traditional Christmas carols in original languages

Subject: traditional Xmas carols in original languages
From: Amilori
Date: 23 Sep 98 - 08:44 PM

Hello, first time in the forum, couldn't find a faq, so please excuse me if I'm repeating an old, tired question. Is there an online resource which I can access to find my favorite Christmas carols in their original language? I am looking for more than just the first verse (which is what most English language songbooks list) of about a dozen translated songs. I know what is the original language for most of the songs and am familiar enough with pronunciation rules of those languages to give a fairly good phonetic rendition if I have the words, but am having problems hunting down said words. Sorry if this sounds a bit stilted and didactic, I'm just trying to be as clear as possible about what *exactly* I'm looking for. Please send email to: "[e-mail]" as I do not often have time to access an internet browser, but am online sending & receiving email most of the week. Also, please let me know if a list of song titles (in English) and/or foreign languages sought would be helpful. Thank you all in advance for any help you can offer.

Amilori Legare

Subject: RE: traditional Xmas carols in original languages
From: Joe Offer
Date: 23 Sep 98 - 09:04 PM

Well, Amilori, a good place to start might be the Cyber Hymnal http://tch.simplenet.com/Default.htm#lk. Look under "topics" for "Christmas," and you'll find lots of carols. If you post your list of requests here, you might get lots of help. You can come back and check this thread in a month, or 6 months - just put "xmas" in the filter and set it to 365 days. I hope that helps.
-Joe Offer-