Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,DD Date: 17 Nov 03 - 07:24 PM I WONDER AS I WANDER. I believe it was "collected" by John Jacob Niles. Beautiful tune |
Subject: Lyr Add: CHILD IN THE MANGER From: Strupag Date: 17 Nov 03 - 08:06 PM It's just got to be this one. The tune was used by an english lady for the words "Morning Has Broken", recorded by Kat Stephens, but here are the details for the original: - Words: Mary M. Macdonald (1789-1872); translated from Gaelic to English by Lachlan Macbean in Songs and Hymns of the Gael (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1888). Music: "Bunessan," traditional Gaelic melody (MIDI, score). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Child in the manger, Infant of Mary, Outcast and Stranger, Lord of all, Child Who inherits all our transgressions, All our demerits on Him fall. Once the most holy Child of salvation Gently and lowly lived below. Now as our glorious mighty Redeemer, See Him victorious o'er each foe. Prophets foretold Him, Infant of wonder; Angels behold Him on His throne. Worthy our Savior of all our praises; Happy forever are His own I always thought that this Carol stood out for both the words and tune. Try this website http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/h/childman.htm Andy |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Margret RoadKnight Date: 17 Nov 03 - 09:01 PM Some that reflect the fact that for lots of us it's the HOTTEST part of the year.... "The Borning Day" (Fred Hellerman & Fran Minkoff) ""Red and Green Christmas" (Nadia Cattouse) "Christmas Day" (..the North wind is tossing the leaves..") by Australians William James & John Wheeler plus all songs as sung in the original "BLACK NATIVITY" (now available on CD, and featuring the stunning Marion Williams and the brilliant Prof Alex Bradford) and that intiguing "Jewish" Xmas song, also by Fred 'n' Fran, "Sweetest Dreams Be Thine"..... |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,banjoman Date: 18 Nov 03 - 07:35 AM Nobody mentioned "The little boy that Santa Claus forgot" Would welcome the words if anyone has them. used to sing this as a threat? to my kids if they misbehaved - they didn't believe me anyhow but loved the song (I know only the first couple of lines) |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Cluin Date: 18 Nov 03 - 03:35 PM Guess we forgot him too. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,Poppa Gator, cookieless at work Date: 18 Nov 03 - 04:28 PM Jenny -- thanks for the info on John Denver and Miss Piggy; hardly what I expected as a reference for such an oldie as "The Goose Is Getting Fat"! To the Buddhist looking for appropriate carols: Yuletide was celebrated thoughout the northern hemisphere *long* before the time of Christ, and a good-sized subset of our traditional "Christmas" songbook actually celebrates this secular/pagan festival marking the winter solstice -- or, more precisely, the immediate aftermath of the solstice, when we can observe that the days are finally starting to get longer rather than shorter, and that the sun is not dying, but resurrecting. "Deck the Halls" is probably the most obvious and most popular example; also, anything about "wassail," eating and drinking, etc. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST Date: 19 Nov 03 - 04:28 PM refresh Was it something I said? I hate to see this thread disappear, just as the holiday season is approaching. Pops |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 19 Nov 03 - 10:33 PM iHobo's Christmas
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE REBEL JESUS (Jackson Browne) From: open mike Date: 20 Nov 03 - 01:58 PM yes i came across this one and now want to learn it.. `THE REBEL JESUS by Jackson Browne Original recording from the Chieftain's album The Bells Of Dublin also on the best-ever collection "The Next Voice You Hear" The streets are filled with laughter and light And the music of the season And the merchants' windows are all bright With the faces of the children And the families hurrying to their homes As the sky darkens and freezes Will be gathering around the hearths and tables Giving thanks for all God's graces And the birth of the rebel Jesus They call him by the "Prince of Peace" And they call him by "The Saviour" And they pray to him upon the sea And in every bold endeavor As they fill his churches with their pride and gold And their faith in him increases But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in From a temple to a robber's den In the words of the rebel Jesus We guard our world with locks and guns And we guard our fine possessions And once a year when Christmas comes We give to our relations And perhaps we give a little to the poor If the generosity should seize us But if any one of us should interfere In the business of why there are poor They get the same as the rebel Jesus But pardon me if I have seemed To take the tone of judgement For I've no wish to come between This day and your enjoyment In this life of hardship and of earthly toil We have need for anything that frees us So I bid you pleasure and I bid you cheer From a heathen and a pagan On the side of the rebel Jesus. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,HelenJ. Date: 20 Nov 03 - 03:03 PM |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,chris Date: 20 Nov 03 - 05:28 PM Chocolate Jesus by Tom Waits for me. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,anais Date: 20 Nov 03 - 08:22 PM my personal favorites are the wessex carol and hairy mary- hey, it useta be a christmas carol the seven joys of mary- i'm not sure if it's a christmas carol per se, but what a beauty, especially as sung by maddy and june "river"- joni mitchel is damn good at melancholy, and while we're on the subject, "christmas in the trenches" has got to be among the saddest. but a favorite. two good pagan carols from maddy prior's song cycle "year" "red and green" and "long shadows" |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Sooz Date: 30 Nov 03 - 06:08 AM Must refresh this thread to mention the "Bah Humbug" CD from Greentrax. Some great alternative songs! I particularly like "Mary Christmas" from His Worship and the Pig in which Santa's wife Mary has left him for the man from Toys R us and Robin Laing's "The man that slits the turkeys throats at Christmas. (But then I am a vegetarian!) |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: postman Date: 30 Nov 03 - 10:06 AM Mine is Nat King Cole's version of 'The Christmas Song'. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: RoyH (Burl) Date: 30 Nov 03 - 12:00 PM Enoch Kent wrote a great Christmas satire to the tune of 'Mary's Boy Child'. The lyrics would need a little updating now, but not by much. Unfortunately I can't remember then all but it had lines like 'So a Merry Christmas everyone, Although the greeting's stale. If you don't get the gift you wanted, Youcan get it in our January sale'. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: RoyH (Burl) Date: 30 Nov 03 - 12:02 PM That last line should of course be 'You can getit in our January sale' not 'Youcan'. I've no idea what a Youcan is. Suggestions anyone? |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Sooz Date: 30 Nov 03 - 12:49 PM Enoch Kent's Christmas satire to the tune of 'Mary's Boy Child' is on the Bah Humbug album as well! Another good reason for getting it. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Ebbie Date: 30 Nov 03 - 01:10 PM I'm singing Seamus Kennedy's 'Good Will to Men', from the album of the same name. Good song. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: breezy Date: 30 Nov 03 - 01:44 PM 'I'm the man who slits the turkey's throats at Christmas' by Robin Laing |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Peter Kasin Date: 30 Nov 03 - 02:44 PM Two favorites here: O Come All Ye Faithful. A magnificent song. Big chorus and orchestra version. Good King Wenceslas, sung with a small group, or solo. Chanteyranger |
Subject: Lyr Add: OVER THE HILL AND OVER THE DALE (Neale) From: GUEST,William Pint Date: 30 Nov 03 - 03:36 PM J.M. Neale, The author of 'Good King Wenceslas,' also wrote a terrific song "Over the Hill and Over the Dale". It's the best song ever about the Three Kings. OVER THE HILL AND OVER THE DALE Over the hill and over the dale, Came three kings together Caring naught for snow and hail, Cold and wind and weather. Now on Persia's sandy plane, Now where Tigris swells with rain They their camels tether. Now through Syrian lands they go, Now through Moab faint and slow Now o'r Edam's heather. Over the hill and over the dale, Each king bears a present Wise men go a child to hale, Monarchs seek a peasant. And in front a star proceeds, Over rocks and rivers leads Shines with beams incessant. Therefore onward, onward still, Ford the stream and climb the hill Love makes all things pleasant. He is god ye go to meet, Therefore incense proffer He is king ye go to greet, Gold is in your coffer. Also man he comes to share, Every woe that man can bear Tempter, railer, scoffer. Therefore now against the day, In the grave when him they lay Myrrh ye also offer. Over the hill and over the dale, Riding east together Caring naught for snow and hail, Naught for wind and weather Warned by God from Herod's door, Each king turns for home once more Hearts and footsteps lighter. Now behind them shines the star, Which they followed from afar, Shining ever brighter. We recorded it on our 'When I See Winter Return' CD and it's also on one of John Roberts & Tony Barrand's fine "Noel" CDs. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 30 Nov 03 - 06:27 PM "I Want A Hippotamus For Christmas!" |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Margret RoadKnight Date: 30 Nov 03 - 06:53 PM Correction to my 17 Nov post - "Sweetest Dreams be Thine" is by Jim Friedman (not Fred Hellerman & Fran Minkoff) |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 30 Nov 03 - 07:02 PM "I'm Getting Nuttin' For Christmas!" |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: akenaton Date: 30 Nov 03 - 07:12 PM "Thank Christ for Christmas" Written and performed by Enoch Kent,on "Freedom come all ye" Sleeve notes say..."Enoch Kent wrote this song to be sung accompanied on the cash register ,by those big store owners for whom the Holy Trinity has become the three point plug"...Ake |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Bloke in the Corner Date: 30 Nov 03 - 07:38 PM Fairytale of new york |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Coyote Breath Date: 30 Nov 03 - 11:38 PM Brightest and Best. I sang it in church today, first day of Advent. Perfect song. The organist said it gave her goosebumps, I had that same experience the first time I heard it. Lovely, lovely song, thanks kytrad. CB |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,tinacurrie@hotmail.com Date: 22 Dec 04 - 11:01 PM I have the old 45RPM record and the sheet music to Little Sandy Sleighfoot as well as a storybook about the song.. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,Joe_F Date: 23 Dec 04 - 09:18 AM O Little Town of Bethlehem Hark, the Herald Angels Sing Those are the ones that take me back best. And please, a chorus, not a crooner, and good oldfashioned chord progressions, not sophisticated dissonances. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Swave N. Deboner Date: 23 Dec 04 - 10:22 AM My mother had an old LP with Christmas songs by various artists. One was "A Cradle in Bethlehem" sung by Nat King Cole. I've always loved the song. Beautiful words and lovely melody. If you want to listen to a really nice version, go to the link below, scroll down till you see the song title, click on that, and then click the icon you'll see for the demonstration (complete song). This is the arrangement Vince Gill does on his Christmas album (but it isn't him singing it here). It's absolutely beautiful. I'm singing it tonight in my Christmas Showcase that I'm hosting at the open mic club I hang at. http://praisehymn.com/info.aspx?page=labelhome.aspx&label=PH I'd love to say "Merry Christmas", but wouldn't want to offend anyone, so I'll just say Happy Hol.....Oh, what the hell! I hope you all enjoy the merriest Christmas season possible in these troubled times. Be well and safe. SND |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: EagleWing Date: 23 Dec 04 - 11:20 AM Difficult - but I think I'd go for "Brightest and Best" ~ the version with the mixolydian tune which I have always assumed comes from the Apalacians. Frank L. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: goodbar Date: 23 Dec 04 - 02:58 PM "fairytale of new york" by the pogues and kristy maccoll. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: ev Date: 23 Dec 04 - 11:45 PM I'm a big fan of the Christmas Revels recordings -- one of my favorites is the Christ Child's Lullaby; the liner notes say it's translated from the traditional Gaelic song "Taladh Chriosta" from the isle of Eriskay. it's performed with Northumbrian pipes, concertina with a solo vocal -- positively haunting. "My love, my pride, my treasure -- oh, My wonder, new and pleasure -- oh, My son, my beauty ever you, Who am I to bear you here?.." I don't know what the general feelings are towards the Revels around here -- might be like the Andrew Lang Fairy Tale collections, lol. but -- there's at least a half dozen discs totaling approximately 6 hours of not-so-common songs of the season to break up the incessant repeats of "Sleigh Ride", "Winter Wonderland", and "Jingle Bells" which seem to be the non-denominational songs everyone covers and all muzak tapes are required by law to pump out in malls, I reckon. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST Date: 26 Jun 05 - 09:54 AM Christmas Revels songs are by far the best! |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST Date: 26 Jun 05 - 09:58 AM Probably my favorite songs (from Revels, of course!) would be Sussex Mummer's Carol and Lord of the Dance. However, that might just be because our local Revels (which I just joined last winter) does them so wonderfully, or it might be because I love Revels! Revels is kind of an obsession... |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Mark Clark Date: 26 Jun 05 - 03:14 PM Several people mentioned The Cherry Tree Carol (also one of my favorites) because of its depiction of an angry Joseph. This in fact one of the earliest characterizations of Joseph. The traditional and ancient Orthodox Icon of the Nativity shows a very troubled and pissed-off Joseph sitting on sidelines wondering what happened. Some versions of the Icon also include a representation of Satan tempting Joseph to react in this way. |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Amos Date: 02 Feb 08 - 03:48 PM A good recording of The Rebel Jesus by Stew Replogle, billed as "the man of 1000 voices". A |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Rog Peek Date: 02 Feb 08 - 04:32 PM Barb'ry, the Elvis Costello song was actually a collaboration between him and Paddy Maloney of The Chieftains called "The St. Stephen's Day Murders". It is on a cd called The Dublin Bells, as is another favourite of mine, The Rebel Jesus, in this case sung by Jackson Browne himself. It's a great CD, especially around Christmas. Another favoutite of mine is "No Christmas in Kentucky" by Phil ochs. lyrics Rog |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: GUEST,Diane Date: 05 Jul 08 - 07:51 PM Can someone give me the guitar chords to this? (Jackson Browne's "The Rebel Jesus". I've been searching everywhere! email to dianeelk@yahoo.com. Thank you! |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: RobbieWilson Date: 05 Jul 08 - 08:04 PM fary tale of new york. nufff said |
Subject: RE: Your favourite Christmas song From: Artful Codger Date: 06 Jul 08 - 04:37 PM "Monday We Saw on TV" (A Toy to Buy for Christmas), (sung) by the Smothers Brothers. "The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy" (He Come from the Glorious Kingdom), sung by Harry Belafonte. Tau garço, la durundena (Catalan) Someone asked for songs about Joseph. Here's a nice one: Joseph est bien marié |
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