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Christmas Songs and Carols

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Traditional Works
Public Domain Works
Works in Copyright
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Traditional Works

Title	Origin
A Merry Christmas	English - West Country
A Virgin Most Pure	English
Angels We Have Heard on High
As Lately We Watched	Austrian
Auld Lang Syne
Away in a Manger
Behold that Star
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isobella	French
Burgundian Carol
Carol of the Drum
Cherry Tree Carol	English
Child in the Manger	Celtic
Children, Go Where I Send Thee	US
Coventry Carol	English
Cradle Song	Flemish
Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly	Welsh
Feliz Navidad	Spanish
First Noel
Friendly Beasts	English
Gabriel to Mary Came	Irish
Go Tell it on the Mountain	Spiritual
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
He is Born the Divine Christ-child	French
Here We Come A-Carolling (The Wassail Song)	English
Hey, Ho, Nobody Home	English
Holly and the Ivy	English
Hush My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber	French
I Saw a Maiden (Old Basque Noel)	Basque
I Saw Three Ships	English
In Dulci Jubilo	German
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly	Polish
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mild	German
Joys Seven	English
King Jesus Hath a Garden	Dutch
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming	German
O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)	German
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Sanctissima
Over the River and Through the Woods
Pat-A-Pan
Personent Hodie (Sing Loud on this Day)	German
Shepherds Left Their Flocks A-Straying	German
Sussex Carol	English
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
Truth from Above	English
Twelve Days of Christmas
Unto Us a Boy is Born
Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy	West Indian
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Wexford Carol	Irish
Whence is that Goodly Fragrance Flowing?	French

Public Domain Works

Title	Words/Music
A Child is Born in Bethlehem	Music by S. Scheidt
A Great and Mighty Wonder	Words by J.M.Neale, Music by M. Praetorius
All Hail to Thee	Words by E.W.Olson, Music by P. Nicolai
All My Heart This Night Rejoices	English Words by C. Winkworth, Music by J.G.Ebeling
Angels from the Realms of Glory	Words by J.Montgomery, Music by H. Smart
As With Gladness Men of Old	Words by W.C.Dix, Music by C. Kocher
Auld Lang Syne	traditional, arranged by R Burns
Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning	Words by R.Heber, Music by J.S.Bach
Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn	Words by J.Byrom, Music by J. Wainwright
Christmas Tree is Alight with Candles	Music by Hermann Kletke
Ding Dong Merrily on High	Words by C.Wood, Music by R.Woodward
Earth has Many a Noble City	English words by E.Caswall, Music by C.F.Witt
From Heaven above to Earth I Come	English words by C.Winkworth, Music by V.Schumann
Gabriel's Message (The Angel Gabriel)	Words by S.Baring-Gould, Music Basque
Good Christian Men Rejoice	Words by J.M.Neale
Good King Wenceslas	Words by J.M.Neale
Hail Blessed Virgin Mary	Words by G.R.Woodward, Arranged C.Wood
Hark the Herald Angels Sing	Words by C.Wesley, Music by Felix Mendelssohn
How Brightly Beams the Morning Star	English words by C.Winkworth, Music by P.Nicolai
In the Bleak Mid-Winter	Words by C.G.Rossetti, Music by G.Holst
Infant King	Words by S.Baring-Gould, Music Basque
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear	Words by E.H.Sears, Music by R.S. Willis
Jingle Bells	Words and Music by J. Pierpont
Joy To the World	Words by I.Watts, Music by L.Mason
Kings of Orient	Words and Music by J.H.Hopkins
L'enfance Du Christ (Shepherd's Farewell)	Words and Music by H.Berlioz
Let Earth and Heaven Combine	Words and Music by C.Wesley
Lo He Comes with Clouds Descending	Words by C.Wesley & J.Cennick
Love Came Down at Christmas	Words by C.G.Rossetti, Music Irish
Lute-Book Lullaby	Words and Music by W.Ballet
Myn Lyking	Words and Music by R.R.Terry
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)	English words by F.Oakeley, Music by J.Reading
O Come, Little Children	Words and Music by Christoph Von Schmidt
O Holy Night	Words by J.S.Dwight, Music by A.C.Adam
O Little One Sweet	Music by J.S.Bach
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Words by P.Brooks, Music by L.H.Redner
Of the Father's Heart Begotten	Words by Prudentius, Music first published in 1582
Once as I Remember	Words by G.R.Woodward, Music by C.Wood
Once in Royal David's City	Words by C.F.Alexander, Music by H.J.Gauntlett
Past Three O'Clock	Words by G.R.Woodward, Music English
Rejoice Beloved Christmas	Music by J.S.Bach
See Amid The Winter's Snow	D A Caswall/Goss
Shepherds in the Field Abiding	Words by G.R.Woodward, Music French
Silent Night	Words by J.Mohr, Music by F.Gruber
Star of Bethlehem	Words by F.Weatherly, Music by S.Adams
To Us a Child of Royal Birth	Words by C.Wesley, Music by J.H.Schein
'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime	Words by J. De Brebeuf, Music Huron
'Twas the Night Before Christmas	Words only by C.C.Moore
Three Kings	Words and Music by P.Cornelius
Unto Us a Boy is Born	English words by P.Dearmer, Music arranged by G.Shaw
Up Good Christian Folk and Listen	Words by G.R.Woodward
Up On the Housetop	Words and Music by B.R.Hanby
We Three Kings of Orient Are	Words and Music by J.H.Hopkins
What Child is This?	Words by W.C.Dix
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks	Words by N.Tate & N.Brody, Music by G.F.Handel
Winter Wonderland	Felix Bernard & Richard Smith
Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem	Words by St Fulbert, Music by H.J.Gauntlett

WORKS IN COPYRIGHT

If you wish to reprint or photocopy the words and/or the music of any of the following, or make a new arrangement of the work, you must obtain permission from the appropriate copyright owner.

This is not a list of all copyright Christmas songs or carols, so do not assume if a work is not on this list that it is not in copyright. If a work is not on any of the lists, please contact APRA|AMCOS and we will research the copyright status of the work for you.

Title	Composer(s)	Publisher
A King is Born	Goraieb/Hosman	CROSSROAD Joyce Bray: +61 7 3896 8744
Alfie the Christmas Tree	Denver/Holdridge	UNIVERSAL (50%) Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545 STATE ONE (50%) Chris Gough: chris@native tongue.co.nz +61 3 9646 4304
All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth	D. Gardner	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
All I Want for Christmas is You	Carey/Afabdsieff	SONY/ATV (50%) Wendy Richardson: +61 2 9324 9661 UNIVERSAL (50%) Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
At Christmas Time	Forrest/Wright	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Aussie Bush Christmas	Fields, Marty	Please contact APRA\|AMCOS Writer Services: or 1800 642 634
Aussie Jingle Bells	C. Buchanan	UNIVERSAL Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Bethlehem's Treasure	Fitts	CROSSROAD Joyce Bray: +61 7 3896 8744
Blue Christmas	Hayes/Johnson	J. ALBERT & SON Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
Blue Gum Christmas Tree	Watson	ORIENT PACIFIC Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
Born in Bethlehem	Phillips/Weissman	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Bush Christmas	Broomhall	MATTHEWS Chris Matthews: +61 9555 1066
Bush Christmas (from Leaving of Liverpool)	Best, Peter Anthony	Please contact APRA\|AMCOS Writer Services: or 1800 642 634
Carol of the Bells	Wilhousky	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003 AMPD Robert Griffin: +61 3 8415 8005
Carol of the Birds	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Carol for a Christmas Tree	Denver/Holdridge/Pomeranz	UNIVERSAL Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Cat and Mouse Carol	Newton	WILLOW Monica O'Brien +61 2 9948 3957
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S	Carson/Arnold	J. ALBERT & SON Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
Christmas Bush for His Adorning	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Christmas Caring	Naylor/McKenna	FABLE Lee McDonald
Christmas Carol	Brooker/Reid	ESSEX Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Christmas Day	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Christmas Day	Difford/Tillbrook	UNIVERSAL Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Christmas Every Day	McCann	UNIVERSAL/MCA Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Christmas For Cowboys	Weisberg	STATE ONE Chris Gough: chris@native tongue.co.nz +61 3 9646 4304
Christmas Hymn	Vaughan-Williams	G SCHIRMER Pablo Bensemann +61 2 8252 6208
Christmas In the Scrub	Leigh Newton	WILLOW Monica O'Brien +61 2 9948 3957
Christmas Is	Maxwell/Faith	ESSEX Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Christmas Island	Moraine	UNIVERSAL/MCA Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Christmas Night	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Christmas Pageant	Fr Jim Cosgrove	WORD OF LIFE Roger Beckwith +61 3 5664 9425
Christmas Photo	John Williamson	MATTHEWS Chris Matthews: +61 9555 1066
Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)	Torme/Wells	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Christmas Song	O'Sullivan	GRAND UPRIGHT (MCPS)
Christmas Spirit	Naylor/McKenna	FABLE MUSIC Lee McDonald
Christmas Story	Fr Jim Cosgrove	WORD OF LIFE Roger Beckwith +61 3 5664 9425
Christmas Tree	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Christmas Tree Angel	Jerome/Scholl	UNIVERSAL/MCA Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545 EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Christmas Waltz	Cahn/Styne	ESSEX Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545 EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003 NATIVE TONGUE Chris Gough: chris@native tongue.co.nz +61 3 9646 4304
Christmas Waltz	John Williamson	MATTHEWS Chris Matthews: +61 9555 1066
Christmas Wrapping	Chris Butler	MUSHROOM Abby Page: +61 3 9690 3399
Come On Ring Those Bells	Culverwell	CROSSROAD Joyce Bray: +61 7 3896 8744
Come To The Manger	Waddington/Gatty	HAL-LEONARD AUSTRALIA Fiona Lai +61 3 9585 3300 Ext 111
Deck the Shed with Bits of Wattle	Buchanan/Champion	ORIENT (50%) Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900 UNIVERSAL (50%) Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Do They Know It's Christmas	Geldof/Ure	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Do You Hear What I Hear	Regney/Shayne	CAMPBELL CONNELLY Pablo Bensemann +61 2 8252 6208
Emmanuel has Come	Moen	CROSSROAD Joyce Bray: +61 7 3896 8744
Every Star Shall Sing a Carol	Carter	STAINER & BELL +44 20 8343 3303
Everywhere it's Christmas	Champion	ORIENT Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
First Christmas Day	Aulton	HALFORD Joe Halford +61 2 9982 3867
Frosty the Snow Man	Nelson/Rollins	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Good Old Wally King	Buchanan/Champion	ORIENT (50%) Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900 UNIVERSAL (50%) Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Happy Christmas (War is Over)	Lennon/Ono	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Hard Candy Christmas	Hall	UNIVERSAL/MCA Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Martin/Blane	J. ALBERT & SON Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
Here Comes Santa Claus	Autry/Haldeman	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Holy Lamb of God	Sadler/Taylor	UNIVERSAL (50%) Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545 CROSSROAD (50%) Joyce Bray: +61 7 3896 8744
I Don't Remember Christmas	Maltby/Shire	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
I Don't Want to be Alone for Christmas	Buchanan/Warren	SONY/ATV Wendy Richardson: +61 2 9324 9661
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day	Longfellow/Marks	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
I'll Be Home for Christmas	Gannon/Kent	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
I'll Be Home on Christmas Day	Jarrett	EMI (75%) Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003 UNIVERSAL (25%) Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
I Only Want You for Christmas	Nichols/Turner	MUSHROOM (50%) Abby Page: +61 3 9690 3399 J.ALBERT & SON (50%) Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	Connor	CAMPBELL CONNELLY Pablo Bensemann +61 2 8252 6208
I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas	Rox	CROMWELL Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
I Want You For Christmas	Stept/Tobias/Washington	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
I Wish it Could be Christmas	Wood	BELINDA Arif Chowdhury +61 2 8570 1003
I Wonder as I Wander (The Appalachian Carol)	Niles	G SCHIRMER Pablo Bensemann +61 2 8252 6208
I've Got What You Want for Christmas	Bannon	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
If Every Day Was Like Christmas	West	ORiGiN Rachel Kelly +61 2 9927 0900
If I Get Home on Christmas Day	Macauley	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas	Willson	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
It's Christmas Time	Buchanan	UNIVERSAL Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
It's Christmas Time	Louvin/Louvin	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year	Pola/Wyle	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Jingle-Bell Rock	Beal/Boothe	ESSEX Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow	Cahn/Styne	J. ALBERT & SON Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot	Connor/Leach/Carr	J. ALBERT & SON Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
Little Drummer Boy	Davis/Onorati/Simeone	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Little Road to Bethlehem	Head/Rose	HAL LEONARD AUSTRALIA Fiona Lai +61 3 9585 3300 Ext 111
Love is Alive at Christmas	Macken, Rhonda	HL MUSIC R. Hammond: +61 (0)412 645 917
Mary Mary	Nesmith	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Mary's Boy Child	Hairston	J. ALBERT & SON Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
Mele Kalikimaka (The Hawaiian Christmas Song)	Anderson	UNIVERSAL/MCA Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Merry Christmas	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Merry Christmas Polka	Webster/Burke	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Merry Christmas Everybody	Holder/Lea	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Mistletoe and Wine	Strachan/Stewart/Paul	HEBBES Peter Hebbes: +61 2 9299 5044
North Wind	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Nuttin' For Christmas	Tepper/Bennett	J. ALBERT & SON Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
O Little One	P. Coombe	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
One Little Christmas Tree	Miller/Wells	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Pine Cones and Holly Berries	Willson	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Peace Carol	Beers	UNIVERSAL Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Robert the Red Nosed Reindeer	Champion (Marks)	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Marks	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	Marks	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Santa Baby	Springer/Javits	WARNER CHAPPELL (50%) Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000 HELLO MR WILSON (50%) Shock Music Publishing James Pongrass +61 2 8305 6666
Santa Claus is Coming to Town	Coots/Gillespie	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003 MEMORY LANE Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Santa Never Made it to Darwin	G.Cate/W.Cate	Please contact APRA\|AMCOS Writer Services: or 1800 642 634
Santa Song	Genni and John Kane	RONDOR Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Silver Bells	Evans/Livingston	SONY/ATV Wendy Richardson: +61 2 9324 9661
Silver Stars are in the Sky	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Six White Boomers	Harris/Brown	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Sleigh Ride	Parish/Anderson	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Snow	Ellard	UNIVERSAL/MCA Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Someday at Christmas	Miller/Wells	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Some Children See Him	Burt/Butson	ESSEX Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Song and a Christmas Tree	Wyle	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Song of Joy	De los Rios/Parker/Orbe	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Special Girl	John Williamson	MATTHEWS Chris Matthews: +61 9555 1066
Star of Christmas	Naylor/McKenna	FABLE MUSIC Lee McDonald
Sweet Little Jesus Boy	MacGimsey	AMPD Robert Griffin: +61 3 8415 8005
Suzy Snowflake	Tepper/Brodsky(Bennett)	J. ALBERT & SON Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900
Take Me Back to Toyland	Mann/Lowe/Horn	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
That's What I Want for Christmas	Caesar/Marks	WARNER CHAPPELL (50%) Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000 MARLONG (50%) C/-Harry Fox
The North Wind Is Tossing The Leaves	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Thirteenth Day Of Christmas	Auclair	UNIVERSAL Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
Three Drovers	Wheeler/James	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
Together At Christmas	Naylor/McKenna	FABLE MUSIC Lee McDonald
Twelve Days Of Christmas "An Emu up a Gum Tree."	Bolt/Williams	Please contact APRA\|AMCOS Writer Services: or 1800 642 634
Twelve Days of Christmas "A Possum in a gum tree."	Milne/Chick	Please contact APRA\|AMCOS Writer Services: or 1800 642 634
We Need a Little Christmas	Herman	WARNER CHAPPELL Andrew Bicknell: +61 2 9779 4000
We Three Kings of Bankstown Square	Buchanan/Champion	ORIENT (50%) Rachel Kelly: +61 2 9927 0900 UNIVERSAL (50%) Yvonne Koolis: +61 2 9207 0545
When a Child is Born	Jay/Zacar	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
When Santa Got Stuck Up the Chimney	Grafton	SOUTHERN Vera Lente vlente@peermusic +61 2 9436 0799
Where is the Christ in Christmas	Drake/Thomas	MUSHROOM Abby Page: +61 3 9690 3399
White Christmas	Berlin	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Wonderful Christmas Time	McCartney	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Worthy, You are Worthy	Moen	CROSSROAD Joyce Bray: +61 7 3896 8744
You're All I Want for Christmas	Ellis/Moore	EMI Arif Chowdhury: +61 2 8570 1003
Yuletide Cheer	Naylor/McKenna	FABLE MUSIC Lee McDonald

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