Bethlehem Night (Cantate only)
1. On this night a King is born in a cattle shed.
Swaddling clothes will keep him warm in his manger bed.
2. Shepherds watching flocks by night in the fields nearby,
see an angel in great light! Glory fills the sky!
What a wonder, what a story, what a joyful sight!
Can this be another ordinary Bethlehem night?
3. Hear the angels share the news, tidings of great joy:
“Now a Savior comes to you, in this baby boy.”
What a wonder, what a story, what a joyful sight!
Love is come, our God is with us, on this Bethlehem night.
Love is come, our God is with us, on this Bethlehem night.
The Holly and the Ivy (Cantabile only)
The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown,
Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown.
The holly bears a blossom as white as the lily flow’r,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ to be our sweet savior.
The holly bears a berry as red as any blood,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ to do poor sinners good.
The holly bears a prickle as sharp as any thorn,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ on Christmas Day,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day in the morn.
The holly bears a bark, as bitter as any gall,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ for to redeem us all.
The rising of the sun and the running of the deer,
The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir.
The rising of the sun and the running of the deer,
The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing, sweet singing,
Sweet singing in the choir.
Dormi, Dormi (Sweetly Slumber)
Sleep, O sleep, my lovely child.
King divine, King divine.
Close your eyes and sweetly slumber.
King divine, King divine.
Close your eyes and sweetly slumber.
Fa la la la…
O my treasure, do not weep.
Sweetly sleep, sweetly sleep.
Close your eyes my Son, my dear one.
Sweetly sleep, sweetly sleep.
Close your eyes my Son, my dear one.
Fa la la la…
Christmas is the Harvest Time of Love
Christmas is the harvest time of love.
Christmas is the harvest time of love.
Souls are drawn to other souls, souls are drawn to other souls.
Christmas is the harvest time of love.
All that we have read, all that we have thought,
All that we have read and thought and hoped for
Comes to fruition at this happy time,
This happy, happy time, this happy time of year.
Christmas is the harvest time of love.
Christmas is the harvest time of love.
Souls are drawn to other souls, souls are drawn to other souls.
Christmas is the harvest time of love.
Our spirits are astir, astir, astir!
We feel within a strong desire to serve, a strong desire to serve,
A strange subtle force, a strange subtle force,
A new kindness animates man and child.
(Verse 2 is cut, do not sing here)
Christmas is the harvest time of love.
Christmas is the harvest time of love.
Souls are drawn to other souls, souls are drawn to other souls.
Christmas is the harvest time of love. (2x second time w/ Cantabile choir 2 echo)
You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch
You’re a mean one, Mister Grinch!
You really are a heel.
You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an eel, Mister Grinch!
You’re a bad banana with a greasy black peel.
You’re a monster, Mister Grinch!
Your heart’s an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders you’ve got garlic in your soul! Mister Grinch!
I wouldn’t touch you with a thirty-nine and a half foot pole.
You’re a foul one, Mister Grinch!
You’re a nasty wasty skunk!
Your heart is full of unwashed socks, your soul is full of gunk, Mister Grinch!
(Spoken Solo) The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote:
Stink! Stank! Stunk!
You nauseate me, Mister Grinch!
With a nauseous super naus.
You’re a crooked jerky jockey and you drive a crooked hoss, Mister Grinch!
(Spoken solo) You’re a three-decker toadstool and sauerkraut sandwich…
With arsenic sauce!
Sleigh Ride
Just hear those sleigh bells jingleing ring-ting-tingleing, too.
Come on, it’s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling, “Yoo hoo.”
Come on, it’s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap let’s go. Let’s look at the show.
We’re riding in a wonderland of snow.
Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap it’s grand, just holding your hand.
We’re gliding along with a song of a wintery fairyland.
Our cheeks our nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we.
We’re snuggled up together like to birds of a feather would be.
Let’s take that road before us and sing a chorus or two.
Come on, it’s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
On This Still, Silent Night (finale – All Choirs)
Cantate and Cantabile –
Sing only the bold parts that Mrs. Adams sings on the recording.
Still, still, still, you can hear the falling snow.
For all is hushed the world is sleeping.
Shining star its watch is keeping.
Still, still, still, you can hear the falling snow.
Sleep, sleep, sleep while we thy vigil keep.
The night is peaceful all around you.
Close your eyes let sleep surround you.
Sleep, sleep, sleep while we thy vigil keep.
Silent night, holy night,
All is calm all is bright
‘Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Dream, dream, dream of the joyous day to come.
While guardian angels without number,
Watch you as you sweetly slumber.
Dream, dream, dream of the joyous day to come,
Of the joyous day to come.
Still, still, still,
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
Dream, dream, dream.
All is still on this night.