page - 0051.htm
wassel-bowl - 0052.htm
Whistle-craft - 0053.htm
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Page - 0055.htm
Page - 0056.htm
The boar's head, with a lemon in his mouth - 0057.htm
fast-day viands - 0058.htm
mince-meat - 0059.htm
Page - 0060.htm
The nut-brown ale - 0061.htm
Childermas, or Innocents' Day - 0062.htm
New Year's Eve - 0063.htm
Page - 0064.htm
Newieres night - 0065.htm
Page - 0066.htm
Strenua, - 0067.htm
Page - 0068.htm
Page - 0069.htm
Page - 0070.htm
Page - 0071.htm
New-year's gifts - 0072.htm
Magi, Wise Men of the East - 0073.htm
King of the Bean - 0074.htm
Greeke Bishop of Zante - 0075.htm
Twelfth-day - 0076.htm
Page - 0077.htm
Page - 0078.htm
The legend of the three kings - 0079.htm
Venerable Bede - 0080.htm
Golden Legend - 0081.htm
Page - 0082.htm
King Solomon - 0083.htm
Three Kings of Co­logne - 0084.htm
Roprecht the robber - 0085.htm
The Feast of the Star - 0086.htm
The Three Kings of Coleyn - 0087.htm
St. Distaff's-day - 0088.htm
Lord of Misrule - 0089.htm
Page - 0090.htm
Anatomie of Abuses - 0091.htm
Childermass-day - 0092.htm
Christmas-boxes - 0093.htm
Page - 0094.htm
Page - 0095.htm
Page - 0096.htm
decorating churches and houses - 0097.htm
Candlemas-day - 0098.htm
Page - 0099.htm
The Druids - 0100.htm
Page - 0101.htm
Virgin Mary - 0102.htm
hobby-horse - 0103.htm
Page - 0104.htm
St. George and the Dragon. - 0105.htm
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Page - 0107.htm
Page - 0108.htm
The tinkeler's (Tinker's) shop - 0109.htm
The Corn-market - 0110.htm
The keeper of the pinfold - 0111.htm
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custom of singing carols - 0114.htm
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Christmas pie - 0120.htm
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Page - 0122.htm
Cam­brian Popular Antiquities - 0123.htm
old Cornish dialect - 0124.htm
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Page - 0126.htm
Page - 0127.htm
Page - 0128.htm
The Christian's Sacred Lyre - 0129.htm
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baptism of Charles the Sixth - 0131.htm
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"Nay iuy, nay, hyt shall not be, I wys" - 0201.htm
When cryst was born of mary fre - 0202.htm
Wolcu zol pu mery ma - 0203.htm
Seyt steuene was a clerk - 0204.htm
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Blyssid be yt mayde mary - 0206.htm
"Mary modr, meke & mylde" - 0207.htm
God sent his Aungell Gabriell - 0208.htm
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This endnes nyght I sawe a syght - 0211.htm
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"Meruele nozt, iosep, on Mary mylde" - 0213.htm
"Proface, welcom, well come" - 0214.htm
Jhesu of a mayde yu woldest be born - 0215.htm
The borys hede that we bryng here - 0216.htm
"I am here, syre cristsmasse" - 0217.htm
Herode yt was both wylde & wode - 0218.htm
The bores heed in hand bring I - 0219.htm
"In Betheleem, that noble place" - 0220.htm
Lordes and ladyes all by dene - 0221.htm
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"Marke this songe, for it is trewe" - 0223.htm
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Page - 0226.htm
I come from heuin to tell - 0227.htm
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Page - 0229.htm
 Now let us sing with joy and mirth - 0230.htm
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My sweet little babie - 0232.htm
Page - 0233.htm
"Immortal Babe, who this dear day" - 0234.htm
"Sweet Musicke, sweeter farre" - 0235.htm
Page - 0236.htm
The Boare is dead - 0237.htm
I sing the birth was born to-night - 0238.htm
"Now, now the mirth comes" - 0239.htm
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"In numbers, and but these few" - 0241.htm
"Tell us, thou cleere and heavenly tongue" - 0242.htm
Page - 0243.htm
"Give way, give way ye gates and win" - 0244.htm
Page - 0245.htm
So now is come our joyful'st feast - 0246.htm
Page - 0247.htm
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Page - 0249.htm
A jolly wassel bowl - 0250.htm
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Page - 0252.htm
All you that to feasting and mirth are inclined - 0253.htm
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Page - 0255.htm
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Page - 0257.htm
be ferste joye as i zu telle - 0258.htm
"One God, one Baptisme, and one Fayth" - 0259.htm
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"A Virgin most pure, as the Prophets do tell" - 0261.htm
Page - 0262.htm
A Child this day is born - 0263.htm
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Page - 0265.htm
Page - 0266.htm
The Lord at first had Adam made - 0267.htm
Page - 0268.htm
The Angel Gabriel from God - 0269.htm
Page - 0270.htm
When righteous Joseph wedded was - 0271.htm
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Page - 0273.htm
"The first Nowell, the Angel did say" - 0274.htm
Page - 0275.htm
When Caesar Augustus had raised a taxation - 0276.htm
Page - 0277.htm
Joseph being an aged man - 0278.htm
Page - 0279.htm
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When Augustus Caesar throughout - 0281.htm
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Page - 0283.htm
All you that are to mirth inclined - 0284.htm
Page - 0285.htm
Page - 0286.htm
This new Christmas Carrol - 0287.htm
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Page - 0289.htm
Page - 0290.htm
Augustus Caesar having brought - 0291.htm
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Page - 0294.htm
When God at first created man - 0295.htm
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Page - 0297.htm
Page - 0298.htm
"Come rejoice, all good Christians" - 0299.htm
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Page - 0301.htm
"God rest you merry, gentlemen" - 0302.htm
Page - 0303.htm
When Adam first in Paradise - 0304.htm
Page - 0305.htm
"Remember, O thou Man" - 0306.htm
Page - 0307.htm
Page - 0308.htm
Page - 0309.htm
To-morrow shall be my dancing day - 0310.htm
Page - 0311.htm
I saw three ships come sailing in - 0312.htm
Page - 0313.htm
When old Father Jacob was ready to die - 0314.htm
God bless the master of this house - 0315.htm
Page - 0316.htm
Upon Christmas Day in the morning - 0317.htm
Page - 0318.htm
Come behold the Virgin Mother - 0319.htm
Page - 0320.htm
Page - 0321.htm
There is a Child born of our blessed Virgin - 0322.htm
Joseph was an old Man - 0323.htm
Page - 0324.htm
Page - 0325.htm
"Saint John, Saint John, was Christ's disciple" - 0326.htm
Page - 0327.htm
When bloody Herod reigned king - 0328.htm
Page - 0329.htm
When Jesus Christ was twelve years old - 0330.htm
Page - 0331.htm
Page - 0332.htm
"One God there is, of wisdom, glory, might" - 0333.htm
Page - 0334.htm
In those twelve days - 0335.htm
Page - 0336.htm
Page - 0337.htm
When Herod in Jerusalem - 0338.htm
Page - 0339.htm
Saint Stephen was an holy man - 0340.htm
Page - 0341.htm
Page - 0342.htm
Hark the herald Angels sing - 0343.htm
Page - 0344.htm
"Hark, Hark ! what news the Angels bring" - 0345.htm
Page - 0346.htm
Whilst Shepherds watch'd their flocks by night - 0347.htm
Hail! ever hail! auspicious morn - 0348.htm
As it fell out one May morning - 0349.htm
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Page - 0351.htm
As I pass'd by a river side - 0352.htm
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Page - 0354.htm
Page - 0355.htm
Page - 0356.htm
The first good joy our Mary had - 0357.htm
Page - 0358.htm
The Moon shines bright and the Stars give a light - 0359.htm
Page - 0360.htm
L'An mil sies cens quaranto cine - 0361.htm
Page - 0362.htm
"Guillo, pran ton tarnborin" - 0363.htm
Lon de la gran carriere - 0364.htm
Page - 0365.htm
Page - 0366.htm
Celebrons la Naissance - 0367.htm
Page - 0368.htm
Page - 0369.htm
Quand Dieu naquit a Noel - 0370.htm
Page - 0371.htm
Venes veire din Testable - 0372.htm
Page - 0373.htm
"Christmas Play or "" Saint George""" - 0374.htm
Page - 0375.htm
Page - 0376.htm
Page - 0377.htm
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Notes, &c. - 0379.htm
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Page - 0381.htm
Page - 0382.htm
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Page - 0384.htm
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Page - 0386.htm
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EXPLANATION Of some of the French Provincialisms - 0388.htm
Sheet Music For the Carols - 0389.htm
Page - 0390.htm
Page - 0391.htm
Page - 0392.htm
Page - 0393.htm
Page - 0394.htm
Page - 0395.htm
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Page - 0398.htm
Page - 0399.htm
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