I found it surprisingly difficult to pick my favourite
Christmas Carol. There were a number of
strong contenders.
Silent Night – calm and serene
Once in Royal David's City – easy enough for me to play
on the piano
We Three Kings – ruined a bit for me by Fred Dagg's
parody
We three kings of Orient are
One on a tractor, two in a car
One on a scooter
Tooting his hooter
Following yonder star
One on a tractor, two in a car
One on a scooter
Tooting his hooter
Following yonder star
Oh, oh
Star of wonder
Star of light
Star of bewdy, she'll be right
Star of glory, that's the story
Following yonder star . ..
Star of wonder
Star of light
Star of bewdy, she'll be right
Star of glory, that's the story
Following yonder star . ..
Hark the Herald Angels – always good to hear
Away in a Manger – lovely simple tune
The First Noel – not top of the list for me
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
O Come All Ye Faithful – a serious contender – great crescendo
Mary's Boy Child – lovely
While Shepherd's Watched Their Flocks at Night – not tops
either
I completely excluded Christmas songs that are not
really carols – like, White Christmas, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Jingle
Bells, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Santa Baby etc
So where did I end up…. A dead heat between Mary's Boy
Child and O Come All Ye Faithful
What's your favourite Christmas tune?
PS Most of the Christmas Carol images seemed to have snow
in them – which is odd for me given that it is high summer here in New Zealand –
but I finally found one that didn't.
My favorite is Little Drummer Boy and has been my favorite from childhood. Next is Mary, Did You Know. It was written by Mark Lowery and someone else whose name I can’t remember.
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I love all those tunes...and its extremely hard to choose a favourite. I do love Oh Holy Night...and for some reason I cant get through The First Noel without choking up
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That’s a lot of favorites! Mine is O Holy Night. I can’t imagine Christmas in the summer. Merry Christmas Carole.
ReplyDeleteO Holy Night, the Nat King Cole version
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