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Public Domain Christmas Songs
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Play Title Date - Author PD Reprint
All Through the Night 1784 - Welch "Ar Hy y Nos"
  Angels from the Realms of Glory w. 1816 - W. James Montgomery
m. 1867 - Henry T. Smart
  Angels We Have Heard on High w. 1700s French Carol
m. medieval French Carol
Auld Lang Syne w. 1711 Robert Burns
m. Scotland
  Away In a Manger w. anonymous [not Martin Luther]
m. 1887 James R. Murray
  Away in a Manger - Alternate Tune w. anonymous [not Martin Luther]
m.
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella 1553 French Carol
  Coventry Carol English Traditional
Deck the Halls 1800s ancient Welsh
The First Noel 1833 English Carol
  Gesu Bambino 1917 or earlier
w. Frederick H. Martens, m. Pietro A. Yon
  God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen 1827 English Traditional
Good King Wenceslaus w. 1853 - John M. Neale
m. 13th century Swedish
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing w. 1739 - Charles Welsey
m. 1840 Felix Mendelssohn
  Here We Come A-Caroling See Wassail Song  
  The Holly and the Ivy 1871 Henry R. Bramley, John Stainer
  I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day w. 1863 Henry W. Longfellow
m. 1872 J. Baptiste Calkin
I Saw Three Ships 1833 w.m. William Sandys
  In the Bleak Midwinter w. Christina G. Rossetti
m. Gustav von Holst
  In the Bleak Midwinter - Alternate Tune w. Christina G. Rossetti
m. Thomas B. Strong
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear 1849 w. Edmond H. Sears
1850 m. Richard S. Willis
Jingle Bells 1857 - James Pierpoint
  Jolly Old St. Nicholas 1870s - possibly Benjamin Hanby
Joy to the World 1719 w. Isaac Watts
1836 m. Lowell Mason
  Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming 1559 w. 15th Century German
m. "Es Ist Ein Ros'"
O Christmas Tree 1800s German
"O Tannenbaum" tr. "O Fir Tree"
O Come All Ye Faithful 1751 - "Adeste Fideles"
O Come, O Come, Emanuel 1800s - Latin Origin
O Holy Night 1847 w. Placide Clappeau
English tr. John S. Dwight
m. Adolphe C. Adam
O Little Town of Bethlehem 1867 w. Phillips Brooks
1868 m. Lewis H. Redner
  Once in Royal David's City w. Cecil Frances Alexander
m. Henry John Gauntlett
Silent Night 1818 - w. German Joseph Mohr
English tr. John Young
m. Franz X. Gruber
  There's A Song in the Air w. J.G. Holland
m. Rev. George E. Martin
Toyland 1903 - w. Glen MacDonough
m. Victor Herbert
  The Twelve Days of Christmas 1500s
  Up on the Housetop 1870s - Benjamin Hanby
  The Wassail Song 1600s - English Traditional
  Watchman Tell Us of the Night w. 1825 John Bowring
m. 1830 Lowell Mason
We Three Kings 1857 - John H. Hopkins, Jr.
  We Wish You a Merry Christmas 1500s or earlier - English  
What Child is This? 1865 - William C. Dix
m. 16th Century English Traditional
While Shepherds Watched w. 1700 - Nahum Tate
m. 1728 - George F. Handel

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