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Oxford Book of Carols

By:	Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Dearmer, Martin Shaw
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, London et al., 1928
Language:	English; Latin
Notes:	Mostly but not exclusively Advent/Christmas songs The last nine items are separately numbered and consist of "Additional folk tunes which are proper to certain carols in Part I of this book"

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#	Text	Tune
1a	The Lord at first did Adam make	[The Lord at first did Adam make]
1b	The Lord at first did Adam make	[The Lord at first did Adam make]
2	A child this day is born	[A child this day is born]
3	As I sat on a sunny bank	[As I sat on a sunny bank]
4a	A virgin most pure, as the prophets do tell	[A virgin most pure, as the prophets do tell]
4b	A virgin most pure, as the prophets do tell	[A virgin most pure, as the prophets do tell]
5	All hail to the days that merit more praise	[All hail to the days that merit more praise]]
6	Christmas Day is come; let's all prepare for mirth	[Christmas Day is come; let's all prepare for mirth]
7	Come all you faithful Christians	[Come all you faithful Christians]
8	Come all you worthy gentlemen	[Come all you worthy gentlemen]
9	Dark the night lay, wild and dreary	[Dark the night lay, wild and dreary]
10	Come, love we God! of might is most	[Come, love we God! of might is most]
11	God rest you merry, Gentlemen	[God rest you merry, Gentlemen]
12	God rest you merry gentlemen	[God rest you merry gentlemen]
13	God's dear Son without beginning	[God's dear Son without beginning]
14	Good people all, this Christmas-time	[Good people all, this Christmas-time]
15a	Here we come a-wassailing	[Here we come a-wassailing]
15b	Here we come a-wassailing	[Here we come a-wassailing]
16a	God bless the master of this house	[God bless the master of this house]
16b	God bless the master of this house	[God bless the master of this house]
17	It was on Christmas Day	[It was on Christmas Day]
18	I saw three ships come sailing in	[I saw three ships come sailing in]
19	The boar's head in hand bear I	[The boar's head in hand bear I]
20	Let Christians all with joyful mirth	[Let Christians all with joyful mirth]
21	Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell. Who is there	[Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell. Who is there]
22a	O sisters too, How may we do	[O sisters too, How may we do]
22b	O sisters too, How may we do	[O sisters too, How may we do]
23	A Patre unigenitus	[A Patre unigenitus]
24	On Christmas night all Christians sing	[On Christmas night all Christians sing]
25	Rejoice and be merry in songs and in mirth	[Rejoice and be merry in songs and in mirth]
26	Saint Stephen was a holy man	[Saint Stephen was a holy man]
27	The first Nowell the angel did say	[The first Nowell the angel did say]
28	The old year now away is fled	[The old year now away is fled]
29	This new Christmas Carol Let us cheerfully sing	[This new Christmas Carol Let us cheerfully sing]
30	Sweet was the song the Virgin sang	[Sweet was the song the Virgin sang]
31	Wassail, Wassail, all over the town?	[Wassail, Wassail, all over the town?]
32	Wassail, and wassail, all over the town!	[Wassail, and wassail, all over the town!]
33	While shepherds watched their flocks by night	[While shepherds watched their flocks by night]
34	All poor men and humble	[All poor men and humble]
35	Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk	[Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk]
36	Tidings true there be come new	[Tidings true there be come new]
37	The Angel Gabriel from God	[The Angel Gabriel from God]
38	The holly and the ivy, When they are both full grown	[The holly and the ivy, When they are both full grown]
39	This endris night I saw a sight	[This endris night I saw a sight]
40	A babe is born of high nature	[A babe is born of high nature]
41	When righteous Joseph wedded was	[When righteous Joseph wedded was]
42	Remember, O thou man	[Remember, O thou man]
43	All under the leaves, the leaves of life	[All under the leaves, the leaves of life]
44	Awake, Awake, ye drowsy souls	[Awake, Awake, ye drowsy souls]
45	O mortal man, remember well	[O mortal man, remember well]
46	The moon shines bright, and the stars give a light	[The moon shines bright, and the stars give a light]
47	Awake, awake, good people all	[Awake, awake, good people all]
48	I've brought you hear a bunch of may!	[I've brought you hear a bunch of may!]
49	Remember us poor Mayers all!	[Remember us poor Mayers all!]
50	Now the joyful bells a-ringing	[Now the joyful bells a-ringing]
51	All you that are to mirth inclined
52	Angelus ad Virginum
53	As I passed by a river-side
54	There was a star in David's land
55	Rise up, rise up, you merry men all
56	As it fell out one May morning
57	As it fell our upon one day
58	As Jacob with travel was weary one day
59	Awake were they only, those shepherds so lonely
60a	Come all you worthy Christian men
60b	Come all you worthy Christian men
61	Down in yon forest there stands a hall
62	Exortum est in love and lysse
63	Green grow'th the holly, So doth the ivy
64	What are they that are but one?
65a	Let Christians all with one accord rejoice
65b	Let Christians all with one accord rejoice
66a	Joseph was an old man
66b	As Joseph was a-walking
66c	Then Mary took her young son
67	Qui ceravit coelum
68	This is the truth sent from above
69	The babe in Bethlem's manger laid
70	The first good joy that Mary had
71	Tomorrow shall be my dancing day:	[Tomorrow shall be my dancing day]
72	When Jesus Christ was twelve years old
73	A child is born in Bethlehem
74	A little child on the earth has been born
75	Dans cette étable (In that poor stable)
76	Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
77	Joseph dearest, Joseph min
78	Personent hodie Voces puerulae
79	Quem pastores laudavere
80	Three Kings are here, both wealthy and wise
81	Torches, torches, run with torches
82	Willie, take your little drum
83	With merry heart let all rejoice in one
84	He smiles within his cradle
85	A boy was born in Bethlehem
86	In dulci jubilo Now sings with hearts aglow
87	Little Jesus, sweetly sleep, do not stir
88	Neighbour, what was the sound, I pray
89	O Sion's daughter, where art thou?
90	There comes a ship a-sailing
91	Take heart, the journey's ended:

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