Song | Source | Words | Music | Copyright | Used | Remarks |
Ding Dong Ding Dong | Come and Sing Some More | Sally Fox | Sally Fox | Sally Fox | Dec 1990 Dec 1992 Dec 2004 Dec 2005 |
Good -tells whole Christmas story |
Joy! Joy! The angels sang | Come and Sing Some More | Capt. Handel Everett | Capt. Handel Everett | Salvationist Publishing | Dec 1987 Dec 1989 Dec 1991 Dec 1999 Dec 2006 Dec 2009 |
All time favourite - Christmas story |
Come in, come in | Come and Sing Some More | M. Cooper | M. Cooper | A. Hopkinson | Dec 1997 Dec 2005 |
gentle manger scene |
Mighty Day | Bless the Lord | Spiritual | Spiritual | - | Dec 1982 | Short - easy |
Baby born in Bethlehem | Come and Sing Some More | Ann Hemingway | Ann Hemingway | Scripture Union 1975 | Dec 1997 Dec 2005 |
Good - whole Christmas Story |
Little Star | Come and Praise 2 | Jancis Harvey | Jancis Harvey | ? composer | Dec 1999 | Lots of words but good |
Mary had a baby | Come and Praise 2 | Traditional | Traditional | - | Dec 1995 Sec 2007 |
Easy - lots of repetition |
I want to see your baby boy | Come and Praise 2 | Elizabeth Bennett | Colin Evans | ? | Dec 1991 Dec 2009 |
Epiphany - hard but good |
Rise up, shepherd | Come and Praise 2 | Traditional | Traditional | - | Dec 1992 | Moderately hard - words |
Children at the Crib | New Child Songs | Dorothy Wilton | Pauline Buzzing | ? | Dec 1988 | Hard but good- lower a third |
Rocking Carol | New Child Songs | Percy Dearmer | Pauline Buzzing | Oxford Univ. Press | Dec 1982 | traditional but good |
Christmas Bells | New Child Songs | Frederick Jackson | W.G. Hancock | ? | Dec 1989 | Joyful but lots of words |
Christmas Song | New Child Songs | M.J. Martyn | Pauline Buzzing | ? | Dec 1985 | Good but lots of words |
A Christmas Carol | Come and Sing | J.&P. Baker | J.&P. Baker | Scripture Union | Dec 1998 Dec 2000 |
Good - Christmas Story |
If I were a wise man (Shepherd) | Rejoice and Sing Praise | Ann F. Price | Ann F. Price | W.E. Welsh | Dec 1986 Jan 1994 Dec 1994 Dec 1996 Dec 2004 |
Simple - good for young ones |
Let's Celebrate | Rejoice and Sing praise | Pauline P Meek | Pauline P Meek | Graded Press | Dec 1986 | simple - good for young ones |
Shepherd, Shepherd | Sing and Be Joyful | Children of Melrose | Weekday School | Methodist Book Concern | Dec 1984 Dec 1988 Dec 1990 Dec 1991 Dec 1993 Dec 1994 Dec 1996 Dec 1999 Dec 2001 Dec 2003 Dec 2004 Dec 2005 Dec 2009 |
Great for the very young |
Christmas Day | Sing and Be Joyful | Rosemary Roorbach | Rosemary Roorbach | Methodist Book Concern | Dec 1984 Dec 2006 |
Short - good for little ones |
Christmas Time is Coming | Sing and Be Joyful | Elaine Lockwood | Elaine Lockwood | Graded Press | Dec 1984 Dec 1993 Dec 2006 |
Simple - good for young ones. |
Little Jesus | Sing and Be Joyful | Bob Golter et al | Bob Golter | Graded Press | Dec 1987 Dec 1990 Dec 1991 Jan 1994 Dec 1995 Dec 2008 |
gentle - fairly easy |
The Manger Birth | Round and Ballads Vol. 1. | D.G. Blair | D.G. Blair | Thomas House Pub. | Dec 1990 Dec 1995 |
easy - can be a round |
Gloria | Voices United | Jacques Berthier | Jacques Berthier | United Church Pub. House | Dec 1998 | Fairly easy |
That boy-child of Mary | Life Songs | Tom Colvin | Malawian traditional adapt. Tom Calvin | 1969 Hope Publishing Company | Dec 2000 | Use verses 1,2, and 6 - words fairly easy with refrain |
Stay awake, be ready | Life Songs | Christopher Walker | Christopher Walker | 1988, 1989. 1990 Christopher Walker, admin. OCP Publications | Dec 2000 Dec 2006 Dec 2009 |
Advent theme. Used verses 1,2 and 4 but simplified end of verses to repeat "The Lord is coming soon" |
Joseph went to Bethlehem | Come and Praise Beginning | Monica White | Monica White | Monica White | Dec 2001 | Tells the Christmas story - we omit verses 8 and 9 |
Hear the angel rejoicing | Come and Praise Beginning | adapted by Geoffrey Marshal-Taylor | Douglas Coombes | Geoffrey Marshal-Taylor and Douglas Coombes | Dec 2001 Dec 2008 |
Joyful - easy - lots of repetition |
Get ready | Life Songs | Linda Carpenter | Lois Holck arr. Edward Demerau |
Augsburg Publishing House | Dec 2002 Dec 2003 Dec 2007 |
Easy - appropriate for Advent |
Jog along little donkey | Come and Praise Beginning | Angela Simmonds | Angela Simmonds | BBC Worldwide 1996 | Dec 2002 Dec 2008 |
Easy, gentle |
The virgin Mary had a baby boy | Life Songs | West Indian carol | arr. John Barnard | Boosey and Company, Ltd. | Dec 2002 | moderately difficult - rhythm, length |
Riding out | Come and Praise 2 | Peter Radcliffe | Peter Radcliffe | BBC Enterprises Ltd., 1988 | Jan 2003 | difficult - words, tune and rhythm |
Sing out | Swinging Songs for Sunday School | Traditional | arr. John Dunbar | John Dunbar | Dec 2003 Dec 2009 |
joyful and fairly easy |
Follow that star | Swinging Songs for Sunday School | John Dunbar | John Dunbar | John Dunbar | Dec 2003 Dec 2008 |
large vocal range but fairly easy words |