Child of Bethlehem

A Christmas Concert

Traditional Carols 

Please scroll down to copy and paste the lyrics for your bulletin and/or screen so the congregation can sing along with the traditional carols.

Angels We Have Heard on High

1. Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o’er the plains

And the mountains in reply, Echoing their joyous strains

Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

 

2. Come to Bethlehem and see, Him Whose birth the angels sing;

Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Joy to the World

1. Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare him room, 

And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.

 

2. Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns; Let men their songs employ;

While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains

Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy. 

 

3. He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove 

The glories of His righteousness,

And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love,

And wonders, wonders, of His love.

O Little Town of Bethlehem

 1. O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie

Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by

Yet in thy dark streets shineth, The everlasting Light

The hopes and fears of all the years, Are met in thee tonight

 

2. For Christ is born of Mary, And gathered all above

While mortals sleep, the angels keep, Their watch of wondering love

O morning stars together, Proclaim the holy birth

And praises sing to God the King, And Peace to men on earth

 

3. O Holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray

Cast out our sin and enter in, be born to us today

We hear the Christmas angels, The great glad tidings tell

O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Emmanuel

The First Noel

1. The first Noel, the angel did say

Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay 

In fields where they lay keeping their sheep

On a cold winter's night that was so deep 

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

Born is the King of Israel 

 

2. For God so loved the world He gave Jesus His Son

Begotten from heaven the Holy One

To save His people from all of our sins

To dwell in our hearts to be born again. 

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

Born is the King of Israel 

 

3. Then let us all with one accord

Sing praises to our heavenly Lord

And to the earth, He gave us His light

And so, it continues both day and night 

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

Born is the King of Israel 

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

1. Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King,

Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!”

Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies;

With th’ angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King!”

 

2. Christ, by highest heaven adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord;

Late in time behold him come, offspring of a virgin’s womb.

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail th’ incarnate Deity,

Pleased as Man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel.

Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King!”

Silent Night

1. Silent night! Holy night! All is calm, all is bright

Round yon Virgin Mother and Child, Holy infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in Heavenly peace! sleep in Heavenly peace! 

 

2. Silent night! Holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight;

Glories stream from Heaven afar, Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,

Christ, the Saviour, is born! Christ, the Saviour, is born! 

 

3. Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, Love’s pure light

Radiant, beams from Thy Holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace,

Jesus, Lord at Thy birth, Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.