List of Christmas carols

· Afrikaans

Title	Composer / lyricist	Year	Notes
"Somerkersfees"	Koos du Plessis		Title translation: "Summer Christmas"

· Arabic

"Laylat Al-Milad"

Title

"Laylat Al-Milad"

Composer / lyricist

Traditional Maronite Hymn

Notes

Title translation: "Christmas Eve"

Title	Composer / lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Laylat Al-Milad"	Traditional Maronite Hymn		Title translation: "Christmas Eve"

· Basque

"Birjina maite" ("Lovely virgin")

Title

"Birjina maite" ("Lovely virgin")

Composer / lyricist

Traditional

Year published

19th century / early 20th century

"Hator hator" ("Come come")

Title

"Hator hator" ("Come come")

Composer / lyricist

Antonio and Juan Kruz De la Fuente

Year published

18th century

"Mari Domingi"

Title

"Mari Domingi"

Composer / lyricist

Resurreccion Maria Azkue

Year published

20th century

Notes

Carol about Mari Domingi, a prominent character in Basque Christmas tradition.

"Mesias sarritan" ("Messiah often")

Title

"Mesias sarritan" ("Messiah often")

Composer / lyricist

Bartolome Ertzilla

Year published

1892

Notes

Also known as "Belengo portalian" ("In the stable at Bethlehem")

"Oi Bethleem" ("Oh Bethlehem")

Title

"Oi Bethleem" ("Oh Bethlehem")

Composer / lyricist

Jose Gontzalo Zulaika

Year published

Early 20th century

"Olentzero joan zaigu" ("Olentzero has left us")

Title

"Olentzero joan zaigu" ("Olentzero has left us")

Composer / lyricist

Traditional

Notes

Carol about Olentzero, the most important character in Basque Christmas tradition, similar to Santa Claus in other countries.

Title	Composer / lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Birjina maite" ("Lovely virgin")	Traditional	19th century / early 20th century
"Hator hator" ("Come come")	Antonio and Juan Kruz De la Fuente	18th century
"Mari Domingi"	Resurreccion Maria Azkue	20th century	Carol about Mari Domingi, a prominent character in Basque Christmas tradition.
"Mesias sarritan" ("Messiah often")	Bartolome Ertzilla	1892	Also known as "Belengo portalian" ("In the stable at Bethlehem")
"Oi Bethleem" ("Oh Bethlehem")	Jose Gontzalo Zulaika	Early 20th century
"Olentzero joan zaigu" ("Olentzero has left us")	Traditional		Carol about Olentzero, the most important character in Basque Christmas tradition, similar to Santa Claus in other countries.

· Catalan

"Fum, Fum, Fum" ("El vint-i-cinc de desembre")

Title

"Fum, Fum, Fum" ("El vint-i-cinc de desembre")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

16th century

Notes

The word "fum" may imitate the sound of a drum (or perhaps the strumming of a guitar). "Fum" means "smoke"(noun) in Catalan.

"El cant dels ocells" (lit. "Song of the Birds")

Title

"El cant dels ocells" (lit. "Song of the Birds")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional; Pablo Casals arranged the song for cello

Year published

Lyrics are printed in 17th century

Notes

also known as "Carol of Birds"

"El Noi de la Mare" (lit. "The Son of the Mother")

Title

"El Noi de la Mare" (lit. "The Son of the Mother")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

17th-18th century

Notes

Also known as "Carol of the Gifts"

"A Betlem me'n vull anar" (lit. "I want to go to Bethlehem")

Title

"A Betlem me'n vull anar" (lit. "I want to go to Bethlehem")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"El dimoni escuat" (lit. "the devil with no tail")

Title

"El dimoni escuat" (lit. "the devil with no tail")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Ara ve Nadal" (lit. "Christmas is coming")

Title

"Ara ve Nadal" (lit. "Christmas is coming")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Les dotze van tocant" (lit. "Ringing twelve o'clock")

Title

"Les dotze van tocant" (lit. "Ringing twelve o'clock")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Descanseu ben alegres" (lit. "Rest very happy")

Title

"Descanseu ben alegres" (lit. "Rest very happy")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Pastorets de la muntanya" (lit. "Shepherds from the mountain")

Title

"Pastorets de la muntanya" (lit. "Shepherds from the mountain")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"El desembre congelat" (lit. "Frozen December")

Title

"El desembre congelat" (lit. "Frozen December")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Sant Josep i la Mare de Déu" (lit. "Saint Joseph and the Mother of God")

Title

"Sant Josep i la Mare de Déu" (lit. "Saint Joseph and the Mother of God")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"La pastora Caterina" (lit. "Caterina, the shepherd")

Title

"La pastora Caterina" (lit. "Caterina, the shepherd")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Anem a Betlem" (lit. "We're going to Bethlehem")

Title

"Anem a Betlem" (lit. "We're going to Bethlehem")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"El rabadà" (lit. "The shepherd")

Title

"El rabadà" (lit. "The shepherd")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Fum, Fum, Fum" ("El vint-i-cinc de desembre")	Traditional	16th century	The word "fum" may imitate the sound of a drum (or perhaps the strumming of a guitar). "Fum" means "smoke"(noun) in Catalan.
"El cant dels ocells" (lit. "Song of the Birds")	Traditional; Pablo Casals arranged the song for cello	Lyrics are printed in 17th century	also known as "Carol of Birds"
"El Noi de la Mare" (lit. "The Son of the Mother")	Traditional	17th-18th century	Also known as "Carol of the Gifts"
"A Betlem me'n vull anar" (lit. "I want to go to Bethlehem")	Traditional
"El dimoni escuat" (lit. "the devil with no tail")	Traditional
"Ara ve Nadal" (lit. "Christmas is coming")	Traditional
"Les dotze van tocant" (lit. "Ringing twelve o'clock")	Traditional
"Descanseu ben alegres" (lit. "Rest very happy")	Traditional
"Pastorets de la muntanya" (lit. "Shepherds from the mountain")	Traditional
"El desembre congelat" (lit. "Frozen December")	Traditional
"Sant Josep i la Mare de Déu" (lit. "Saint Joseph and the Mother of God")	Traditional
"La pastora Caterina" (lit. "Caterina, the shepherd")	Traditional
"Anem a Betlem" (lit. "We're going to Bethlehem")	Traditional
"El rabadà" (lit. "The shepherd")	Traditional

· Cebuano

"Kasadya Ning Taknaa" (lit. "How Merry is This Hour")

Title

"Kasadya Ning Taknaa" (lit. "How Merry is This Hour")

Composer / lyricist

Vicente Rubi / Mariano Vestil

Year published

1933

Notes

More popularly known by its loose translation in Tagalog as "Ang Pasko ay Sumapit" (lit. "Christmas Has Come").

Title	Composer / lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Kasadya Ning Taknaa" (lit. "How Merry is This Hour")	Vicente Rubi / Mariano Vestil	1933	More popularly known by its loose translation in Tagalog as "Ang Pasko ay Sumapit" (lit. "Christmas Has Come").

· Chinese

聖誕歌 Shèngdàn Gē (The Moon and Stars of Christmas Eve)

Title

聖誕歌 Shèngdàn Gē (The Moon and Stars of Christmas Eve)

Composer / Lyricist

Bliss Wiant (Chinese name: 范天祥 Fàn Tiānxiáng) / 田景福 (Tián Jǐngfú)

Year published

1934 / 1933

Notes

Title from the Hymns of Universal Praise. Also called "一輪明月歌" Yīlún Míngyuè Gē by its first line in the Chinese New Hymnal.

明星燦爛歌 Míngxīng Cànlàn Gē (Midnight, Sleeping Bethlehem)

Title

明星燦爛歌 Míngxīng Cànlàn Gē (Midnight, Sleeping Bethlehem)

Composer / Lyricist

梁季芳 (Liáng Jìfāng) / 楊鏡秋 (Yáng Jìngqiū)

Year published

1934 / 1930

聖夜靜歌 Shèngyè Jìng Gē (Crystal Night, Stilly Night)

Title

聖夜靜歌 Shèngyè Jìng Gē (Crystal Night, Stilly Night)

Composer / Lyricist

史奇珪 (Shǐ Qíguī) / 朱味腴 (Zhū Wèiyú) and 吳敬人 (Wú Jìngrén)

Year published

1982 / 1921

聖誕感恩歌 Shèngdàn Gǎn'ēn Gē (Jesus Our Saviour, Word Incarnate)

Title

聖誕感恩歌 Shèngdàn Gǎn'ēn Gē (Jesus Our Saviour, Word Incarnate)

Composer / Lyricist

林聲本 (Lín Shēngběn) / 任大齡 (Rén Dàlíng)

Year published

1981

歡樂佳音歌 Huānlè Jiāyīn Gē (Shout the Glad Tidings)

Title

歡樂佳音歌 Huānlè Jiāyīn Gē (Shout the Glad Tidings)

Composer / Lyricist

Chinese traditional melody / Anonymous

Year published

20th century

Notes

The version in the Chinese New Hymnal is revised from the Chinese Hymnary (頌主聖歌).

聖誕敘事 Shèngdàn Xùshì (Idyll of Christmas)

Title

聖誕敘事 Shèngdàn Xùshì (Idyll of Christmas)

Composer / Lyricist

段毓貞 (Duàn Yùzhēn)

Year published

1954

拜謁聖嬰 Bàiyè Shèngyīng (Worship the Holy Infant)

Title

拜謁聖嬰 Bàiyè Shèngyīng (Worship the Holy Infant)

Composer / Lyricist

史奇珪 / 徐曉鴻 (Xú Xiǎohóng)

Year published

2007 / 2004

馬槽耶穌 Mǎcáo Yēsū (Jesus in the Manger)

Title

馬槽耶穌 Mǎcáo Yēsū (Jesus in the Manger)

Composer / Lyricist

史奇珪

Year published

1952, revised 2009

佳音歌 Jiāyīn Gē (Song of Good Tidings)

Title

佳音歌 Jiāyīn Gē (Song of Good Tidings)

Composer / Lyricist

吳安娜 (Wú Ānnà) / 王賢軍 (Wáng Xiánjūn)

Year published

1999

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
聖誕歌 Shèngdàn Gē (The Moon and Stars of Christmas Eve)	Bliss Wiant (Chinese name: 范天祥 Fàn Tiānxiáng) / 田景福 (Tián Jǐngfú)	1934 / 1933	Title from the Hymns of Universal Praise. Also called "一輪明月歌" Yīlún Míngyuè Gē by its first line in the Chinese New Hymnal.
明星燦爛歌 Míngxīng Cànlàn Gē (Midnight, Sleeping Bethlehem)	梁季芳 (Liáng Jìfāng) / 楊鏡秋 (Yáng Jìngqiū)	1934 / 1930
聖夜靜歌 Shèngyè Jìng Gē (Crystal Night, Stilly Night)	史奇珪 (Shǐ Qíguī) / 朱味腴 (Zhū Wèiyú) and 吳敬人 (Wú Jìngrén)	1982 / 1921
聖誕感恩歌 Shèngdàn Gǎn'ēn Gē (Jesus Our Saviour, Word Incarnate)	林聲本 (Lín Shēngběn) / 任大齡 (Rén Dàlíng)	1981
歡樂佳音歌 Huānlè Jiāyīn Gē (Shout the Glad Tidings)	Chinese traditional melody / Anonymous	20th century	The version in the Chinese New Hymnal is revised from the Chinese Hymnary (頌主聖歌).
聖誕敘事 Shèngdàn Xùshì (Idyll of Christmas)	段毓貞 (Duàn Yùzhēn)	1954
拜謁聖嬰 Bàiyè Shèngyīng (Worship the Holy Infant)	史奇珪 / 徐曉鴻 (Xú Xiǎohóng)	2007 / 2004
馬槽耶穌 Mǎcáo Yēsū (Jesus in the Manger)	史奇珪	1952, revised 2009
佳音歌 Jiāyīn Gē (Song of Good Tidings)	吳安娜 (Wú Ānnà) / 王賢軍 (Wáng Xiánjūn)	1999

· Croatian

"U to vrijeme godišta" ("At that time of the year")

Carol

"U to vrijeme godišta" ("At that time of the year")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

12th century

"Svim na Zemlji, mir, veselje" ("All on Earth, peace, joy")

Carol

"Svim na Zemlji, mir, veselje" ("All on Earth, peace, joy")

Composer / Lyricist

Franjo Langer/Adam Alojzij Baričević

Year published

18th century

"Radujte se narodi" ("Nations rejoice")

Carol

"Radujte se narodi" ("Nations rejoice")

Composer / Lyricist

Franjo Langer/Adam Alojzij Baričević

Year published

18th century

"Narodi nam se" ("Born unto us")

Carol

"Narodi nam se" ("Born unto us")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

13th century

"Tri kralja jahahu" ("Three kings were riding")

Carol

"Tri kralja jahahu" ("Three kings were riding")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1912.

Notes

From Istria

"Veselje ti navješćujem" ("Joy I preach you")

Carol

"Veselje ti navješćujem" ("Joy I preach you")

Composer / Lyricist

Franjo Langer/Adam Alojzij Baričević

Year published

18th century

"O Betleme" ("Oh, Betlehem")

Carol

"O Betleme" ("Oh, Betlehem")

Composer / Lyricist

Franjo Langer/Adam Alojzij Baričević

Year published

18th century

"Oj, pastiri" ("Oy, shepherds")

Carol

"Oj, pastiri" ("Oy, shepherds")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Djetešce nam se rodilo" ("A child was born unto us")

Carol

"Djetešce nam se rodilo" ("A child was born unto us")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

" Veseli se Majko Božja" ("Rejoice, Mother of God")

Carol

" Veseli se Majko Božja" ("Rejoice, Mother of God")

Composer / Lyricist

Vladoje Bersa

Year published

1906.

Notes

From Knin

Carol	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"U to vrijeme godišta" ("At that time of the year")	Traditional	12th century
"Svim na Zemlji, mir, veselje" ("All on Earth, peace, joy")	Franjo Langer/Adam Alojzij Baričević	18th century
"Radujte se narodi" ("Nations rejoice")	Franjo Langer/Adam Alojzij Baričević	18th century
"Narodi nam se" ("Born unto us")	Traditional	13th century
"Tri kralja jahahu" ("Three kings were riding")	Traditional	1912.	From Istria
"Veselje ti navješćujem" ("Joy I preach you")	Franjo Langer/Adam Alojzij Baričević	18th century
"O Betleme" ("Oh, Betlehem")	Franjo Langer/Adam Alojzij Baričević	18th century
"Oj, pastiri" ("Oy, shepherds")	Traditional
"Djetešce nam se rodilo" ("A child was born unto us")	Traditional
" Veseli se Majko Božja" ("Rejoice, Mother of God")	Vladoje Bersa	1906.	From Knin

· Czech

"Nesem vám noviny" ("We bring you the tidings!")

Title

"Nesem vám noviny" ("We bring you the tidings!")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from Bohemia

Notes

"Come, All Ye Shepherds" (Mari Ruef Hofer, 1912) German: "Kommet, ihr Hirten" (Carl Riedel, ca. 1870)

"Půjdem spolu do Betléma" ("Let's all go to Bethlehem.")

Title

"Půjdem spolu do Betléma" ("Let's all go to Bethlehem.")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from Bohemia

"Štědrý večer nastal" ("Christmas Eve has come.")

Title

"Štědrý večer nastal" ("Christmas Eve has come.")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from Bohemia

"Pásli ovce valaši" ("The Wallachians were grazing their sheep.")

Title

"Pásli ovce valaši" ("The Wallachians were grazing their sheep.")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from Moravia

"Narodil se Kristus pán" ("Christ the Lord was born")

Title

"Narodil se Kristus pán" ("Christ the Lord was born")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from Bohemia

Year published

1505

"Den přeslavný jest k nám přišel" ("The glorious day has arrived")

Title

"Den přeslavný jest k nám přišel" ("The glorious day has arrived")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from Bohemia

"Jak si krásné neviňátko" ("How fair are you, oh youngling")

Title

"Jak si krásné neviňátko" ("How fair are you, oh youngling")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from Bohemia

"Zither Carol"

Title

"Zither Carol"

Composer / Lyricist

Czech folk tune - Sedlák, sedlák

Year published

1958

Notes

English lyrics by Malcolm Sargent, set to a traditional tune. "Girls and boys, leave your toys..."

"Svatý Václave" (religious hymn from XII century)

Title

"Svatý Václave" (religious hymn from XII century)

Composer / Lyricist

words: John Mason Neale, music: tune from Piae Cantiones

Year published

1853

Notes

rendered in English as "Good King Wenceslas"

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Nesem vám noviny" ("We bring you the tidings!")	traditional from Bohemia		"Come, All Ye Shepherds" (Mari Ruef Hofer, 1912) German: "Kommet, ihr Hirten" (Carl Riedel, ca. 1870)
"Půjdem spolu do Betléma" ("Let's all go to Bethlehem.")	traditional from Bohemia
"Štědrý večer nastal" ("Christmas Eve has come.")	traditional from Bohemia
"Pásli ovce valaši" ("The Wallachians were grazing their sheep.")	traditional from Moravia
"Narodil se Kristus pán" ("Christ the Lord was born")	traditional from Bohemia	1505
"Den přeslavný jest k nám přišel" ("The glorious day has arrived")	traditional from Bohemia
"Jak si krásné neviňátko" ("How fair are you, oh youngling")	traditional from Bohemia
"Zither Carol"	Czech folk tune - Sedlák, sedlák	1958	English lyrics by Malcolm Sargent, set to a traditional tune. "Girls and boys, leave your toys..."
"Svatý Václave" (religious hymn from XII century)	words: John Mason Neale, music: tune from Piae Cantiones	1853	rendered in English as "Good King Wenceslas"

· Danish

"Blomstre som en rosengård [da]"

Carol

"Blomstre som en rosengård [da]"

Composer/Lyricist

J.P.E. Hartmann / N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

1861 / 1837, 1853

Notes

Advent

"Dejlig er den himmel blå [da]"

Carol

"Dejlig er den himmel blå [da]"

Composer/Lyricist

J.G. Meidell / N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

ca. 1840 / 1853, 1864

Notes

Epiphany

"Dejlig er jorden"

Carol

"Dejlig er jorden"

Composer/Lyricist

Silesian tune / B.S. Ingemann

Year published

18th century / 1850

"Den yndigste rose er funden [da]" tune

Carol

"Den yndigste rose er funden [da]" tune

Composer/Lyricist

Joseph Klug / H.A. Brorson

Year published

1542 / 1732

"Det første lys er Ordet talt af Gud"

Carol

"Det første lys er Ordet talt af Gud"

Composer/Lyricist

Bjarne Haahr / Johannes Johansen

Year published

1978 / 1974

Notes

Advent

"Det kimer nu til julefest"

Carol

"Det kimer nu til julefest"

Composer/Lyricist

C. Balle / N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

1850 / 1817, 1837

"En rose så jeg skyde"

Carol

"En rose så jeg skyde"

Composer/Lyricist

Cöln / trans. from Praetorius by Th. Laub

Year published

1599 / 1609 trans.1920

Notes

"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen"

"En sød og liflig klang"

Carol

"En sød og liflig klang"

Composer/Lyricist

Trier, Joseph Klug / German trans., Martin Luther, Hans Thomissøn, N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

1482, 1533 / 14th century, 1529 and 1545, 1569, 1837

"Puer natus in Bethlehem"

Carol

"Puer natus in Bethlehem"

Composer/Lyricist

German tune / N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

Ca. 1600 / 1820

Notes

Based on a medieval Latin hymn "Puer natus in Bethlehem", publ. in Danish in the hymn books of Hans Tausen and Hans Thomissøn in 1553 and 1569, resp. A children's favourite.

"Et lidet barn så lysteligt"

Carol

"Et lidet barn så lysteligt"

Composer/Lyricist

C. Balle / N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

1855 / 1843

"Hjerte, løft din glædes vinger"

Carol

"Hjerte, løft din glædes vinger"

Composer/Lyricist

Joh. Crüger / Paul Gerhardt, trans. C.J. Brandt

Year published

1653 / 1653, trans. 1878

"I denne søde juletid"

Carol

"I denne søde juletid"

Composer/Lyricist

C. Balle / H.A. Brorson

Year published

1855 / 1732, 1739

"Ind under jul"

Carol

"Ind under jul"

Composer/Lyricist

Morten Eskesen / Jonas Lie

Year published

1876 / 1865

"Julebudet til dem, der bygge"

Carol

"Julebudet til dem, der bygge"

Composer/Lyricist

J.P.E. Hartmann / J. Chr. Hostrup

Year published

1890 / 1881,1884

"Julen har bragt velsignet bud"

Carol

"Julen har bragt velsignet bud"

Composer/Lyricist

C.E.F Weyse / B.S. Ingemann

Year published

1841 / 1839

"Julen har englelyd"

Carol

"Julen har englelyd"

Composer/Lyricist

A.P. Berggreen / N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

1852 / 1845, 1851

"Kimer, I klokker [da]"

Carol

"Kimer, I klokker [da]"

Composer/Lyricist

H. Rung / N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

1857 / 1856

"Resonet in laudibus"

Carol

"Resonet in laudibus"

Composer/Lyricist

Pre-Reformation tune / N.F.S. Grundtvig and Th. Laub

Year published

Pre-Reformation / 1837, 1873 and 1890

"Mit hjerte altid vanker"

Carol

"Mit hjerte altid vanker"

Composer/Lyricist

Carl Nielsen / H.A. Brorson

Year published

1919 / 1732

"Lille Guds barn, hvad skader dig?"

Carol

"Lille Guds barn, hvad skader dig?"

Composer/Lyricist

Traditional / N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

/ 1870

Notes

Advent

"Velkommen igen, Guds engle små"

Carol

"Velkommen igen, Guds engle små"

Composer/Lyricist

A.P. Berggreen alt. C.E.F. Weyse / N.F.S. Grundtvig

Year published

1834 alt. 1836 / 1825, 1850

Notes

Lyrics written the night before Christmas Day

"Vær velkommen, Herrens år [da]"

Carol

"Vær velkommen, Herrens år [da]"

Composer/Lyricist

A.P. Berggreen / N.F.S. Grundtvig from a medieval Danish Advent hymn

Year published

1852 / 1849, 1852

Notes

Advent

"Vær velkommen, Herrens år [da]"

Carol

"Vær velkommen, Herrens år [da]"

Composer/Lyricist

A.P. Berggreen / N.F.S. Grundtvig from a medieval Danish Advent hymn

Year published

1852 / 1849

Notes

Epiphany

Carol	Composer/Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Blomstre som en rosengård [da]"	Hartmann / N.F.S. Grundtvig	1861 / 1837, 1853	Advent
"Dejlig er den himmel blå [da]"	Meidell / N.F.S. Grundtvig	ca. 1840 / 1853, 1864	Epiphany
"Dejlig er jorden"	Silesian tune / B.S. Ingemann	18th century / 1850
"Den yndigste rose er funden [da]" tune	Joseph Klug / H.A. Brorson	1542 / 1732
"Det første lys er Ordet talt af Gud"	Bjarne Haahr / Johannes Johansen	1978 / 1974	Advent
"Det kimer nu til julefest"	C. Balle / N.F.S. Grundtvig	1850 / 1817, 1837
"En rose så jeg skyde"	Cöln / trans. from Praetorius by Th. Laub	1599 / 1609 trans.1920	"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen"
"En sød og liflig klang"	Trier, Joseph Klug / German trans., Martin Luther, Hans Thomissøn, N.F.S. Grundtvig	1482, 1533 / 14th century, 1529 and 1545, 1569, 1837
"Puer natus in Bethlehem"	German tune / N.F.S. Grundtvig	Ca. 1600 / 1820	Based on a medieval Latin hymn "Puer natus in Bethlehem", publ. in Danish in the hymn books of Hans Tausen and Hans Thomissøn in 1553 and 1569, resp. A children's favourite.
"Et lidet barn så lysteligt"	C. Balle / N.F.S. Grundtvig	1855 / 1843
"Hjerte, løft din glædes vinger"	Joh. Crüger / Paul Gerhardt, trans. C.J. Brandt	1653 / 1653, trans. 1878
"I denne søde juletid"	C. Balle / H.A. Brorson	1855 / 1732, 1739
"Ind under jul"	Morten Eskesen / Jonas Lie	1876 / 1865
"Julebudet til dem, der bygge"	Hartmann / J. Chr. Hostrup	1890 / 1881,1884
"Julen har bragt velsignet bud"	F Weyse / B.S. Ingemann	1841 / 1839
"Julen har englelyd"	Berggreen / N.F.S. Grundtvig	1852 / 1845, 1851
"Kimer, I klokker [da]"	H. Rung / N.F.S. Grundtvig	1857 / 1856
"Resonet in laudibus"	Pre-Reformation tune / N.F.S. Grundtvig and Th. Laub	Pre-Reformation / 1837, 1873 and 1890
"Mit hjerte altid vanker"	Carl Nielsen / H.A. Brorson	1919 / 1732
"Lille Guds barn, hvad skader dig?"	Traditional / N.F.S. Grundtvig	/ 1870	Advent
"Velkommen igen, Guds engle små"	Berggreen alt. C.E.F. Weyse / N.F.S. Grundtvig	1834 alt. 1836 / 1825, 1850	Lyrics written the night before Christmas Day
"Vær velkommen, Herrens år [da]"	Berggreen / N.F.S. Grundtvig from a medieval Danish Advent hymn	1852 / 1849, 1852	Advent
"Vær velkommen, Herrens år [da]"	Berggreen / N.F.S. Grundtvig from a medieval Danish Advent hymn	1852 / 1849	Epiphany

· Dutch

"Nu Syt Wellekome"[better source needed]

Title

"Nu Syt Wellekome"[better source needed]

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional melody

Year published

Probably 15th Century

Notes

First found in Begijnhof Manuscript (ca. 1600)

"In dulci jubilo"

Title

"In dulci jubilo"

Year published

15th Century

Notes

First found in Utrecht Sint-Agnes Manuscript

"Een kind geboren in Bethlehem"

Title

"Een kind geboren in Bethlehem"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch traditional

Year published

15th Century

Notes

Oldest find: Deventer Song Manuscript

"O, Kindeke klein, o, Kindeke teer"

Title

"O, Kindeke klein, o, Kindeke teer"

Year published

1508

Notes

First published in Dit is een suverlijc boecxken

"Het was een maged uitverkoren"

Title

"Het was een maged uitverkoren"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch traditional

Year published

1508

Notes

First published in D. Coelde van Munster - "Dit is een suverlijc boecxken"

"Herders, hij is geboren"

Title

"Herders, hij is geboren"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch traditional

Year published

1645

Notes

First published in "Den blijden wegh tot Bethleem"

"Hoe leit dit kindeke"

Title

"Hoe leit dit kindeke"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch traditional

Year published

ca. 1650

Notes

First published in Wilhelm Schepping, Die Wettener Liederhandschrift (Song Manuscript)

"Eer zij God in onze/deze dagen" a.k.a. "Engelkens, door het luchtruim zwevend"

Title

"Eer zij God in onze/deze dagen" a.k.a. "Engelkens, door het luchtruim zwevend"

Composer / Lyricist

Attributed to F.A. Schultz, who translated ancient Latin carol, "Gloria in excelsis Deo," into German

Year published

1857, possible previous publication ca. 1730

Notes

translation of "Gloria in excelsis Deo" into Dutch by Isaac Bikkers (often confused with "Ere zij God")

"De Herdertjes lagen bij nachte"

Title

"De Herdertjes lagen bij nachte"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch traditional

Year published

1852

Notes

First print in J. en L. Alberdingk Thijm, 'Oude en Nieuwere Kerst-Liederen'

"Maria die zoude naar Betlehem gaan"

Title

"Maria die zoude naar Betlehem gaan"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch traditional

Year published

1852

Notes

First printed in J. Alberdingk Thijm, Oude en Nieuwere Kerst-Liederen

"Ere zij God"

Title

"Ere zij God"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch original (often confused with "Eer zij God in onze/deze dagen")

Year published

1857

Notes

First print in Isaac Bikkers, Het nachtegaaltje - rendered into English as "Glory to God"

"Er is een kindeke geboren op aard"

Title

"Er is een kindeke geboren op aard"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch traditional

Year published

1879

Notes

First published in Lootens en Feys, Chants populaires flamands

"Geen wiegje als rustplaats"

Title

"Geen wiegje als rustplaats"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch traditional

"Kling/Luidt, klokje/-s, klingelingeling"

Title

"Kling/Luidt, klokje/-s, klingelingeling"

Composer / Lyricist

Dutch traditional

"Komt allen tezamen"

Title

"Komt allen tezamen"

Notes

From Latin hymn "Adeste Fideles"

"'t Is geboren het Goddelijk Kind"

Title

"'t Is geboren het Goddelijk Kind"

Notes

From French noël

"Midden in de winternacht"

Title

"Midden in de winternacht"

Year published

1943

Notes

Dutch text: Harry Prenen, melody: old Catalan carol

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Nu Syt Wellekome"[better source needed]	Traditional melody	Probably 15th Century	First found in Begijnhof Manuscript (ca. 1600)
"In dulci jubilo"		15th Century	First found in Utrecht Sint-Agnes Manuscript
"Een kind geboren in Bethlehem"	Dutch traditional	15th Century	Oldest find: Deventer Song Manuscript
"O, Kindeke klein, o, Kindeke teer"		1508	First published in Dit is een suverlijc boecxken
"Het was een maged uitverkoren"	Dutch traditional	1508	First published in D. Coelde van Munster - "Dit is een suverlijc boecxken"
"Herders, hij is geboren"	Dutch traditional	1645	First published in "Den blijden wegh tot Bethleem"
"Hoe leit dit kindeke"	Dutch traditional	ca. 1650	First published in Wilhelm Schepping, Die Wettener Liederhandschrift (Song Manuscript)
"Eer zij God in onze/deze dagen" a.k.a. "Engelkens, door het luchtruim zwevend"	Attributed to F.A. Schultz, who translated ancient Latin carol, "Gloria in excelsis Deo," into German	1857, possible previous publication ca. 1730	translation of "Gloria in excelsis Deo" into Dutch by Isaac Bikkers (often confused with "Ere zij God")
"De Herdertjes lagen bij nachte"	Dutch traditional	1852	First print in J. en L. Alberdingk Thijm, 'Oude en Nieuwere Kerst-Liederen'
"Maria die zoude naar Betlehem gaan"	Dutch traditional	1852	First printed in J. Alberdingk Thijm, Oude en Nieuwere Kerst-Liederen
"Ere zij God"	Dutch original (often confused with "Eer zij God in onze/deze dagen")	1857	First print in Isaac Bikkers, Het nachtegaaltje - rendered into English as "Glory to God"
"Er is een kindeke geboren op aard"	Dutch traditional	1879	First published in Lootens en Feys, Chants populaires flamands
"Geen wiegje als rustplaats"	Dutch traditional
"Kling/Luidt, klokje/-s, klingelingeling"	Dutch traditional
"Komt allen tezamen"			From Latin hymn "Adeste Fideles"
t Is geboren het Goddelijk Kind"			From French noël
"Midden in de winternacht"		1943	Dutch text: Harry Prenen, melody: old Catalan carol

· English

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year	Notes
"The Twelve Days of Christmas"	Traditional with additions by Frederic Austin	c. 1780
"Adam lay ybounden"	Set by numerous composers, most notably by Boris Ord and Peter Warlock	15th century
"A Christmas Carol"	words and music: Charles Ives	1897
"A Great and Mighty Wonder"	lyrics: The words of St Germanus were translated by John Mason Neale (1818–1866) tune: Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) written originally to the lyrics of Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming.	1599
"Angels from the Realms of Glory"	lyrics: James Montgomery; music: Henry Thomas Smart, 1867, to the tune of "Regent Square". In the UK a slightly different arrangement of "Angels We Have Heard on High" ("Gloria")	1816
"Angels We Have Heard on High"	based on traditional hymn "Gloria" (a French traditional carol "Les Anges dans nos Campagnes"); English translation by Bishop James Chadwick, tune arranged by Edward Shippen Barnes	1862
"As with Gladness Men of Old"	William Chatterton Dix	1867	Set to same tune as "For the Beauty of the Earth"
"Away in a Manger"	First two stanzas unknown, often erroneously attributed to Martin Luther; third stanza written by John McFarland (1904)	1882	More than 40 settings are known. Most popular US version is by James R. Murray (1887); The most popular UK version is by another American, William J. Kirkpatrick (1895)
"The Babe in Bethlem's Manger"	Kentish traditional
"Beautiful Star of Bethlehem"	Robert Fisher Boyce	1940
"Benedicamus Domino"	lyrics: Rev. C L Hutchins	1916	Several settings, including Ben Emberley (2022)
"Bethlehem Down"	Peter Warlock (composer)Bruce Blunt (poet)	1927	Mostly used in Christmas and Epiphany services of the Anglican church
"Boar's Head Carol"	English traditional	15th century
"Brightest and Best" ("Star of the East")	written by Reginald Heber	1811	Not to be confused with the American "Star of the East"
"Calypso Carol" ("See him lying on a bed of straw")	Michael Perry	1969	Written in 1964 for a college concert
"Candlelight Carol"	John Rutter	1984
"Carol of the Bells"	Mykola Leontoyvch, Peter J. Wilhousky	1904	The song is based on a folk chant known in Ukrainian as "Shchedryk".
"The Cherry-Tree Carol"	English traditional
"Children, Go Where I Send Thee"	traditional African American spiritual
"Christians, awake, salute the happy morn"	John Byrom, music by John Wainwright	c. 1750	Based on a poem of three 16 line stanzas, originally for the author's daughter, which was later reworked into singable verses.
"Christmas for Cowboys"	Steve Weisberg	1975
"Christmas Song"("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire")("Merry Christmas to You")	Robert Wells and Mel Tormé	1945
"Come and I will sing you"	English traditional	Early 19th Century or before	Musicologist Cecil Sharp, influential in the folklore revival in England, noted in his 1916 One Hundred English Folksongs that the words are "so corrupt, indeed, that in some cases we can do little more than guess at their original meaning"
"Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus"	Charles Wesley	1749	Set to Hyfrydol
"Coventry Carol" ("Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child")	English traditional
"Ding Dong Merrily on High"	music: Jehan Tabourot, words: George Ratcliffe Woodward		Tune originally entitled "Branle de l'Official".
"Down in Yon Forest"	English traditional		The "Corpus Christi Carol"
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"	written by Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker	1962
"Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains"	words and music: John Menzies Macfarlane	1869
"The First Noel" ("The First Nowell")	English traditional	1823	First published in Carols Ancient and Modern by William Sandys
"The Friendly Beasts"	French Traditional	12th century	English by Robert Davis 1934
"Gabriel's Message"	translated into English by Sabine Baring-Gould		from the Basque traditional carol "Birjina gaztettobat zegoen"
"Gloucestershire Wassail"	English Traditional	18th century or earlier	Numerous publications of the present-day music were published in the 1800s along with variations of lyrics. It is known to have been sung at least as far back as the late 1700s.
"Go Tell It on the Mountain"	African American spiritual dating at least to 1865 Lyrics by John W. Work	1865
"Good King Wenceslas"	English traditional	1853	John Mason Neale, Thomas Helmore
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"	English traditional	c. 1760	Published by William Sandys; author unknown
"Good Christian Men, Rejoice"	Heinrich Seuse	1328	English lyrics fitted to the Latin hymn-tune "In dulci jubilo"; also known as "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice"
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	music: Felix Mendelssohn, words: Charles Wesley, amended by George Whitefield and Martin Madan	1739	originally as part of Festgesang, adapted and harmonised by William Hayman Cummings; descant for verse 3 added in 1961 by Sir David Willcocks for the Carols for Choirs books
"Here We Come A-wassailing"	English traditional	c. "1850"
"The Holly and the Ivy"	English traditional
Huron Carol ("Jesous Ahatonhia")	Jean de Brébeuf	1643	"Jesus, he is born". Also known as "Twas in the Moon of Wintertime" after English translation (1926) by Jesse Edgar Middleton.
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"	words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1863	Several settings of music have been popular: Joseph Mainzer (1845) John Baptiste Calkin (1872) Johnny Marks (1956)
"I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In)"	English traditional	1833	Published by William Sandys.
"In the Bleak Midwinter"	words: Christina Rossetti, music: versions by Gustav Holst and Harold Darke
"Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" ("W żłobie leży")	Polish traditional
"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"	words: Edmund Hamilton Sears	1849	music (US): "Carol" Richard Storrs Willis music (UK): "Noel", melody arranged and adapted by Arthur Sullivan
"Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"	Elizabeth Poston
"Jingle Bells"	James Lord Pierpont	1857	Originally titled "One Horse Open Sleigh"; and written for a school Thanksgiving pageant.
"Joy to the World"	words: Isaac Watts based on Psalm 98, music: arranged by Lowell Mason based on themes in Handel's Messiah	1719

· Estonian

"Kelgusõit" ("Sled Ride")

Title

"Kelgusõit" ("Sled Ride")

Composer / Lyricist

based on a 1905 poem by Reinhold Kamsen.

Year published

1913

Notes

Based on a Ukrainian folk tune.

"Läbi lume sahiseva" ("Through the Rustling Snow")

Title

"Läbi lume sahiseva" ("Through the Rustling Snow")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Juhan Aavik, melody by J. Janson.

Year published

1924

Notes

Based on an Estonian folk tune.

"Tiliseb, tiliseb aisakell" ("Tinkling, Tinkling Sleigh Bell")

Title

"Tiliseb, tiliseb aisakell" ("Tinkling, Tinkling Sleigh Bell")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Leonhard (Leo) Virkhaus, melody by Julius Oengo (J. Oro).

Year published

1934

Notes

The song has spread to over 70 countries, making it the most spread Estonian Christmas carol.

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Kelgusõit" ("Sled Ride")	based on a 1905 poem by Reinhold Kamsen.	1913	Based on a Ukrainian folk tune.
"Läbi lume sahiseva" ("Through the Rustling Snow")	words by Juhan Aavik, melody by J. Janson.	1924	Based on an Estonian folk tune.
"Tiliseb, tiliseb aisakell" ("Tinkling, Tinkling Sleigh Bell")	words by Leonhard (Leo) Virkhaus, melody by Julius Oengo (J. Oro).	1934	The song has spread to over 70 countries, making it the most spread Estonian Christmas carol.

· Filipino

"Ang Pasko ay Sumapit" (Christmas Has Come)

Title

"Ang Pasko ay Sumapit" (Christmas Has Come)

Composer / Lyricist

Tagalog lyrics by Levi Celerio: adapted from Cebuano lyrics by Vicente Rubi, Mariano Vestil

Year published

1933

Notes

A loose translation of the original Cebuano Kasadya ni'ng Táknaa

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Ang Pasko ay Sumapit" (Christmas Has Come)	Tagalog lyrics by Levi Celerio: adapted from Cebuano lyrics by Vicente Rubi, Mariano Vestil	1933	A loose translation of the original Cebuano Kasadya ni'ng Táknaa

· Finnish

"En etsi valtaa, loistoa" ("Give Me No Splendour, Gold, or Pomp")

Title

"En etsi valtaa, loistoa" ("Give Me No Splendour, Gold, or Pomp")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Zachris Topelius (1887; Finnish translation by Martti Korpilahti, 1909); music by Jean Sibelius (1909)

Notes

Translated from Finland Swedish "Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt"

"Joulun kellot [fi]" ("Christmas Bells")

Title

"Joulun kellot [fi]" ("Christmas Bells")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Helmi Auvinen (1897); music by Armas Maasalo (1914)

"Joulupuu on rakennettu" ("Christmas tree has been built")

Title

"Joulupuu on rakennettu" ("Christmas tree has been built")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Gustaf Oskar Schöneman [fi]; music Finnish folk melody

Year published

1876

"Tonttu"

Title

"Tonttu"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Viktor Rydberg; Finnish translation by Valter Juva; music by Lyyli Wartiovaara-Kallioniemi

"On hanget korkeat, nietokset "

Title

"On hanget korkeat, nietokset "

Composer / Lyricist

words by Ilkku Joukahainen; music by Jean Sibelius

"Varpunen jouluaamuna" (Sparrow on Christmas Morning)

Title

"Varpunen jouluaamuna" (Sparrow on Christmas Morning)

Composer / Lyricist

words (Swedish) by Zachris Topelius (1859); Finnish translation by Konrad Alexis Hougberg; music by Otto Kotilainen (1913)

"Sylvian joululaulu" (Sylvia's Christmas song)

Title

"Sylvian joululaulu" (Sylvia's Christmas song)

Composer / Lyricist

words by Zachris Topelius; music by Karl Collan

Notes

translated from Finland Swedish "Sylvias hälsning från Sicilien"

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"En etsi valtaa, loistoa" ("Give Me No Splendour, Gold, or Pomp")	words by Zachris Topelius (1887; Finnish translation by Martti Korpilahti, 1909); music by Jean Sibelius (1909)		Translated from Finland Swedish "Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt"
"Joulun kellot [fi]" ("Christmas Bells")	words by Helmi Auvinen (1897); music by Armas Maasalo (1914)
"Joulupuu on rakennettu" ("Christmas tree has been built")	words by Gustaf Oskar Schöneman [fi]; music Finnish folk melody	1876
"Tonttu"	words by Viktor Rydberg; Finnish translation by Valter Juva; music by Lyyli Wartiovaara-Kallioniemi
"On hanget korkeat, nietokset "	words by Ilkku Joukahainen; music by Jean Sibelius
"Varpunen jouluaamuna" (Sparrow on Christmas Morning)	words (Swedish) by Zachris Topelius (1859); Finnish translation by Konrad Alexis Hougberg; music by Otto Kotilainen (1913)
"Sylvian joululaulu" (Sylvia's Christmas song)	words by Zachris Topelius; music by Karl Collan		translated from Finland Swedish "Sylvias hälsning från Sicilien"

· French

"Les Anges dans nos campagnes"

Title

"Les Anges dans nos campagnes"

Notes

Translated into English as "Angels We Have Heard on High"

"Çà, bergers, assemblons-nous"

Title

"Çà, bergers, assemblons-nous"

Year published

music 15th/16th century; published 1701 with words by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin

Notes

Title translation: "Here, shepherds, let us gather". Adapted from "Où s'en vont ces gais bergers".

"Cantate de Noël" / "Pour sauver l'humanité"

Title

"Cantate de Noël" / "Pour sauver l'humanité"

Composer / Lyricist

lyrics: Gustave Gaillardon; music: Louis-Claude d'Aquin

Year published

early 20th century (lyrics), c. 1757 (music)

Notes

Set to the melody of d'Aquin’s 10th Noël; musical score at archive.org

"C'est Noël"

Title

"C'est Noël"

Composer / Lyricist

lyrics: Jean Manse; music: Henri Betti

Year published

1956

Notes

Song written for the movie Honoré de Marseille with Fernandel

"Dans cette étable"

Title

"Dans cette étable"

Year published

words 19th century

Notes

Title translation: "In this stable". It is sung to the same music as "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen"

"D'où viens-tu, bergère?"

Title

"D'où viens-tu, bergère?"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional French

Notes

Title translation "Where are you coming from, shepherdess?"

"Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris"

Title

"Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris"

Year published

13th or 16th century

Notes

Title translation: "Between the ox and the grey donkey"

"Il est né, le divin Enfant"

Title

"Il est né, le divin Enfant"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional French

Year published

c. 1875

Notes

Translated into English as "He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child"

"La Marche Des Rois Mages"

Title

"La Marche Des Rois Mages"

Year published

13th century traditional

Notes

Translated into English as "March of the Kings" or "Sing Noel: A Christmas Fanfare" with words by Jay Althouse

"Minuit, Chrétiens" ("Cantique de Noël")

Title

"Minuit, Chrétiens" ("Cantique de Noël")

Composer / Lyricist

lyrics: Placide Cappeau, music: Adolphe Adam

Year published

1843 (lyrics), 1847 (music)

Notes

Translated into English as "O Holy Night"

"Noel Bourguignon" ("Burgundian Carol")

Title

"Noel Bourguignon" ("Burgundian Carol")

Composer / Lyricist

Bernard de La Monnoye

Year published

c. 1700

Notes

Translated into English by Oscar Brand

"Noël nouvelet"

Title

"Noël nouvelet"

Year published

15th century

Notes

Translated into English as "Sing We Now of Christmas"

"Patapan" ("Guillô, pran ton tamborin!")

Title

"Patapan" ("Guillô, pran ton tamborin!")

Composer / Lyricist

Bernard de La Monnoye

Notes

Title translation: Willy, take your tambourine

"Petit Papa Noël"

Title

"Petit Papa Noël"

Composer / Lyricist

lyrics: Raymond Vincy; music: Henri Martinet

Year published

1946

"Quelle est cette odeur agréable?"

Title

"Quelle est cette odeur agréable?"

Notes

Translated into English as "Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing?"

"Trois Anges (sont venus ce soir")

Title

"Trois Anges (sont venus ce soir")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional French

Notes

Title translation : "Three Angels have come tonight"

"Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle"

Title

"Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle"

Year published

1553

Notes

Translated into English as "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella"

"Venez divin Messie"

Title

"Venez divin Messie"

Year published

music 16th century; published 18th century with words by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin

Notes

Translated in English as "O Come, Divine Messiah".

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Les Anges dans nos campagnes"			Translated into English as "Angels We Have Heard on High"
"Çà, bergers, assemblons-nous"		music 15th/16th century; published 1701 with words by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin	Title translation: "Here, shepherds, let us gather". Adapted from "Où s'en vont ces gais bergers".
"Cantate de Noël" / "Pour sauver l'humanité"	lyrics: Gustave Gaillardon; music: Louis-Claude d'Aquin	early 20th century (lyrics), c. 1757 (music)	Set to the melody of d'Aquin’s 10th Noël; musical score at archive.org
"C'est Noël"	lyrics: Jean Manse; music: Henri Betti	1956	Song written for the movie Honoré de Marseille with Fernandel
"Dans cette étable"		words 19th century	Title translation: "In this stable". It is sung to the same music as "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen"
"D'où viens-tu, bergère?"	Traditional French		Title translation "Where are you coming from, shepherdess?"
"Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris"		13th or 16th century	Title translation: "Between the ox and the grey donkey"
"Il est né, le divin Enfant"	Traditional French	c. 1875	Translated into English as "He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child"
"La Marche Des Rois Mages"		13th century traditional	Translated into English as "March of the Kings" or "Sing Noel: A Christmas Fanfare" with words by Jay Althouse
"Minuit, Chrétiens" ("Cantique de Noël")	lyrics: Placide Cappeau, music: Adolphe Adam	1843 (lyrics), 1847 (music)	Translated into English as "O Holy Night"
"Noel Bourguignon" ("Burgundian Carol")	Bernard de La Monnoye	c. 1700	Translated into English by Oscar Brand
"Noël nouvelet"		15th century	Translated into English as "Sing We Now of Christmas"
"Patapan" ("Guillô, pran ton tamborin!")	Bernard de La Monnoye		Title translation: Willy, take your tambourine
"Petit Papa Noël"	lyrics: Raymond Vincy; music: Henri Martinet	1946
"Quelle est cette odeur agréable?"			Translated into English as "Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing?"
"Trois Anges (sont venus ce soir")	Traditional French		Title translation : "Three Angels have come tonight"
"Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle"		1553	Translated into English as "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella"
"Venez divin Messie"		music 16th century; published 18th century with words by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin	Translated in English as "O Come, Divine Messiah".

· Galician

"Da Ulla a meu cabo veño"

Title

"Da Ulla a meu cabo veño"

Composer / Lyricist

Melchor López

Year published

1790

"En Belén hai moita festa"

Title

"En Belén hai moita festa"

Composer / Lyricist

José Pacheco

Year published

1829

"Nadal De Luíntra"("Luintra Carol")

Title

"Nadal De Luíntra"("Luintra Carol")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Null'ome per ren non-deve"

Title

"Null'ome per ren non-deve"

Composer / Lyricist

Alfonso X of Castile

Year published

13th century

Notes

One of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM 50)

"Pois que dos reys Nostro Sennor [pt]"(Since Our Lord chose to descend from the lineage of kings)

Title

"Pois que dos reys Nostro Sennor [pt]"(Since Our Lord chose to descend from the lineage of kings)

Composer / Lyricist

Alfonso X of Castile

Year published

13th century

Notes

One of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM 424). It is the oldest Iberian Christmas carol written in a vernacular language

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Da Ulla a meu cabo veño"	Melchor López	1790
"En Belén hai moita festa"	José Pacheco	1829
"Nadal De Luíntra"("Luintra Carol")	Traditional
"Null'ome per ren non-deve"	Alfonso X of Castile	13th century	One of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM 50)
"Pois que dos reys Nostro Sennor [pt]"(Since Our Lord chose to descend from the lineage of kings)	Alfonso X of Castile	13th century	One of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM 424). It is the oldest Iberian Christmas carol written in a vernacular language

· German

"Alle Jahre wieder" ("Every Year Again", literal: "All years again")

Title

"Alle Jahre wieder" ("Every Year Again", literal: "All years again")

Composer / Lyricist

Friedrich Silcher /Wilhelm Hey

Year published

1837

"Am Weihnachtsbaum die Lichter brennen [de]" ("literal: On the Christmas Trees the lights burn")

Title

"Am Weihnachtsbaum die Lichter brennen [de]" ("literal: On the Christmas Trees the lights burn")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional /Hermann Kletke

Year published

1841

Notes

Translated into English as "Light the Christmas tree candles"

"Auf, Christen, singt festliche Lieder" ("literal: Come on, Christians, sing festive songs")

Title

"Auf, Christen, singt festliche Lieder" ("literal: Come on, Christians, sing festive songs")

Composer / Lyricist

August Erthel [de] / in Fulda

Year published

1778

Notes

Translated into English as "O Christians, Come Join in the Singing"

"Die Könige" (The Kings)

Title

"Die Könige" (The Kings)

Composer / Lyricist

Peter Cornelius

Year published

1856 & 1870 (rewrote)

Notes

Translated into English as "The Three Kings" or "Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar" by W. G. Rothery in 1916

"Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen" (The morning star is risen)

Title

"Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen" (The morning star is risen)

Composer / Lyricist

Daniel Rumpius / Michael Praetorius

Year published

1587

"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" ("A Rose Has Sprung Up")

Title

"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" ("A Rose Has Sprung Up")

Composer / Lyricist

Anonymous

Year published

16th century

Notes

Translated into English as "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming", "Lo, There A Rose Is Blooming", "There Is A Flower Springing", "A great and mighty wonder"

"Es ist für uns eine Zeit angekommen" ("The Time Has Arrived for Us")

Title

"Es ist für uns eine Zeit angekommen" ("The Time Has Arrived for Us")

Composer / Lyricist

Swiss traditional

Year published

19th century

"Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen" ("A Ship is Coming, laden")

Title

"Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen" ("A Ship is Coming, laden")

Composer / Lyricist

Andernach songbook

Year published

1608

"Es wird scho glei dumpa [de]" ("It'll be dark soon")

Title

"Es wird scho glei dumpa [de]" ("It'll be dark soon")

Composer / Lyricist

Anton Reidinger

Year published

1884

Notes

Tirolean dialect song

"Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt" (Be joyful, Earth and starry sky)

Title

"Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt" (Be joyful, Earth and starry sky)

Year published

1844

Notes

based on a Czech model

"Fröhliche Weihnacht überall [de]" ("Merry Christmas Everywhere")

Title

"Fröhliche Weihnacht überall [de]" ("Merry Christmas Everywhere")

Composer / Lyricist

German and English traditional

"Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" ("Merrily my heart shall leap")

Title

"Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" ("Merrily my heart shall leap")

Composer / Lyricist

Paul Gerhardt /Johann Crüger · Johann Georg Ebeling

Year published

1653 (lyrics)/1553 (Crüger) · ? (Ebeling)

"Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ")

Title

"Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ")

Composer / Lyricist

Martin Luther

Year published

1524

"Herbei, oh ihr Gläubigen" ("O Come, All Ye Faithful")

Title

"Herbei, oh ihr Gläubigen" ("O Come, All Ye Faithful")

Composer / Lyricist

Translation of "Adeste fideles" by Friedrich Heinrich Ranke in 1823.

Year published

17th century

"Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier" ("I stand here by your manger")

Title

"Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier" ("I stand here by your manger")

Composer / Lyricist

Paul Gerhardt /Martin Luther · Johann Sebastian Bach

Year published

1653 (lyrics)/1542 (Luther melody) · 1736 (Bach melody)

"Ihr Kinderlein, kommet" ("Oh, Come, Little Children")

Title

"Ihr Kinderlein, kommet" ("Oh, Come, Little Children")

Composer / Lyricist

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz /Christoph von Schmid

Year published

1794 (music)/1798 (lyrics)/1832 (combination of text and music)

"In dulci jubilo" ("In Sweet Rejoicing")

Title

"In dulci jubilo" ("In Sweet Rejoicing")

Composer / Lyricist

Gerhard Tersteegen / Joachim Neander

Year published

1731

"Jauchzet, ihr Himmel" ("Rejoice, you Heavens")

Title

"Jauchzet, ihr Himmel" ("Rejoice, you Heavens")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional

Year published

14th century

"Kling Glöckchen" ("Ring Little Bell")

Title

"Kling Glöckchen" ("Ring Little Bell")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional /Karl Enslin

Year published

19th century

"Kommet, ihr Hirten" ("Come, you shepherds")

Title

"Kommet, ihr Hirten" ("Come, you shepherds")

Composer / Lyricist

Carl Riedel after Czech "Nesem vám noviny"

Year published

c. 1870

"Kommt und lasst uns Christus ehren" ("Come, let us praise Christ"), from Latin "Quem pastores laudavere"

Title

"Kommt und lasst uns Christus ehren" ("Come, let us praise Christ"), from Latin "Quem pastores laudavere"

Composer / Lyricist

Bohemian traditional 15th century

Notes

"Come, and Christ the Lord be praising", "He whom joyous shepherds praised", and more

"Lasst uns das Kindlein grüßen" ("Let Us Greet the Little Child")

Title

"Lasst uns das Kindlein grüßen" ("Let Us Greet the Little Child")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional

"Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen" ("Let Us Cradle the Little Child")

Title

"Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen" ("Let Us Cradle the Little Child")

Composer / Lyricist

Munich

Year published

1604

"Lasst uns froh und munter sein" ("Let Us Be Happy and Cheerful")

Title

"Lasst uns froh und munter sein" ("Let Us Be Happy and Cheerful")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from the Hunsrück

Notes

this song is traditionally sung at Nicholas Eve on 6 December

"Leise rieselt der Schnee" ("Softly Falls Every Snow Flake")

Title

"Leise rieselt der Schnee" ("Softly Falls Every Snow Flake")

Composer / Lyricist

Eduard Ebel / Eduard Ebel

Year published

about 1900

"Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich" ("Praise God, you Christians equally")

Title

"Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich" ("Praise God, you Christians equally")

Composer / Lyricist

Nikolaus Herman

Year published

1560

"Maria durch ein Dornwald ging" ("Mary Walks Amid the Thorns")

Title

"Maria durch ein Dornwald ging" ("Mary Walks Amid the Thorns")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from Hesse

Year published

16th century

"Menschen, die ihr wart verloren" ("Humans, you who were lost")

Title

"Menschen, die ihr wart verloren" ("Humans, you who were lost")

Composer / Lyricist

Christoph Bernhard Verspoell

Year published

1810

"Morgen, Kinder, wird's was geben [de]" ("Tomorrow, Children, Something Will Happen")

Title

"Morgen, Kinder, wird's was geben [de]" ("Tomorrow, Children, Something Will Happen")

Composer / Lyricist

Carl Gottlieb Hering / Philipp Bartsch

Year published

1850

"Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann [de]" ("Tomorrow comes Santa Claus")

Title

"Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann [de]" ("Tomorrow comes Santa Claus")

Composer / Lyricist

A. H. Hoffmann von Fallersleben

Year published

17th century

"Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit" ("Now, dear Soul, it is the time")

Title

"Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit" ("Now, dear Soul, it is the time")

Composer / Lyricist

Georg Weissel

Year published

1642

"O du fröhliche" ("Oh You Joyful")

Title

"O du fröhliche" ("Oh You Joyful")

Composer / Lyricist

Johannes Daniel Falk / Heinrich Holzschuher

Year published

1816

Notes

"Oh, how joyfully", Christopher Wren, Together in song #330; "Oh thou joyful", Henry Katterjohn, Chalice Hymnal#169

"O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree")

Title

"O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree")

Composer / Lyricist

German traditional/ E. Anschütz, A. Zarnack

Year published

16th century

Notes

translated into English as "O, Christmas Tree", 1824

"O Tannenbaum, du trägst ein grünen Zweig [de]" ("O Christmas Tree, you Wear a Green Branch")

Title

"O Tannenbaum, du trägst ein grünen Zweig [de]" ("O Christmas Tree, you Wear a Green Branch")

Composer / Lyricist

Westphalian traditional

"Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen" ("Little Snow Flake, Little White Coat")

Title

"Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen" ("Little Snow Flake, Little White Coat")

Composer / Lyricist

Hedwig Haberkern

Year published

1869

"Stern über Bethlehem" ("Star above Bethlehem")

Title

"Stern über Bethlehem" ("Star above Bethlehem")

Composer / Lyricist

Alfred Hans Zoller

Year published

1964

Notes

star singers' song

"Still, still, still" ("Hush, hush, hush")

Title

"Still, still, still" ("Hush, hush, hush")

Composer / Lyricist

Maria Vinzenz Süß / Georg Götsch

Year published

1865

"Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht"

Title

"Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht"

Composer / Lyricist

Josef Mohr / Franz Xaver Gruber

Year published

1818

Notes

"Silent Night", in the English translation by John Freeman Young

"Süßer die Glocken nie klingen" ("The Bells Never Sound Sweeter")

Title

"Süßer die Glocken nie klingen" ("The Bells Never Sound Sweeter")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional /Wilhelm Kritzinger

"Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom" ("Thousands of Stars form a dome")

Title

"Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom" ("Thousands of Stars form a dome")

Composer / Lyricist

Siegfried Köhler

Year published

1946

"Tochter Zion, freue dich" ("Daughter Zion, Rejoice!")

Title

"Tochter Zion, freue dich" ("Daughter Zion, Rejoice!")

Composer / Lyricist

George Frideric Handel

"Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" ("From Heaven Above to Earth I Come")

Title

"Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" ("From Heaven Above to Earth I Come")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional / Martin Luther

Year published

1539

Notes

"From heaven high I come to you", by Catherine Winkworth, Trinity Psalter Hymnal #304

"Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel, kommt" ("From Heaven Above, o Angels Come")

Title

"Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel, kommt" ("From Heaven Above, o Angels Come")

Composer / Lyricist

traditional from Cologne

Year published

1623

"Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How Lovely Shines the Morning Star")

Title

"Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How Lovely Shines the Morning Star")

Composer / Lyricist

Philipp Nicolai

Year published

16th century

"Zu Bethlehem geboren" ("Born in Bethlehem")

Title

"Zu Bethlehem geboren" ("Born in Bethlehem")

Composer / Lyricist

Friedrich Spee / French melody

Year published

1638

Sind die Lichter angezündet

Title

Sind die Lichter angezündet

Composer / Lyricist

Erika Engel / Hans Sandig

Year published

1950/1957

Notes

https://www.musicalion.com/de/scores/noten/222506/hans-sandig/44542/sind-die-lichter-angez%C3%BCndet#interpretation=1

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Alle Jahre wieder" ("Every Year Again", literal: "All years again")	Friedrich Silcher /Wilhelm Hey	1837
"Am Weihnachtsbaum die Lichter brennen [de]" ("literal: On the Christmas Trees the lights burn")	traditional /Hermann Kletke	1841	Translated into English as "Light the Christmas tree candles"
"Auf, Christen, singt festliche Lieder" ("literal: Come on, Christians, sing festive songs")	August Erthel [de] / in Fulda	1778	Translated into English as "O Christians, Come Join in the Singing"
"Die Könige" (The Kings)	Peter Cornelius	1856 & 1870 (rewrote)	Translated into English as "The Three Kings" or "Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar" by W. G. Rothery in 1916
"Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen" (The morning star is risen)	Daniel Rumpius / Michael Praetorius	1587
"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" ("A Rose Has Sprung Up")	Anonymous	16th century	Translated into English as "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming", "Lo, There A Rose Is Blooming", "There Is A Flower Springing", "A great and mighty wonder"
"Es ist für uns eine Zeit angekommen" ("The Time Has Arrived for Us")	Swiss traditional	19th century
"Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen" ("A Ship is Coming, laden")	Andernach songbook	1608
"Es wird scho glei dumpa [de]" ("It'll be dark soon")	Anton Reidinger	1884	Tirolean dialect song
"Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt" (Be joyful, Earth and starry sky)		1844	based on a Czech model
"Fröhliche Weihnacht überall [de]" ("Merry Christmas Everywhere")	German and English traditional
"Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" ("Merrily my heart shall leap")	Paul Gerhardt /Johann Crüger · Johann Georg Ebeling	1653 (lyrics)/1553 (Crüger) · ? (Ebeling)
"Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ")	Martin Luther	1524
"Herbei, oh ihr Gläubigen" ("O Come, All Ye Faithful")	Translation of "Adeste fideles" by Friedrich Heinrich Ranke in 1823.	17th century
"Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier" ("I stand here by your manger")	Paul Gerhardt /Martin Luther · Johann Sebastian Bach	1653 (lyrics)/1542 (Luther melody) · 1736 (Bach melody)
"Ihr Kinderlein, kommet" ("Oh, Come, Little Children")	Johann Abraham Peter Schulz /Christoph von Schmid	1794 (music)/1798 (lyrics)/1832 (combination of text and music)
"In dulci jubilo" ("In Sweet Rejoicing")	Gerhard Tersteegen / Joachim Neander	1731
"Jauchzet, ihr Himmel" ("Rejoice, you Heavens")	traditional	14th century
"Kling Glöckchen" ("Ring Little Bell")	traditional /Karl Enslin	19th century
"Kommet, ihr Hirten" ("Come, you shepherds")	Carl Riedel after Czech "Nesem vám noviny"	c. 1870
"Kommt und lasst uns Christus ehren" ("Come, let us praise Christ"), from Latin "Quem pastores laudavere"	Bohemian traditional 15th century		"Come, and Christ the Lord be praising", "He whom joyous shepherds praised", and more
"Lasst uns das Kindlein grüßen" ("Let Us Greet the Little Child")	traditional
"Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen" ("Let Us Cradle the Little Child")	Munich	1604
"Lasst uns froh und munter sein" ("Let Us Be Happy and Cheerful")	traditional from the Hunsrück		this song is traditionally sung at Nicholas Eve on 6 December
"Leise rieselt der Schnee" ("Softly Falls Every Snow Flake")	Eduard Ebel / Eduard Ebel	about 1900
"Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich" ("Praise God, you Christians equally")	Nikolaus Herman	1560
"Maria durch ein Dornwald ging" ("Mary Walks Amid the Thorns")	traditional from Hesse	16th century
"Menschen, die ihr wart verloren" ("Humans, you who were lost")	Christoph Bernhard Verspoell	1810
"Morgen, Kinder, wird's was geben [de]" ("Tomorrow, Children, Something Will Happen")	Carl Gottlieb Hering / Philipp Bartsch	1850
"Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann [de]" ("Tomorrow comes Santa Claus")	A. H. Hoffmann von Fallersleben	17th century
"Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit" ("Now, dear Soul, it is the time")	Georg Weissel	1642
"O du fröhliche" ("Oh You Joyful")	Johannes Daniel Falk / Heinrich Holzschuher	1816	"Oh, how joyfully", Christopher Wren, Together in song ; "Oh thou joyful", Henry Katterjohn, Chalice Hymnal#169
"O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree")	German traditional/ E. Anschütz, A. Zarnack	16th century	translated into English as "O, Christmas Tree", 1824
"O Tannenbaum, du trägst ein grünen Zweig [de]" ("O Christmas Tree, you Wear a Green Branch")	Westphalian traditional
"Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen" ("Little Snow Flake, Little White Coat")	Hedwig Haberkern	1869
"Stern über Bethlehem" ("Star above Bethlehem")	Alfred Hans Zoller	1964	star singers' song
"Still, still, still" ("Hush, hush, hush")	Maria Vinzenz Süß / Georg Götsch	1865
"Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht"	Josef Mohr / Franz Xaver Gruber	1818	"Silent Night", in the English translation by John Freeman Young
"Süßer die Glocken nie klingen" ("The Bells Never Sound Sweeter")	traditional /Wilhelm Kritzinger
"Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom" ("Thousands of Stars form a dome")	Siegfried Köhler	1946
"Tochter Zion, freue dich" ("Daughter Zion, Rejoice!")	George Frideric Handel
"Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" ("From Heaven Above to Earth I Come")	traditional / Martin Luther	1539	"From heaven high I come to you", by Catherine Winkworth, Trinity Psalter Hymnal
"Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel, kommt" ("From Heaven Above, o Angels Come")	traditional from Cologne	1623
"Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How Lovely Shines the Morning Star")	Philipp Nicolai	16th century
"Zu Bethlehem geboren" ("Born in Bethlehem")	Friedrich Spee / French melody	1638
Sind die Lichter angezündet	Erika Engel / Hans Sandig	1950/1957	https://www.musicalion.com/de/scores/noten/222506/hans-sandig/44542/sind-die-lichter-angez%C3%BCndet#interpretation=1

· Greek

"Βυζαντινά" ("Byzantine Carol")

Title

"Βυζαντινά" ("Byzantine Carol")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional carols from the Byzantine Era

Year published

11th century

Notes

(Byzantine Greek: Άναρχος θεός καταβέβηκεν, Ánarkhos Theós katabébēken, "God, who has no beginning, descended")

"Απόψε Χριστός γεννήθηκε" ("Tonight Christ was born")

Title

"Απόψε Χριστός γεννήθηκε" ("Tonight Christ was born")

Composer / Lyricist

Greek Traditional

"Κάλαντα Χριστουγέννων" ("Christmas Carol")

Title

"Κάλαντα Χριστουγέννων" ("Christmas Carol")

Composer / Lyricist

Greek Traditional

Notes

Also known simply by its first verse: "Καλήν Εσπέραν Άρχοντες". There exist many local variations of the same carol with changes in the lyrics( ex. Smyrnian, Anatolian, Cretan, Cappadocian, Pontic, Thracian and others)

"Κάλαντα Πελοποννήσου" ("Carols of Peloponnese")

Title

"Κάλαντα Πελοποννήσου" ("Carols of Peloponnese")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional from Peloponnese

Notes

"Christoúgenna, Prōtoúgenna" ("Christmas, Firstmas")

"Κάλαντα Πρωτοχρονιάς" ("New Year's Carols")

Title

"Κάλαντα Πρωτοχρονιάς" ("New Year's Carols")

Composer / Lyricist

Greek Traditional

Notes

"Archimēniá ki archichroniá" ("First of the month, first of the year").

"Των Φώτων" ("Epiphany Carols")

Title

"Των Φώτων" ("Epiphany Carols")

Composer / Lyricist

Greek Traditional

Notes

(Greek: Σήμερα τα φώτα κι ο φωτισμός, "Today is the Epiphany and the Enlightenment")

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Βυζαντινά" ("Byzantine Carol")	Traditional carols from the Byzantine Era	11th century	(Byzantine Greek: Άναρχος θεός καταβέβηκεν, Ánarkhos Theós katabébēken, "God, who has no beginning, descended")
"Απόψε Χριστός γεννήθηκε" ("Tonight Christ was born")	Greek Traditional
"Κάλαντα Χριστουγέννων" ("Christmas Carol")	Greek Traditional		Also known simply by its first verse: "Καλήν Εσπέραν Άρχοντες". There exist many local variations of the same carol with changes in the lyrics( ex. Smyrnian, Anatolian, Cretan, Cappadocian, Pontic, Thracian and others)
"Κάλαντα Πελοποννήσου" ("Carols of Peloponnese")	Traditional from Peloponnese		"Christoúgenna, Prōtoúgenna" ("Christmas, Firstmas")
"Κάλαντα Πρωτοχρονιάς" ("New Year's Carols")	Greek Traditional		"Archimēniá ki archichroniá" ("First of the month, first of the year").
"Των Φώτων" ("Epiphany Carols")	Greek Traditional		(Greek: Σήμερα τα φώτα κι ο φωτισμός, "Today is the Epiphany and the Enlightenment")

· Hungarian

"Mennyből az angyal" ("Angels from Heaven")

Title

"Mennyből az angyal" ("Angels from Heaven")

"Pásztorok, Pásztorok"

Title

"Pásztorok, Pásztorok"

"Kis karácsony, nagy karácsony" ("Little Christmas, Big Christmas")

Title

"Kis karácsony, nagy karácsony" ("Little Christmas, Big Christmas")

"Fel nagy örömre"

Title

"Fel nagy örömre"

"Pásztorok keljünk fel"

Title

"Pásztorok keljünk fel"

"Dicsőség mennyben az Istennek"

Title

"Dicsőség mennyben az Istennek"

"Ó, gyönyörű szép"

Title

"Ó, gyönyörű szép"

"A kis Jézus arany alma"

Title

"A kis Jézus arany alma"

"Csordapásztorok"

Title

"Csordapásztorok"

Composer / Lyricist

Hungarian Traditional

"Bethlehemi királyok" (also known as "Három királyok") ("Three kings")

Title

"Bethlehemi királyok" (also known as "Három királyok") ("Three kings")

Composer / Lyricist

Lyrics by Attila József

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Mennyből az angyal" ("Angels from Heaven")
"Pásztorok, Pásztorok"
"Kis karácsony, nagy karácsony" ("Little Christmas, Big Christmas")
"Fel nagy örömre"
"Pásztorok keljünk fel"
"Dicsőség mennyben az Istennek"
"Ó, gyönyörű szép"
"A kis Jézus arany alma"
"Csordapásztorok"	Hungarian Traditional
"Bethlehemi királyok" (also known as "Három királyok") ("Three kings")	Lyrics by Attila József

· Indonesian

Nunga Jumpang Muse Ari Pesta I (Bataknese)Sendah Jumpa Wari Raya Kita E (Karonese)Sudah Tiba Hari Raya yang Kudus (Indonesian)

Title

Nunga Jumpang Muse Ari Pesta I (Bataknese)Sendah Jumpa Wari Raya Kita E (Karonese)Sudah Tiba Hari Raya yang Kudus (Indonesian)

Composer/lyricist

words by Rev. J. A. U. Doloksaribu, M. Min. (Indonesian and Bataknese) words by Rev. N. Ginting Munthe (Karonese)

Notes

These songs are set to Battle Hymn of the Republic tune

Title	Composer/lyricist	Year published	Notes
Nunga Jumpang Muse Ari Pesta I (Bataknese)Sendah Jumpa Wari Raya Kita E (Karonese)Sudah Tiba Hari Raya yang Kudus (Indonesian)	words by Rev. J. A. U. Doloksaribu, M. Min. (Indonesian and Bataknese) words by Rev. N. Ginting Munthe (Karonese)		These songs are set to Battle Hymn of the Republic tune

· Irish

"An Angel This Night"

Title

"An Angel This Night"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"The Angel Said to Joseph Mild"

Title

"The Angel Said to Joseph Mild"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, (Short Carol)

"Behold Three Kings Come From the East"

Title

"Behold Three Kings Come From the East"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, (Short Carol)

"Christmas Day Is Come" (also known as "The Irish Carol")

Title

"Christmas Day Is Come" (also known as "The Irish Carol")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. William Devereaux,

Year published

18th Century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"Codail A Linbh" / "Codail a Leanbh" ("Sleep Child")

Title

"Codail A Linbh" / "Codail a Leanbh" ("Sleep Child")

Composer / Lyricist

Lyrics are from 5th century poem, music by Michael McGlynn

"The Kerry Christmas Carol"

Title

"The Kerry Christmas Carol"

Composer / Lyricist

Irish traditional

"Curoo Curoo" ("The Carol of the Birds")

Title

"Curoo Curoo" ("The Carol of the Birds")

Composer / Lyricist

Irish traditional

"Dia do Bheatha" ("Welcome")

Title

"Dia do Bheatha" ("Welcome")

Composer / Lyricist

Irish traditional

"The Darkest Midnight in December"

Title

"The Darkest Midnight in December"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. William Devereaux

Year published

18th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil" ("That Night in Bethlehem")

Title

"Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil" ("That Night in Bethlehem")

Composer / Lyricist

Irish traditional

"The First Day of the Year"

Title

"The First Day of the Year"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"Hail Ye Flowers of Martyrs"

Title

"Hail Ye Flowers of Martyrs"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"Jerusalem, Our Happy Home"

Title

"Jerusalem, Our Happy Home"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. William Devereaux

Year published

18th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"Now To Conclude Our Christmas Mirth"

Title

"Now To Conclude Our Christmas Mirth"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. William Devereaux

Year published

18th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"Oíche Nollag" ("Christmas Eve")

Title

"Oíche Nollag" ("Christmas Eve")

Composer / Lyricist

Irish traditional

"St John did Lean on Jesus' Breast"

Title

"St John did Lean on Jesus' Breast"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, (Short Carol)

"St Stephen Had an Angel's Face"

Title

"St Stephen Had an Angel's Face"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, (Short Carol)

"Suantraí na Maighdine" ("The Virgin's Lullaby")

Title

"Suantraí na Maighdine" ("The Virgin's Lullaby")

Composer / Lyricist

Irish traditional

Notes

Also known as "The Christ Child's Lullaby" or "Mary's Lullaby"

"Sweet Jesus Was the Sacred Name"

Title

"Sweet Jesus Was the Sacred Name"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, (Short Carol)

"Sweetest of All Names, Jesus"

Title

"Sweetest of All Names, Jesus"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. William Devereaux

Year published

18th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"An Teitheadh go hÉigipt" ("The Flight to Egypt")

Title

"An Teitheadh go hÉigipt" ("The Flight to Egypt")

Composer / Lyricist

Irish traditional

"This Christmass Day You Pray me Sing"

Title

"This Christmass Day You Pray me Sing"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, (short Carol)

"This Feast of St Sylvester So Well Deserves a Song"

Title

"This Feast of St Sylvester So Well Deserves a Song"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. William Devereaux

Year published

18th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"This is our Christmas Day"

Title

"This is our Christmas Day"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, (Short Carol)

"This is St Stephen's Day"

Title

"This is St Stephen's Day"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"To Greet Our Saviour's Dear One"

Title

"To Greet Our Saviour's Dear One"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. Luke Waddinge

Year published

17th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"A Virgin Queen in Bethlehem"

Title

"A Virgin Queen in Bethlehem"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. William Devereaux

Year published

18th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

"Wexford Carol" (also "Enniscorthy Carol")

Title

"Wexford Carol" (also "Enniscorthy Carol")

Composer / Lyricist

Irish traditional

"Ye Sons of Men with Me Rejoice"

Title

"Ye Sons of Men with Me Rejoice"

Composer / Lyricist

words by Fr. William Devereaux

Year published

18th century

Notes

Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"An Angel This Night"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"The Angel Said to Joseph Mild"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, (Short Carol)
"Behold Three Kings Come From the East"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, (Short Carol)
"Christmas Day Is Come" (also known as "The Irish Carol")	words by Fr. William Devereaux,	18th Century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"Codail A Linbh" / "Codail a Leanbh" ("Sleep Child")	Lyrics are from 5th century poem, music by Michael McGlynn
"The Kerry Christmas Carol"	Irish traditional
"Curoo Curoo" ("The Carol of the Birds")	Irish traditional
"Dia do Bheatha" ("Welcome")	Irish traditional
"The Darkest Midnight in December"	words by Fr. William Devereaux	18th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil" ("That Night in Bethlehem")	Irish traditional
"The First Day of the Year"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"Hail Ye Flowers of Martyrs"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"Jerusalem, Our Happy Home"	words by Fr. William Devereaux	18th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"Now To Conclude Our Christmas Mirth"	words by Fr. William Devereaux	18th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"Oíche Nollag" ("Christmas Eve")	Irish traditional
"St John did Lean on Jesus' Breast"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, (Short Carol)
"St Stephen Had an Angel's Face"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, (Short Carol)
"Suantraí na Maighdine" ("The Virgin's Lullaby")	Irish traditional		Also known as "The Christ Child's Lullaby" or "Mary's Lullaby"
"Sweet Jesus Was the Sacred Name"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, (Short Carol)
"Sweetest of All Names, Jesus"	words by Fr. William Devereaux	18th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"An Teitheadh go hÉigipt" ("The Flight to Egypt")	Irish traditional
"This Christmass Day You Pray me Sing"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, (short Carol)
"This Feast of St Sylvester So Well Deserves a Song"	words by Fr. William Devereaux	18th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"This is our Christmas Day"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, (Short Carol)
"This is St Stephen's Day"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"To Greet Our Saviour's Dear One"	words by Fr. Luke Waddinge	17th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"A Virgin Queen in Bethlehem"	words by Fr. William Devereaux	18th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"
"Wexford Carol" (also "Enniscorthy Carol")	Irish traditional
"Ye Sons of Men with Me Rejoice"	words by Fr. William Devereaux	18th century	Irish traditional, Part of "The Kilmore Carols"

· Italian

"Gesù bambino" ("The Infant Jesus")

Title

"Gesù bambino" ("The Infant Jesus")

Composer / Lyricist

Pietro Yon

Year published

1917

Notes

"When Blossoms Flowered" in English

"Tu scendi dalle stelle" ("From Starry Skies Thou Comest")

Title

"Tu scendi dalle stelle" ("From Starry Skies Thou Comest")

Composer / Lyricist

Italian traditional

"Dormi, dormi, bel Bambin"

Title

"Dormi, dormi, bel Bambin"

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Gesù bambino" ("The Infant Jesus")	Pietro Yon	1917	"When Blossoms Flowered" in English
"Tu scendi dalle stelle" ("From Starry Skies Thou Comest")	Italian traditional
"Dormi, dormi, bel Bambin"

· Korean

"The Carol"

Title

"The Carol"

Composer / Lyricist

words by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung) music by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung), 박아셀 (Asher Park)

Year published

2016

Notes

Sung by Heejin, Haseul, and Hyunjin.

"The Carol 2.0"

Title

"The Carol 2.0"

Composer / Lyricist

words by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung) music by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung), 박아셀 (Asher Park)

Year published

2017

Notes

Sung by ViVi, Choerry, and Yves. It is another variation of "The Carol".

"The Carol 3.0"

Title

"The Carol 3.0"

Composer / Lyricist

words by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung) music by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung), 박아셀 (Asher Park)

Year published

2023

Notes

Sung by ARTMS. It is another variation of "The Carol". There is also an English version of the song.

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"The Carol"	words by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung) music by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung), 박아셀 (Asher Park)	2016	Sung by Heejin, Haseul, and Hyunjin.
"The Carol 2.0"	words by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung) music by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung), 박아셀 (Asher Park)	2017	Sung by ViVi, Choerry, and Yves. It is another variation of "The Carol".
"The Carol 3.0"	words by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung) music by G-High, 최영경 (Choi Youngkyoung), 박아셀 (Asher Park)	2023	Sung by ARTMS. It is another variation of "The Carol". There is also an English version of the song.

· Latin

"Adeste Fideles" ("O Come, All Ye Faithful")

Title

"Adeste Fideles" ("O Come, All Ye Faithful")

Composer / Lyricist

attributed to John Francis Wade, Latin words translated by Frederick Oakeley

Year published

c. 1743

"Angelus ad Virginem"

Title

"Angelus ad Virginem"

Year published

13th-century or older.

"Dona nobis pacem"

Title

"Dona nobis pacem"

Composer / Lyricist

Perhaps Mozart

Notes

A 3-voice round.

"Gaudete" ("Rejoice")

Title

"Gaudete" ("Rejoice")

Composer / Lyricist

sacred Christmas carol

Year published

1582

Notes

re-popularized by Steeleye Span (1973)

"Hodie Christus natus est"

Title

"Hodie Christus natus est"

Composer / Lyricist

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Year published

1619

Notes

Originally published in Cantiones Sacrae

"In dulci jubilo"

Title

"In dulci jubilo"

Composer / Lyricist

Heinrich Seuse

Year published

1328

Notes

Macaronic carol known in several translations; melody is also used for the English song "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" (aka, "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice").

"Laetabundus"

Title

"Laetabundus"

Composer / Lyricist

attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux

Year published

12th century

"O Sanctissima" ("O du Fröhliche" or "Oh, How Joyfully")

Title

"O Sanctissima" ("O du Fröhliche" or "Oh, How Joyfully")

Personent hodie

Title

Personent hodie

Year published

1582

Notes

Originally published in Finland, but with Latin lyrics

"Psallite, unigenito"

Title

"Psallite, unigenito"

Composer / Lyricist

Michael Praetorius

Year published

1609

Notes

First published in Musae Sioniae, sechster Theil

"Puer Natus in Bethlehem"

Title

"Puer Natus in Bethlehem"

Year published

Text early 13th-century] (or older); melody 14th century

Notes

Sped up version of a Gregorian chant.

"Pueri Concinite"

Title

"Pueri Concinite"

Composer / Lyricist

Johann von Herbeck

Year published

1868

Notes

First performed in the Imperial Chapel, Vienna, on Christmas.

"Resonet in laudibus"

Title

"Resonet in laudibus"

Year published

14th century

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Adeste Fideles" ("O Come, All Ye Faithful")	attributed to John Francis Wade, Latin words translated by Frederick Oakeley	c. 1743
"Angelus ad Virginem"		13th-century or older.
"Dona nobis pacem"	Perhaps Mozart		A 3-voice round.
"Gaudete" ("Rejoice")	sacred Christmas carol	1582	re-popularized by Steeleye Span (1973)
"Hodie Christus natus est"	Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck	1619	Originally published in Cantiones Sacrae
"In dulci jubilo"	Heinrich Seuse	1328	Macaronic carol known in several translations; melody is also used for the English song "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" (aka, "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice").
"Laetabundus"	attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux	12th century
"O Sanctissima" ("O du Fröhliche" or "Oh, How Joyfully")
Personent hodie		1582	Originally published in Finland, but with Latin lyrics
"Psallite, unigenito"	Michael Praetorius	1609	First published in Musae Sioniae, sechster Theil
"Puer Natus in Bethlehem"		Text early 13th-century] (or older); melody 14th century	Sped up version of a Gregorian chant.
"Pueri Concinite"	Johann von Herbeck	1868	First performed in the Imperial Chapel, Vienna, on Christmas.
"Resonet in laudibus"		14th century

· Malay

"Anak Yesus dilahirkan" ("Little Jesus has Born")

Title

"Anak Yesus dilahirkan" ("Little Jesus has Born")

"Kelahiran Penebus"

Title

"Kelahiran Penebus"

Composer / Lyricist

St Dominic

"Gloria"

Title

"Gloria"

Composer / Lyricist

St Dominic

"Malak Bergemar" ("Angels Sings")

Title

"Malak Bergemar" ("Angels Sings")

Cahaya Natal ("Christmas Light")

Title

Cahaya Natal ("Christmas Light")

Notes

Advent Hymns

Ada Seru Kedengaran

Title

Ada Seru Kedengaran

Notes

Advent Hymns

Berjaga-Jagalah

Title

Berjaga-Jagalah

Notes

Advent Hymns

Penantian Penebus ("Await of Messiah")

Title

Penantian Penebus ("Await of Messiah")

Composer / Lyricist

St John, Tuaran

Year published

2019

Notes

Advent Hymns

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Anak Yesus dilahirkan" ("Little Jesus has Born")
"Kelahiran Penebus"	St Dominic
"Gloria"	St Dominic
"Malak Bergemar" ("Angels Sings")
Cahaya Natal ("Christmas Light")			Advent Hymns
Ada Seru Kedengaran			Advent Hymns
Berjaga-Jagalah			Advent Hymns
Penantian Penebus ("Await of Messiah")	St John, Tuaran	2019	Advent Hymns

· Norwegian

"Musevisa"

Title

"Musevisa"

Composer / Lyricist

Alf Prøysen

Year published

1946

Notes

Lyrics are by Prøysen, set to a traditional tune

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Musevisa"	Alf Prøysen	1946	Lyrics are by Prøysen, set to a traditional tune

· Occitan

"La Cambo me fai mau" ("My leg hurts")

Title

"La Cambo me fai mau" ("My leg hurts")

Composer / Lyricist

Nicolas Saboly / anonymous

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"La Cambo me fai mau" ("My leg hurts")	Nicolas Saboly / anonymous

· Polish

"Ach, ubogi żłobie" ("Oh, the humble manger")

Title

"Ach, ubogi żłobie" ("Oh, the humble manger")

Composer / Lyricist

Piotr Studziński / anonymous

Year published

17th century

"Ach, witajże pożądana" ("Oh, to be greeting desired")

Title

"Ach, witajże pożądana" ("Oh, to be greeting desired")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

<1908

"Anioł pasterzom mówił" ("The angel told the shepherds")

Title

"Anioł pasterzom mówił" ("The angel told the shepherds")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1551–1555

"A wczora z wieczora" ("And yesterday on evening")

Title

"A wczora z wieczora" ("And yesterday on evening")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

<1630

"Będzie kolęda" ("It will be a carol")

Title

"Będzie kolęda" ("It will be a carol")

Composer / Lyricist

Andrzej Zieliński [pl] / Wojciech Młynarski

Year published

1968

Notes

Skaldowie

"Bóg się rodzi" ("God Is Born")

Title

"Bóg się rodzi" ("God Is Born")

Composer / Lyricist

Franciszek Karpiński

Year published

1792

"Bracia patrzcie jeno" ("Brothers let you look on how the sky is burning")

Title

"Bracia patrzcie jeno" ("Brothers let you look on how the sky is burning")

Composer / Lyricist

Franciszek Karpiński

Year published

<1825

"Do szopy, hej, pasterze" ("To the shed, hey, shepherds")

Title

"Do szopy, hej, pasterze" ("To the shed, hey, shepherds")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Dzisiaj w Betlejem" ("Today in Bethlehem")

Title

"Dzisiaj w Betlejem" ("Today in Bethlehem")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1878

"Gdy się Chrystus rodzi" ("When the Christ's being born")

Title

"Gdy się Chrystus rodzi" ("When the Christ's being born")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1843

"Gdy śliczna Panna" ("As the beautiful Virgin [cradled Her Son]")

Title

"Gdy śliczna Panna" ("As the beautiful Virgin [cradled Her Son]")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

beginning of 18th century

"Gore gwiazda Jezusowi" ("A star is shining to Jesus")

Title

"Gore gwiazda Jezusowi" ("A star is shining to Jesus")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

18th century

"Hej, w dzień narodzenia" ("Hey, on the day of the Nativity")

Title

"Hej, w dzień narodzenia" ("Hey, on the day of the Nativity")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Jasna Panna" ("The Bright Lady")

Title

"Jasna Panna" ("The Bright Lady")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Jest taki dzień" ("There is such a day")

Title

"Jest taki dzień" ("There is such a day")

Composer / Lyricist

Seweryn Krajewski / Krzysztof Dzikowski

Year published

1966

Notes

Czerwone Gitary

"Jezus malusieńki" ("The wee baby Jesus")

Title

"Jezus malusieńki" ("The wee baby Jesus")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Jezusa narodzonego" ("Born Jesus [let's all greet]")

Title

"Jezusa narodzonego" ("Born Jesus [let's all greet]")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

18th century

"Jezusicek malusieński" ("Little baby Jesus on hay")

Title

"Jezusicek malusieński" ("Little baby Jesus on hay")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional (Goral)

"Kolęda dla nieobecnych" ("A carol for absent")

Title

"Kolęda dla nieobecnych" ("A carol for absent")

Composer / Lyricist

Szymon Mucha

Year published

1997

"Lulajże, Jezuniu" (Sleep now, baby Jesus")

Title

"Lulajże, Jezuniu" (Sleep now, baby Jesus")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1738

Notes

Frédéric Chopin used this Christmas carol in the Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20

"Mędrcy świata, Monarchowie" ("O, Sages of the world, Monarchs")

Title

"Mędrcy świata, Monarchowie" ("O, Sages of the world, Monarchs")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

17th century

"Mizerna, cicha" ("Humble and quiet [shabby little stable]")

Title

"Mizerna, cicha" ("Humble and quiet [shabby little stable]")

Composer / Lyricist

Jan Gall / Teofil Lenartowicz

Year published

1849

"Nie było miejsca dla Ciebie" ("There was no place for You")

Title

"Nie było miejsca dla Ciebie" ("There was no place for You")

Composer / Lyricist

Jozef Las / Mateusz Jez

Year published

1932

"Nowy Rok bieży" ("New Year is coming")

Title

"Nowy Rok bieży" ("New Year is coming")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

17th century

"Nuż my dziś krześcijani"

Title

"Nuż my dziś krześcijani"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"O gwiazdo betlejemska" ("O betlehem star")

Title

"O gwiazdo betlejemska" ("O betlehem star")

Composer / Lyricist

Zygmunt Odelgiewicz, Alojzy Orszulok

Year published

19th century

"Oj, Maluśki, Maluśki, Maluśki" ("Oh, Tiny Little [like a little glove]")

Title

"Oj, Maluśki, Maluśki, Maluśki" ("Oh, Tiny Little [like a little glove]")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional highland-style

Year published

<1808

"Pasterze mili coście widzieli" ("Kind shepherds what you've seen")

Title

"Pasterze mili coście widzieli" ("Kind shepherds what you've seen")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

<1752

"Pokłon Jezusowi"

Title

"Pokłon Jezusowi"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Pójdźmy wszyscy do stajenki" ("Let us go to the little shed")

Title

"Pójdźmy wszyscy do stajenki" ("Let us go to the little shed")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

<1842 in Kraków

"Północ już była" ("Midnight was already [when it appeared]")

Title

"Północ już była" ("Midnight was already [when it appeared]")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

~1843

"Przybieżeli do Betlejem" ("To Betlehem came [the shepherds]")

Title

"Przybieżeli do Betlejem" ("To Betlehem came [the shepherds]")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

17th century

"Skrzypi wóz" ("The cart creaks")

Title

"Skrzypi wóz" ("The cart creaks")

Composer / Lyricist

Karol Miarka

Year published

1904

"Tryumfy Króla Niebieskiego" ("The Triumphs of the Heaven's King")

Title

"Tryumfy Króla Niebieskiego" ("The Triumphs of the Heaven's King")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1754

"Uciekali, uciekali" ("They ran away, ran away")

Title

"Uciekali, uciekali" ("They ran away, ran away")

Composer / Lyricist

Agata Miklaszewska, Maryna Miklaszewska

Year published

1991

"Wesołą nowinę" ("The joyous news [hear, o my brothers]")

Title

"Wesołą nowinę" ("The joyous news [hear, o my brothers]")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional / Józef Wygrzywalski

"Wesoły nam ten to dzień Pan sprawił"

Title

"Wesoły nam ten to dzień Pan sprawił"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Witaj Synu najśliczniejszy"

Title

"Witaj Synu najśliczniejszy"

Composer / Lyricist

Karol Miarka

Year published

1904

"W kropki zielone" ("With green dotted")

Title

"W kropki zielone" ("With green dotted")

Composer / Lyricist

Krzesimir Dębski / Jan Twardowski

Year published

1998

Notes

sung by Ewa Małas-Godlewska

"Wśród nocnej ciszy" ("In the night silence")

Title

"Wśród nocnej ciszy" ("In the night silence")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

<1853

"W żłobie leży" ("Infant Holy, Infant Lowly")

Title

"W żłobie leży" ("Infant Holy, Infant Lowly")

Composer / Lyricist

Piotr Skarga

Year published

17th century

"Z narodzenia Pana" ("Because of the Lord's birth [it's a joyful day]")

Title

"Z narodzenia Pana" ("Because of the Lord's birth [it's a joyful day]")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1842

"Zdrów bądź, królu anjelski"

Title

"Zdrów bądź, królu anjelski"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1424

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Ach, ubogi żłobie" ("Oh, the humble manger")	Piotr Studziński / anonymous	17th century
"Ach, witajże pożądana" ("Oh, to be greeting desired")	Traditional	<1908
"Anioł pasterzom mówił" ("The angel told the shepherds")	Traditional	1551–1555
"A wczora z wieczora" ("And yesterday on evening")	Traditional	<1630
"Będzie kolęda" ("It will be a carol")	Andrzej Zieliński [pl] / Wojciech Młynarski	1968	Skaldowie
"Bóg się rodzi" ("God Is Born")	Franciszek Karpiński	1792
"Bracia patrzcie jeno" ("Brothers let you look on how the sky is burning")	Franciszek Karpiński	<1825
"Do szopy, hej, pasterze" ("To the shed, hey, shepherds")	Traditional
"Dzisiaj w Betlejem" ("Today in Bethlehem")	Traditional	1878
"Gdy się Chrystus rodzi" ("When the Christ's being born")	Traditional	1843
"Gdy śliczna Panna" ("As the beautiful Virgin [cradled Her Son]")	Traditional	beginning of 18th century
"Gore gwiazda Jezusowi" ("A star is shining to Jesus")	Traditional	18th century
"Hej, w dzień narodzenia" ("Hey, on the day of the Nativity")	Traditional
"Jasna Panna" ("The Bright Lady")	Traditional
"Jest taki dzień" ("There is such a day")	Seweryn Krajewski / Krzysztof Dzikowski	1966	Czerwone Gitary
"Jezus malusieńki" ("The wee baby Jesus")	Traditional
"Jezusa narodzonego" ("Born Jesus [let's all greet]")	Traditional	18th century
"Jezusicek malusieński" ("Little baby Jesus on hay")	Traditional (Goral)
"Kolęda dla nieobecnych" ("A carol for absent")	Szymon Mucha	1997
"Lulajże, Jezuniu" (Sleep now, baby Jesus")	Traditional	1738	Frédéric Chopin used this Christmas carol in the Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20
"Mędrcy świata, Monarchowie" ("O, Sages of the world, Monarchs")	Traditional	17th century
"Mizerna, cicha" ("Humble and quiet [shabby little stable]")	Jan Gall / Teofil Lenartowicz	1849
"Nie było miejsca dla Ciebie" ("There was no place for You")	Jozef Las / Mateusz Jez	1932
"Nowy Rok bieży" ("New Year is coming")	Traditional	17th century
"Nuż my dziś krześcijani"	Traditional
"O gwiazdo betlejemska" ("O betlehem star")	Zygmunt Odelgiewicz, Alojzy Orszulok	19th century
"Oj, Maluśki, Maluśki, Maluśki" ("Oh, Tiny Little [like a little glove]")	Traditional highland-style	<1808
"Pasterze mili coście widzieli" ("Kind shepherds what you've seen")	Traditional	<1752
"Pokłon Jezusowi"	Traditional
"Pójdźmy wszyscy do stajenki" ("Let us go to the little shed")	Traditional	<1842 in Kraków
"Północ już była" ("Midnight was already [when it appeared]")	Traditional	~1843
"Przybieżeli do Betlejem" ("To Betlehem came [the shepherds]")	Traditional	17th century
"Skrzypi wóz" ("The cart creaks")	Karol Miarka	1904
"Tryumfy Króla Niebieskiego" ("The Triumphs of the Heaven's King")	Traditional	1754
"Uciekali, uciekali" ("They ran away, ran away")	Agata Miklaszewska, Maryna Miklaszewska	1991
"Wesołą nowinę" ("The joyous news [hear, o my brothers]")	Traditional / Józef Wygrzywalski
"Wesoły nam ten to dzień Pan sprawił"	Traditional
"Witaj Synu najśliczniejszy"	Karol Miarka	1904
"W kropki zielone" ("With green dotted")	Krzesimir Dębski / Jan Twardowski	1998	sung by Ewa Małas-Godlewska
"Wśród nocnej ciszy" ("In the night silence")	Traditional	<1853
"W żłobie leży" ("Infant Holy, Infant Lowly")	Piotr Skarga	17th century
"Z narodzenia Pana" ("Because of the Lord's birth [it's a joyful day]")	Traditional	1842
"Zdrów bądź, królu anjelski"	Traditional	1424

· Portuguese

"A todos um Bom Natal"("Merry Christmas To You All")

Title

"A todos um Bom Natal"("Merry Christmas To You All")

Composer / Lyricist

César Batalha/Lúcia Carvalho

Year published

1980

"Alegrem-se os Céus e a Terra [pt]"("Rejoice, You Heavens And Earth")

Title

"Alegrem-se os Céus e a Terra [pt]"("Rejoice, You Heavens And Earth")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

18th century

"Beijai o Menino [pt]"("Give Infant Jesus A Kiss")

Title

"Beijai o Menino [pt]"("Give Infant Jesus A Kiss")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1934

"Eu hei de dar ao Menino [pt]"("I Shall Give The Boy")

Title

"Eu hei de dar ao Menino [pt]"("I Shall Give The Boy")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

18th century

"Eu hei de m'ir ao presépio [pt]"("I Shall Visit The Manger")

Title

"Eu hei de m'ir ao presépio [pt]"("I Shall Visit The Manger")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

19-20th century

Notes

Translated into English as "I See Your Cradle is Bare" by Lorenz Maierhofer

"José embala o Menino [pt]"("Joseph Cradles The Infant Jesus")

Title

"José embala o Menino [pt]"("Joseph Cradles The Infant Jesus")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1947

"Natal africano [pt]"("African Christmas")

Title

"Natal africano [pt]"("African Christmas")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Natal da Índia Portuguesa [pt]"("Portuguese India Carol")

Title

"Natal da Índia Portuguesa [pt]"("Portuguese India Carol")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

18th century

"Natal dos Simples [pt]"("Carol of the Poor")

Title

"Natal dos Simples [pt]"("Carol of the Poor")

Composer / Lyricist

José Afonso

Year published

1968

Notes

A New Year's carol

"O Menino está com frio [pt]"("The Infant Jesus Is Cold")

Title

"O Menino está com frio [pt]"("The Infant Jesus Is Cold")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

16th century

"O Menino está dormindo"("The Infant Jesus Is Sleeping")

Title

"O Menino está dormindo"("The Infant Jesus Is Sleeping")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

18–19th century

"Oh bento airoso [pt]"("O Blessed And Graceful Mystery")

Title

"Oh bento airoso [pt]"("O Blessed And Graceful Mystery")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

15–16th century

"Pela Noite de Natal [pt]"("It Was Christmas Night")

Title

"Pela Noite de Natal [pt]"("It Was Christmas Night")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

16th century

Notes

Translated into English as "All That Wondrous Christmas Night" by Eduardo Marzo

"Roxozinho está deitado [pt]"("The Rosy-cheeked Boy Is Lying")

Title

"Roxozinho está deitado [pt]"("The Rosy-cheeked Boy Is Lying")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

1889

"Sã qui turo zente pleta"("All Here Are Black People")

Title

"Sã qui turo zente pleta"("All Here Are Black People")

Composer / Lyricist

Anonymous

Year published

1643

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"A todos um Bom Natal"("Merry Christmas To You All")	César Batalha/Lúcia Carvalho	1980
"Alegrem-se os Céus e a Terra [pt]"("Rejoice, You Heavens And Earth")	Traditional	18th century
"Beijai o Menino [pt]"("Give Infant Jesus A Kiss")	Traditional	1934
"Eu hei de dar ao Menino [pt]"("I Shall Give The Boy")	Traditional	18th century
"Eu hei de m'ir ao presépio [pt]"("I Shall Visit The Manger")	Traditional	19-20th century	Translated into English as "I See Your Cradle is Bare" by Lorenz Maierhofer
"José embala o Menino [pt]"("Joseph Cradles The Infant Jesus")	Traditional	1947
"Natal africano [pt]"("African Christmas")	Traditional
"Natal da Índia Portuguesa [pt]"("Portuguese India Carol")	Traditional	18th century
"Natal dos Simples [pt]"("Carol of the Poor")	José Afonso	1968	A New Year's carol
"O Menino está com frio [pt]"("The Infant Jesus Is Cold")	Traditional	16th century
"O Menino está dormindo"("The Infant Jesus Is Sleeping")	Traditional	18–19th century
"Oh bento airoso [pt]"("O Blessed And Graceful Mystery")	Traditional	15–16th century
"Pela Noite de Natal [pt]"("It Was Christmas Night")	Traditional	16th century	Translated into English as "All That Wondrous Christmas Night" by Eduardo Marzo
"Roxozinho está deitado [pt]"("The Rosy-cheeked Boy Is Lying")	Traditional	1889
"Sã qui turo zente pleta"("All Here Are Black People")	Anonymous	1643

· Romanian

"O, ce veste minunată!" ("Oh. what wonderful news")

Title

"O, ce veste minunată!" ("Oh. what wonderful news")

Composer / Lyricist

D.G. Kiriac

"Pluguşorul" ("The little plow")

Title

"Pluguşorul" ("The little plow")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Notes

related rather to New Year's Eve

"Deschide uşa, creştine!" ("Open the door, christian")

Title

"Deschide uşa, creştine!" ("Open the door, christian")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Linu-i lin"

Title

"Linu-i lin"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Florile dalbe" ("The whitened flowers")

Title

"Florile dalbe" ("The whitened flowers")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Domn, domn sa-năltăm!" ("Lord, lord, let's praise")

Title

"Domn, domn sa-năltăm!" ("Lord, lord, let's praise")

Composer / Lyricist

Gheorghe Cucu

"Leganelul Lui Iisus" ("Jesus' swing")

Title

"Leganelul Lui Iisus" ("Jesus' swing")

Composer / Lyricist

Valentin Teodorian

"Asta-i seara de Craciun" (It's the Christmas evening")

Title

"Asta-i seara de Craciun" (It's the Christmas evening")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Mos Craciun cu plete dalbe" ("Santa Claus with whithened hair")

Title

"Mos Craciun cu plete dalbe" ("Santa Claus with whithened hair")

Composer / Lyricist

Ioan D. Chirescu

"Cantec de Craciun" ("Christmas song")

Title

"Cantec de Craciun" ("Christmas song")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Trei Pastori" ("Three shepherds")

Title

"Trei Pastori" ("Three shepherds")

Composer / Lyricist

Timotei Popovici

"Sus la Poarta Raiului" ("High at the Heaven's gate")

Title

"Sus la Poarta Raiului" ("High at the Heaven's gate")

Composer / Lyricist

Emil Montia

Colindița ("The little carol will be over")

Title

Colindița ("The little carol will be over")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

La casa de peste drum ("At the house over the road")

Title

La casa de peste drum ("At the house over the road")

Composer / Lyricist

Tradițional

După dealul cel mai mare ("Over the largest hill")

Title

După dealul cel mai mare ("Over the largest hill")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Slobozî-ne gazdă-n casă ("Let us, host, in the house")

Title

Slobozî-ne gazdă-n casă ("Let us, host, in the house")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Din an în an ("From year to year")

Title

Din an în an ("From year to year")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Oaspeți cu azur în gene ("Guest with azure in the genes")

Title

Oaspeți cu azur în gene ("Guest with azure in the genes")

Composer / Lyricist

Nichifor Crainic

Steaua sus răsare ("The star is rising high")

Title

Steaua sus răsare ("The star is rising high")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Astăzi s-a născut Hristos ("Today Christ was born")

Title

Astăzi s-a născut Hristos ("Today Christ was born")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Cerul și pământul ("The Heavens and the earth")

Title

Cerul și pământul ("The Heavens and the earth")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Iată vin colindători ("Here they come, carol singers")

Title

Iată vin colindători ("Here they come, carol singers")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

La Viflaim colo-n jos ("In Bethleem, down")

Title

La Viflaim colo-n jos ("In Bethleem, down")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Mărire-ntru cele-nalte ("Praise the high")

Title

Mărire-ntru cele-nalte ("Praise the high")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Sculați gazde, nu dormiți (Wake up, hosts, don't sleep")

Title

Sculați gazde, nu dormiți (Wake up, hosts, don't sleep")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Noapte de vis ("Dream night")

Title

Noapte de vis ("Dream night")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

O, brad frumos

Title

O, brad frumos

Notes

Adapted from various carols such as "Oh, Tannenbaum"

Sus, boieri, nu mai dormiți ("Wake up, boyars(lords), don't sleep")

Title

Sus, boieri, nu mai dormiți ("Wake up, boyars(lords), don't sleep")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Trei crai de la Răsărit ("Three princes from Orient")

Title

Trei crai de la Răsărit ("Three princes from Orient")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Afara ninge linistit ("Outside it's snowing peacefuly")

Title

Afara ninge linistit ("Outside it's snowing peacefuly")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Aseara pe-nserate ("Yesternight in the evening")

Title

Aseara pe-nserate ("Yesternight in the evening")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

An cu an de-a randul ("Year by year, every time")

Title

An cu an de-a randul ("Year by year, every time")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

A sosit ziua cea sfanta ("The holy day has come")

Title

A sosit ziua cea sfanta ("The holy day has come")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Astazi-i sara sara mare

Title

Astazi-i sara sara mare

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

A coborat pe pamant ("He descended onto earth")

Title

A coborat pe pamant ("He descended onto earth")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Buna dimineata, la Mos Ajun ("Good morning, Old Man Eve")

Title

Buna dimineata, la Mos Ajun ("Good morning, Old Man Eve")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Buna seara, gazda mare ("Good evening, great host")

Title

Buna seara, gazda mare ("Good evening, great host")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Buna veste-n zori ("Good news at dawn")

Title

Buna veste-n zori ("Good news at dawn")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"O, ce veste minunată!" ("Oh. what wonderful news")	Kiriac
"Pluguşorul" ("The little plow")	Traditional		related rather to New Year's Eve
"Deschide uşa, creştine!" ("Open the door, christian")	Traditional
"Linu-i lin"	Traditional
"Florile dalbe" ("The whitened flowers")	Traditional
"Domn, domn sa-năltăm!" ("Lord, lord, let's praise")	Gheorghe Cucu
"Leganelul Lui Iisus" ("Jesus' swing")	Valentin Teodorian
"Asta-i seara de Craciun" (It's the Christmas evening")	Traditional
"Mos Craciun cu plete dalbe" ("Santa Claus with whithened hair")	Ioan D. Chirescu
"Cantec de Craciun" ("Christmas song")	Traditional
"Trei Pastori" ("Three shepherds")	Timotei Popovici
"Sus la Poarta Raiului" ("High at the Heaven's gate")	Emil Montia
Colindița ("The little carol will be over")	Traditional
La casa de peste drum ("At the house over the road")	Tradițional
După dealul cel mai mare ("Over the largest hill")	Traditional
Slobozî-ne gazdă-n casă ("Let us, host, in the house")	Traditional
Din an în an ("From year to year")	Traditional
Oaspeți cu azur în gene ("Guest with azure in the genes")	Nichifor Crainic
Steaua sus răsare ("The star is rising high")	Traditional
Astăzi s-a născut Hristos ("Today Christ was born")	Traditional
Cerul și pământul ("The Heavens and the earth")	Traditional
Iată vin colindători ("Here they come, carol singers")	Traditional
La Viflaim colo-n jos ("In Bethleem, down")	Traditional
Mărire-ntru cele-nalte ("Praise the high")	Traditional
Sculați gazde, nu dormiți (Wake up, hosts, don't sleep")	Traditional
Noapte de vis ("Dream night")	Traditional
O, brad frumos			Adapted from various carols such as "Oh, Tannenbaum"
Sus, boieri, nu mai dormiți ("Wake up, boyars(lords), don't sleep")	Traditional
Trei crai de la Răsărit ("Three princes from Orient")	Traditional
Afara ninge linistit ("Outside it's snowing peacefuly")	Traditional
Aseara pe-nserate ("Yesternight in the evening")	Traditional
An cu an de-a randul ("Year by year, every time")	Traditional
A sosit ziua cea sfanta ("The holy day has come")	Traditional
Astazi-i sara sara mare	Traditional
A coborat pe pamant ("He descended onto earth")	Traditional
Buna dimineata, la Mos Ajun ("Good morning, Old Man Eve")	Traditional
Buna seara, gazda mare ("Good evening, great host")	Traditional
Buna veste-n zori ("Good news at dawn")	Traditional

· Scottish

"Taladh Chriosda" ("Christ's Lullaby")

Title

"Taladh Chriosda" ("Christ's Lullaby")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Notes

known among English speakers as "The Christ-Child's Lullaby", as popularized by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser

"Baloo, Lammy" ("Lullaby, Little Lamb")

Title

"Baloo, Lammy" ("Lullaby, Little Lamb")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Taladh Chriosda" ("Christ's Lullaby")	Traditional		known among English speakers as "The Christ-Child's Lullaby", as popularized by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser
"Baloo, Lammy" ("Lullaby, Little Lamb")	Traditional

· Spanish

"Arre borriquito" (Sic. "Giddy up little donkey")

Title

"Arre borriquito" (Sic. "Giddy up little donkey")

Composer / Lyricist

Music: Ricardo Boronat Lyrics: Diego San José de la Torre

Year published

Between 1925 and 1930

Notes

Military origin, which explains the drum-based backdrop

"Hacia Belén va una burra" ("To Bethlehem goes a donkey")

Title

"Hacia Belén va una burra" ("To Bethlehem goes a donkey")

Composer / Lyricist

Father Antonio Soler

Year published

18th century

Notes

Very popular in both Spain and LATAM, composed by a religious scholar (allegedly) of Castilian origin

"Ay del chiquirritín" (Sic. "oh little boy")

Title

"Ay del chiquirritín" (Sic. "oh little boy")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

Unknown

Notes

Probably of Andalusian or Navarran origin

"La marimorena"

Title

"La marimorena"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional, based on a Spanish drinking song

Year published

1702

Notes

Tells the story of the interruption of a religious ceremony by a popular celebration, among which was a certain "María Morena" who gives the carol its name.

"Campana sobre campana" or "Campanas de Belén" ("Bells of Bethlehem")

Title

"Campana sobre campana" or "Campanas de Belén" ("Bells of Bethlehem")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

Early 20th century

Notes

One of the most translated Spanish carols, believed to be of Andalusian origin

"Dime niño de quién eres"("Tell me boy, where do you come from")

Title

"Dime niño de quién eres"("Tell me boy, where do you come from")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

18th century

Notes

Murcia or Andalusian origin.

"Canta, ríe y bebe" ("Sing, laugh and drink")

Title

"Canta, ríe y bebe" ("Sing, laugh and drink")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional, adapted by Manuel Navarro Mollor

Year published

20th century

Notes

Originally a popular song with very edgy lyrics, was later adapted by the Francoist censorsip to be more appropriate.

"Ya vienen los Reyes Magos" ("The three wise men are coming already")

Title

"Ya vienen los Reyes Magos" ("The three wise men are coming already")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional, adapted by Manuel Navarro Mollor

Year published

18th century

Notes

Origin unclear.

"Madre, en la puerta hay un niño" ("Mother, there's a boy at the door")

Title

"Madre, en la puerta hay un niño" ("Mother, there's a boy at the door")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

Unknown

Notes

Origin unclear. Tells the story of baby Christ knocking on people's doors, asking for refuge from the cold.

"Ya viene la vieja" ("The old hag is coming already")

Title

"Ya viene la vieja" ("The old hag is coming already")

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

Year published

Unknown

Notes

Popular Castilian song about an old lady who comes to give the Christmas aguinaldo.

"Los peces en el río"

Title

"Los peces en el río"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Alegría, alegría, alegría"

Title

"Alegría, alegría, alegría"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"Pastores venid"

Title

"Pastores venid"

Composer / Lyricist

Traditional

"A la Nanita Nana"

Title

"A la Nanita Nana"

Composer / Lyricist

Juan Francisco Muñoz y Pavón

Year published

1904

Notes

The song was compiled by musicologist Kurt Schindler in his work "Folk music and poetry of Spain and Portugal".

"Vamos todos a Belen"

Title

"Vamos todos a Belen"

"Vamos cantemos somos ocho" (Let us sing, we are eight)

Title

"Vamos cantemos somos ocho" (Let us sing, we are eight)

Composer / Lyricist

Benito Cabrera

Year published

1995

Notes

Traditional carol from the Canary Islands, recently updated to include all eight independent islands.

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Arre borriquito" (Sic. "Giddy up little donkey")	Music: Ricardo Boronat Lyrics: Diego San José de la Torre	Between 1925 and 1930	Military origin, which explains the drum-based backdrop
"Hacia Belén va una burra" ("To Bethlehem goes a donkey")	Father Antonio Soler	18th century	Very popular in both Spain and LATAM, composed by a religious scholar (allegedly) of Castilian origin
"Ay del chiquirritín" (Sic. "oh little boy")	Traditional	Unknown	Probably of Andalusian or Navarran origin
"La marimorena"	Traditional, based on a Spanish drinking song	1702	Tells the story of the interruption of a religious ceremony by a popular celebration, among which was a certain "María Morena" who gives the carol its name.
"Campana sobre campana" or "Campanas de Belén" ("Bells of Bethlehem")	Traditional	Early 20th century	One of the most translated Spanish carols, believed to be of Andalusian origin
"Dime niño de quién eres"("Tell me boy, where do you come from")	Traditional	18th century	Murcia or Andalusian origin.
"Canta, ríe y bebe" ("Sing, laugh and drink")	Traditional, adapted by Manuel Navarro Mollor	20th century	Originally a popular song with very edgy lyrics, was later adapted by the Francoist censorsip to be more appropriate.
"Ya vienen los Reyes Magos" ("The three wise men are coming already")	Traditional, adapted by Manuel Navarro Mollor	18th century	Origin unclear.
"Madre, en la puerta hay un niño" ("Mother, there's a boy at the door")	Traditional	Unknown	Origin unclear. Tells the story of baby Christ knocking on people's doors, asking for refuge from the cold.
"Ya viene la vieja" ("The old hag is coming already")	Traditional	Unknown	Popular Castilian song about an old lady who comes to give the Christmas aguinaldo.
"Los peces en el río"	Traditional
"Alegría, alegría, alegría"	Traditional
"Pastores venid"	Traditional
"A la Nanita Nana"	Juan Francisco Muñoz y Pavón	1904	The song was compiled by musicologist Kurt Schindler in his work "Folk music and poetry of Spain and Portugal".
"Vamos todos a Belen"
"Vamos cantemos somos ocho" (Let us sing, we are eight)	Benito Cabrera	1995	Traditional carol from the Canary Islands, recently updated to include all eight independent islands.

· Swedish

"Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt" ("Give Me No Splendour, Gold, or Pomp")

Title

"Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt" ("Give Me No Splendour, Gold, or Pomp")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Zachris Topelius (1887); music by Jean Sibelius (1909)

Notes

Finland Swedish song

"Gläns över sjö och strand" ("Shine Over the Lake and the Shore")

Title

"Gläns över sjö och strand" ("Shine Over the Lake and the Shore")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Viktor Rydberg (1891) music by Alice Tegnér (1893)

"När det lider mot jul" ("When Christmas Has Come")

Title

"När det lider mot jul" ("When Christmas Has Come")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Jeanna Oterdahl; music by Ruben Liljefors (1909)

"Jul, jul, strålande jul" ("Christmas, Christmas, Glorious Christmas")

Title

"Jul, jul, strålande jul" ("Christmas, Christmas, Glorious Christmas")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Edvard Evers; music by Gustaf Nordqvist

Year published

1921

"Nu har vi ljus här i vårt hus" ("We have Kindled the Candles in Our House Now")

Title

"Nu har vi ljus här i vårt hus" ("We have Kindled the Candles in Our House Now")

Notes

in Sweden it is tradition to dance around the Christmas tree and sing, this being one of the traditional songs sung

"Nu tändas tusen juleljus" ("We Have Kindled Thousands of Christmas Lights Now")

Title

"Nu tändas tusen juleljus" ("We Have Kindled Thousands of Christmas Lights Now")

Composer / Lyricist

words and music by Emmy Köhler

"Räven raskar över isen" (The Fox Is Sliding Over the Ice)

Title

"Räven raskar över isen" (The Fox Is Sliding Over the Ice)

Notes

in Sweden it is tradition to dance around the Christmas tree and sing, this being one of the traditional songs sung

"Sankta Lucia" ("Santa Lucia")

Title

"Sankta Lucia" ("Santa Lucia")

"Var hälsad, sköna morgonstund" ("All Hail to Thee, O Blessed Morn")

Title

"Var hälsad, sköna morgonstund" ("All Hail to Thee, O Blessed Morn")

Composer / Lyricist

words by Johan Olof Wallin; music by Philipp Nicolai

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt" ("Give Me No Splendour, Gold, or Pomp")	words by Zachris Topelius (1887); music by Jean Sibelius (1909)		Finland Swedish song
"Gläns över sjö och strand" ("Shine Over the Lake and the Shore")	words by Viktor Rydberg (1891) music by Alice Tegnér (1893)
"När det lider mot jul" ("When Christmas Has Come")	words by Jeanna Oterdahl; music by Ruben Liljefors (1909)
"Jul, jul, strålande jul" ("Christmas, Christmas, Glorious Christmas")	words by Edvard Evers; music by Gustaf Nordqvist	1921
"Nu har vi ljus här i vårt hus" ("We have Kindled the Candles in Our House Now")			in Sweden it is tradition to dance around the Christmas tree and sing, this being one of the traditional songs sung
"Nu tändas tusen juleljus" ("We Have Kindled Thousands of Christmas Lights Now")	words and music by Emmy Köhler
"Räven raskar över isen" (The Fox Is Sliding Over the Ice)			in Sweden it is tradition to dance around the Christmas tree and sing, this being one of the traditional songs sung
"Sankta Lucia" ("Santa Lucia")
"Var hälsad, sköna morgonstund" ("All Hail to Thee, O Blessed Morn")	words by Johan Olof Wallin; music by Philipp Nicolai

· Ukrainian

"Бог предвічний народився" "Boh predvičnyj narodyvsia" (God Eternal is Born)

Title

"Бог предвічний народився" "Boh predvičnyj narodyvsia" (God Eternal is Born)

Year published

1790

Notes

Probably considered the quintessential Ukrainian carol

"Небо і земля нині торжествують" "Nebo i zemlia nyni torzhestvuiut" [uk] (Heaven and Earth Rejoice Today)

Title

"Небо і земля нині торжествують" "Nebo i zemlia nyni torzhestvuiut" [uk] (Heaven and Earth Rejoice Today)

Year published

1790

Notes

Refrain is often sung as a round.

"Бог ся рождає" "Boh sia rozhdaie" [uk] (God is Born)

Title

"Бог ся рождає" "Boh sia rozhdaie" [uk] (God is Born)

Composer / Lyricist

Ostap Nyzhankivsky

"Во Вифлиємі нині новина" "Vo Vyfleiemi nyni novyna" [uk] (In Bethlehem today there are tidings)

Title

"Во Вифлиємі нині новина" "Vo Vyfleiemi nyni novyna" [uk] (In Bethlehem today there are tidings)

Composer / Lyricist

Ostap Nyzhankivsky

"Добрий вечір тобі, пане господарю" "Dobryi vechir tobi, pane hospodariu [uk]" (Good Evening to You)

Title

"Добрий вечір тобі, пане господарю" "Dobryi vechir tobi, pane hospodariu [uk]" (Good Evening to You)

Notes

Sung when caroling, upon arrival at a house; not used in church.

"Нова радість стала" "Nova radist stala" [uk] (A New Joy Came)

Title

"Нова радість стала" "Nova radist stala" [uk] (A New Joy Came)

Year published

1790

На небі зірка ясна засяла "Na nebi zirka yasna zasiiala" (In the Heavens a Bright Star Shone)

Title

На небі зірка ясна засяла "Na nebi zirka yasna zasiiala" (In the Heavens a Bright Star Shone)

Ой по всім світі сталася новина"Oi po vsim sviti stalasia novyna" [uk] (Oh, over all the Earth a New Event Occurred)

Title

Ой по всім світі сталася новина"Oi po vsim sviti stalasia novyna" [uk] (Oh, over all the Earth a New Event Occurred)

Ой як сей ґазда з дому відходив"Oi yak sei gazda z domu vidkhodyv" [uk] (Oh, how did this owner leave the house)

Title

Ой як сей ґазда з дому відходив"Oi yak sei gazda z domu vidkhodyv" [uk] (Oh, how did this owner leave the house)

"Виді Бог, виді Сотворитель" "Vydi Boh, vydi Sotvorytel" [uk] (God, the Creator, Sees)

Title

"Виді Бог, виді Сотворитель" "Vydi Boh, vydi Sotvorytel" [uk] (God, the Creator, Sees)

Composer / Lyricist

apocryphal arranged by Kyrylo Stetsenko

Year published

1790

Спи, Ісусе, спи "Spy, Isuse, spy" (Sleep, Jesus, Sleep)

Title

Спи, Ісусе, спи "Spy, Isuse, spy" (Sleep, Jesus, Sleep)

"Днесь поюще" "Dnes poyusche" (Singing Today)

Title

"Днесь поюще" "Dnes poyusche" (Singing Today)

Composer / Lyricist

arranged by Kyrylo Stetsenko

"Щедрик" "Shchedryk"

Title

"Щедрик" "Shchedryk"

Composer / Lyricist

arranged by Mykola Leontovych

Notes

Not truly a Christmas carol, but rather, a secular song of good wishes for prosperity, traditionally sung on Щедрий Вечір (Shchedryi Vechir, i.e. Theophany Eve). Melody used for the English "Carol of the Bells" and, in the 1970s-1980s, for André champagne commercials.

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Бог предвічний народився Boh predvičnyj narodyvsia" (God Eternal is Born)		1790	Probably considered the quintessential Ukrainian carol
"Небо і земля нині торжествують Nebo i zemlia nyni torzhestvuiut" [uk] (Heaven and Earth Rejoice Today)		1790	Refrain is often sung as a round.
"Бог ся рождає Boh sia rozhdaie" [uk] (God is Born)	Ostap Nyzhankivsky
"Во Вифлиємі нині новина Vo Vyfleiemi nyni novyna" [uk] (In Bethlehem today there are tidings)	Ostap Nyzhankivsky
"Добрий вечір тобі, пане господарю Dobryi vechir tobi, pane hospodariu [uk]" (Good Evening to You)			Sung when caroling, upon arrival at a house; not used in church.
"Нова радість стала Nova radist stala" [uk] (A New Joy Came)		1790
На небі зірка ясна засяла "Na nebi zirka yasna zasiiala" (In the Heavens a Bright Star Shone)
Ой по всім світі сталася новина"Oi po vsim sviti stalasia novyna" [uk] (Oh, over all the Earth a New Event Occurred)
Ой як сей ґазда з дому відходив"Oi yak sei gazda z domu vidkhodyv" [uk] (Oh, how did this owner leave the house)
"Виді Бог, виді Сотворитель Vydi Boh, vydi Sotvorytel" [uk] (God, the Creator, Sees)	apocryphal arranged by Kyrylo Stetsenko	1790
Спи, Ісусе, спи "Spy, Isuse, spy" (Sleep, Jesus, Sleep)
"Днесь поюще Dnes poyusche" (Singing Today)	arranged by Kyrylo Stetsenko
"Щедрик Shchedryk"	arranged by Mykola Leontovych		Not truly a Christmas carol, but rather, a secular song of good wishes for prosperity, traditionally sung on Щедрий Вечір (Shchedryi Vechir, i.e. Theophany Eve). Melody used for the English "Carol of the Bells" and, in the 1970s-1980s, for André champagne commercials.

· Vietnamese

"Hang Bêlem" ("The Cave of Bethlehem")

Title

"Hang Bêlem" ("The Cave of Bethlehem")

Composer / Lyricist

Hải Linh (Composer) / Minh Châu (Lyrics)

Year published

1945

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Hang Bêlem" ("The Cave of Bethlehem")	Hải Linh (Composer) / Minh Châu (Lyrics)	1945

· Welsh

"Ar Hyd y Nos" ("All Through the Night")

Title

"Ar Hyd y Nos" ("All Through the Night")

Composer / Lyricist

Edward Jones (Composer) / John Ceiriog Hughes (Welsh lyrics)

Year published

1784

Notes

translated into English as "All Through the Night" with English lyrics by Harold Boulton (English Lyrics)

"Oer yw'r gŵr sy'n methu caru"

Title

"Oer yw'r gŵr sy'n methu caru"

Composer / Lyricist

Thomas Oliphant (English lyrics)

Year published

1862-74

Notes

rendered in English as "Deck the Hall"

"Tua Bethlem Dref"

Title

"Tua Bethlem Dref"

Composer / Lyricist

David Evann (composer) / Wil Ifan (lyricist)

Year published

1934

Notes

rendered in English as "Towards Bethlehem Town"

Title	Composer / Lyricist	Year published	Notes
"Ar Hyd y Nos" ("All Through the Night")	Edward Jones (Composer) / John Ceiriog Hughes (Welsh lyrics)	1784	translated into English as "All Through the Night" with English lyrics by Harold Boulton (English Lyrics)
"Oer yw'r gŵr sy'n methu caru"	Thomas Oliphant (English lyrics)	1862-74	rendered in English as "Deck the Hall"
"Tua Bethlem Dref"	David Evann (composer) / Wil Ifan (lyricist)	1934	rendered in English as "Towards Bethlehem Town"

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