A garland of Christmas carols, ancient and modern, ed. by Joshua Sylvester, Issue 797John Camden Hotten 1861 |
Common terms and phrases
ancient Carols Angels Ballads beasts beer Bethlehem blessed boar's head Boar's Head Carols born bright bring British Museum brother Dives Candlemass capon CAROLS IN PRAISE cheer cherries child Christian Christmas Carol Christmas Day dear dish doth drink earth favourite feast festive following Carol give glad glory goose hall Hallelujah Hark hath heaven Heavenly King holly HOLLY AND IVY holly bears Holy Ghost Hymn jolly Joseph joy our Mary joyful King Herod knee Lazarus legend Lord lulla lullaby maids meanest thou meat minced pies mirth morning mother night Noel Old Christmas peace Plum-pudding poor Poor Robin's Almanack pray printed quaint redeem reign rejoice religious Rich Dives roast beef Saviour SAW THREE SHIPS season Shepherds sing song souls Star sung sweet Jesus Christ sweet little babe thee thine Thomas Tusser thou to cry Three Kings unto verse Virgin Wassail Wassail Bowl yonder town
Popular passages
Page 117 - JOY to the world ! the Lord is come ; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing.
Page 147 - Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly Then, heigh, ho, the holly ! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot : Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! &c.
Page 146 - Although thy breath be rude. Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly Then, heigh, ho, the holly ! This life is most jolly.
Page 120 - Fear not," said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind ; " Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you, and all mankind.
Page 94 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 181 - So now is come our joyful'st feast ; Let every man be jolly ; Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now all our neighbours
Page 119 - Prince of peace ! Hail, the Sun of righteousness ! Light and life to all He brings, Risen with healing in His wings : Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die ; Born to raise the sons of earth ; Born to give them second birth.
Page 183 - And if they hap to fail of these, They plague them with their warrants : But now they feed them with good cheer, And what they want they take in beer, For Christmas comes but once a year, And then they shall be merry.
Page 184 - Though other purses be more fat, Why should we pine or grieve at that ? Hang sorrow ! care will kill a cat, And therefore let's be merry. Hark ! how the wags abroad do call Each other forth to rambling : Anon you'll see them in the hall For nuts and apples scrambling. Hark ! how the roofs with laughter sound...
Page 175 - Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts