# Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern

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 AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
BY
WILLIAM SANDYS, F.S.A.
LONDON: RICHARD BECKLEY, 42, PICCADILLY. 1833.
CONTENTS.
| | Page |
| Introduction | ix |
| Part the First: | |
| Nay iuy, nay, hyt shall not be, I wys | 1 |
| When cryst was born of mary fre | 2 |
| Wolcū zol þu mery mā | 3 |
| Seȳt steuene was a clerk | 4 |
| Blyssid be y$^t$ mayde mary | 6 |
| Mary mod$^r$, meke & mylde | 7 |
| God sent his Aungell Gabriell | 8 |
| This endnes nyght I sawe a syght | 11 |
| Meruele nozt, iosep, on Mary mylde | 13 |
| Proface, welcom, well come | 14 |
| Jhesu of a mayde y$^u$ woldest be born | 15 |
| The borys hede that we bryng here | 16 |
| I am here, syre cristsmasse | 17 |
| Herode y$^t$ was both wylde & wode | 18 |
| The bores heed in hand bring I | 19 |
| In Betheleem, that noble place | 20 |
| Lordes and ladyes all by dene | 21 ​ |
| Marke this songe, for it is trewe | 23 |
| I come form heuin to tell | 27 |
| Now let vs sing with joy and mirth | 30 |
| My sweet little babie | 32 |
| Immortal Babe, who this dear day | 34 |
| Sweet Musicke, sweeter farre | 35 |
| The Boare is dead | 37 |
| I sing the birth was born to-night | 38 |
| Now, now the mirth comes | 39 |
| In numbers, and but these few | 41 |
| Tell us, thou cleere and heavenly tongue | 42 |
| Give way, give way ye gates and win | 44 |
| So now is come our joyful'st feast | 46 |
| A jolly wassel bowl | 50 |
| All you that to feasting and mirth are inclined | 53 |
| Þ$^e$ ferste joye as i zu telle | 58 |
| One God, one Baptisme, and one Fayth | 59 |
| Part the Second: | |
| A Virgin most pure, as the Prophets do tell | 61 |
| A Child this day is born | 63 |
| The Lord at first had Adam made | 67 |
| The Angel Gabriel from God | 69 |
| When righteous Joseph wedded was | 71 |
| The first Nowell, the Angel did say | 74 |
| When Cæsar Augustus had raised a taxation | 78 |
| Joseph being an aged man | 78 |
| When Augustus Cæsar throughout | 81 |
| All you that are to mirth inclined | 84 |
| This new Christmas Carrol | 87 ​ |
| Augustus Cæsar having brought | 91 |
| When God at first created man | 95 |
| Come rejoice, all good Christians | 99 |
| God rest you merry, gentlemen | 102 |
| When Adam first in Paradise | 104 |
| Remember, O thou Man | 106 |
| To-morrow shall be my dancing day | 110 |
| I saw three ships come sailing in | 112 |
| When old Father Jacob was ready to die | 114 |
| God bless the master of this house | 115 |
| Upon Christmas Day in the morning | 117 |
| Come behold the Virgin Mother | 119 |
| There is a Child born of our blessed Virgin | 122 |
| Joseph was an old Man | 123 |
| Saint John, Saint John, was Christ's disciple | 126 |
| When bloody Herod reined king | 128 |
| When Jesus Christ was twelve years old | 130 |
| One God there is, of wisdom, glory, might | 133 |
| In those twelve days | 135 |
| When Herod in Jerusalem | 138 |
| Saint Stephen was an holy man | 140 |
| Hark the herald Angels sing | 143 |
| Hark, Hark! what news the Angels bring | 145 |
| Whilst Shepherds watch'd their flocks by night | 147 |
| Hail! ever hail! auspicious morn | 148 |
| As it fell out one May morning | 149 |
| As I pass'd by a river side | 152 |
| The first good joy our Mary had | 157 |
| The Moon shines bright and the Stars give a light | 159 ​ |
| Part the Third | |
| L'An mil siés cens quaranto cinc | 161 |
| Guillô, pran ton tamborin | 163 |
| Lon de la gran carriere | 164 |
| Célébrons la Naissance | 167 |
| Quand Dieu naquit à Noël | 170 |
| Venés veire din l'estable | 172 |
| Christmas Play of "Saint George" | 174 |
| Notes, &c. | 179 |
* A Virgin Most Pure
* A Child This Day Is Born
* The Lord At First Had Adam Made
* When Righteous Joseph
* The First Nowell
* This New Christmas Carol
* God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
* To Morrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
* I Saw Three Ships
* Joseph Was An Old Man
* When Jesus Christ Was Twelve
* In Those Twelve Days
* Saint Stephen
* Hark, Hark, What News
* Hail! Ever Hail!
* Noel
* Noel
* Lord Thomas
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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