Carol Our Christmas - Print

Carol Our Christmas: Music Book

Details and hymns list

• 52 carols for a summer Christmas
• Words, music and guitar chords
• 126 pp A5 laminated cover, wiro binding
• Published 1996
• 6 Christmas poems by Peter Cape, Joy Cowley,
• Eileen Duggan and Shirley Murray.
• Foreword by Joy Cowley

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In sequence: Title, hymnwriter – single name for person who has written both words and music, two names with first name for words and second name for music, and where applicable, a third name for the arranger. A few carols have been set to two tunes.

Abbreviations: ‘Gibson’ for Colin Gibson, ‘Murray’ for Shirley Erena Murray.

1. A child was born in Bethlehem, Cecily Sheehy
   2. Above the peaks the angels sing, Gibson
   3. All over creation, Murray/Jillian Bray
   4. All who would see God’s greatness, Marnie Barrell/(i) Ian Render (ii) Jillian Bray
   5. And did you see him, little star? Helen Clyde/Gibson
   6. Awake before sunrise, Bill Bennett
   7. Carol our Christmas, Murray/Gibson
   8. Child of Christmas story, Murray/Richard Madden
   9. Child of joy and peace (Hunger Carol), Murray/(i) Ian Render (ii) Douglas Mews
   10. Christ of darkness, Christ of light, Gibson
   11. Christmas in the picture book, Dorothy Neal White/ Gibson
   12. Clippety-clop, clippety-clop, Jackie Wise
   13. Come in, come in New Year, Murray/(i) Gibson (ii) Ian Render
   14. Come now, Lord Jesus, Murray/(i) Douglas Mews (ii) Zulu melody arr. Roy
   Tankersley
   15. Come now where we least expect you, Marnie Barrell/Gibson
   16. Come to this Christmas singing! Murray/Gibson
   17. Don’t tell anyone (SHHHH! Not anyone), Gibson
   18. From pastures green, P H C Lucas/Alex Duncan
   19. Get up, get up, no time to yawn, Gibson
   20. Gloria, Jillian Bray, musical setting 1
   21. Gloria, Colin Daley, musical setting 2
   22. Gloria, Colin Gibson, musical setting 3
   23. Gloria in excelsis, Colin Gibson, musical setting
   24. Glory! Glory! Jillian Bray/Jillian Bray
   25. Greetings, little child of Bethlehem! Cecily Sheehy
   26. Heav’n is ringing (Merry Christmas Rag), Gibson
   27. Holy day, holiday, Jocelyn Marshall/Christopher Marshall
   28. I didn’t hear the angels sing, Iris McCoy/Gibson
   29. Light of lights beholden, Jenny McLeod
   30. Look toward Christmas! Murray/(i) Jillian Bray (ii) Gibson
   31. Te Harinui (Not on a snowy night), Willow Macky
   32. O he is born, Felicia Edgecombe
   33. O little love who comes again, Murray/(i) Jillian Bray (ii) Nigel Eastgate
   34. Open, open, open the stable door, Gibson
   35. Peace Child, Murray/Gibson
   36. Praise to God, whose Holy Spirit, Marnie Barrell/Gibson
   37. Set the sun dancing! Murray/Shona Murray
   38. Sing a carol for summer Murray/Jillian Bray
   39. Sing with the angels, Gloria! Murray/Shona Murray
   40. Star-Child, earth-Child, Murray (i) Gibson (ii) Carlton R Young
   41. Summer’s a time to discover, Jackie Wise
   42. The jersey cow came mooing, Joy Cowley/Gibson
   43. The stars danced, the angels sang, Barbara Gillard arr. David Dell
   44. The wind blew keen, Gibson
   45. There’s straw in the manger, Gibson
   46. Two tired people asked for rest, Joye Taylor (v 5 Cecily Sheehy) arr. Jillian Bray
   47. When Joseph and Mary, Gibson
   48. Where is the room? Murray/David Dell
   49. Who are these who ride by starlight, Marnie Barrell/Jillian Bray
   50. Who is the child that is to be born? Murray/Gibson
   51. Wise men came journeying Murray/Gibson
   52. You are born in us again, Mark Wilson arr. Shona Murray, descant Gibson