Public Domain Christmas Songs

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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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