Newmarket Main Street
Candlelight Parade
Christmas Carols
1. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
2. Silent Night
3. O Come All Ye Faithful (a cappella)
4. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
5. The First Noel
6. Angels We Have Heard on High
7. Joy To The World (a cappella)
8. Away In A Manger
9. Good King Wenceslas
10. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (a cappella)
11. Deck The Halls
12. Jingle Bells
13. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Tree Lighting Countdown
14. O Christmas Tree
Closing Remarks
15. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
#1 Hark! The Herald Angels sing
Hark! The herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With angelic hosts proclaim,
“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”
Christ, by highest Heav’n adored;
Christ the everlasting Lord;
Late in time, behold Him come,
Offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
Hail th’incarnate Deity,
Pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
Jesus our Emmanuel.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”+
#2 Silent Night
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
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born+
#3 O Come All Ye Faithful
O come, all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant!
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold Him
born the King of angels:
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
O Sing, choirs of angels,
sing in exultation,
Sing, all that hear in heaven God’s holy word,
Give to our Father glory in the highest
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
All Hail! Lord, we greet Thee,
born this happy morning;
O Jesus, for evermore be Thy name adored!
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing!
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.+
#4 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold;
“Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From Heav’n’s all-gracious King.”
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heav’nly music floats
O’er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains,
They bend on hov’ring wing,
And ever o’er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
And ye, beneath life’s crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing.
Oh, rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!+
#5 The First Noel
The first Noel the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the east, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
And by the light of that same star
Three* Wise Men came from country far;
To seek for a King was their intent,
And to follow the star where’er it went.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
This star drew nigh to the northwest,
Over Bethlehem it took its rest;
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.+
#6 Angels We Have Heard on High
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!+
#7 Joy to the world
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n, and heav’n, and nature sing.
Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.+
#8 Away in a Manger
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head;
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay,
The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes*;
I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky,
And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.+
#9 Good King Wenceslas
Good King Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight, gath’ring winter fuel.
“Hither, page, and stand by me, if you know it, telling,
Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling?”
“Sire, he lives a good league hence, underneath the mountain,
Right against the forest fence, by Saint Agnes’ fountain.”
In his master’s steps he trod, where the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in the very sod which the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure, while God’s gifts possessing,
You who now will bless the poor shall yourselves find blessing.+
#10 Santa Claus is coming to Town
You better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I'm telling you why...
Santa Claus is coming to town!
He's making a list,
And checking it twice,
Gonna find out,
Who's naughty or nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town!
He sees you when you're sleeping,
He knows when you're awake.
He knows if you've been bad or good,
So be good for goodness sake!
Oh...
You better watch out,
You better not cry
You better not pout,
I'm telling you why...
Santa Claus is coming to town!+
#11 Deck the Halls
Deck the halls with boughs of holly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la ’Tis the season to be jolly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la Don we now our gay apparel Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la, la, la Troll the ancient Yule-tide carol Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la See the blazing Yule before us Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la Strike the harp and join the chorus Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la Follow me in merry measure Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la While I tell of Yuletide treasure Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la Fast away the old year passes Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la Hail the new, ye lads and lasses Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la Sing we joyous all together Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la Heedless of the wind and weather Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la
#12 Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
Over the hills we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on Bobtails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a
One horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one
Horse open sleigh+
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas,
Lean your ear this way!
Don't you tell a single soul
What I'm going to say;
Christmas Eve is coming soon;
Now you dear old man,
Whisper what you'll bring to me,
Tell me if you can.
When the clock is striking twelve,
When I'm fast asleep,
Down the chimney broad and black,
With your pack you'll creep;
All the stockings you will find
Hanging in a row;
Mine will be the shortest one,
You'll be sure to know.+
#14 O Christmas Tree
O, Christmas tree, o, Christmas tree
Thy leaves are so unchanging
O, Christmas tree, o, Christmas tree
Thy leaves are so unchanging
Not only green when summer's here
But also when it's cold and drear
O, Christmas tree, o, Christmas tree
Thy leaves are so unchanging
O, Christmas tree, o, Christmas tree
Thy candles shine so brightly!
O, Christmas tree, o, Christmas tree
Thy candles shine so brightly!
For every year this Christmas tree
Thy candles shine so brightly!
O, Christmas tree, o, Christmas tree
Thy candles shine so brightly!+
#15 We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
And bring some out here
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
For we all like figgy pudding
We all like figgy pudding
We all like figgy pudding
So bring some out here
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
And we won't go until we've got some
We won't go until we've got some
We won't go until we've got some
So bring some out here
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year+