Firestone Presents “Your Christmas Favorites” Volume 7. (CSLP7015)
Created and Produced by Forrell and Thomas, Inc. 1968
Irwin Kostal and the Firestone Orchestra and Chorus.
Features Leontyne Price, Vikki Carr, John Gary, Nicolai Gedda, and the Vienna Choir Boys.
Introducing “I Still Believe in Christmas” by Edward Thomas and Martin Charnin.
Song Listing:
Medley: Joy to the World, The First Noel, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(Choir Boys and Chorus)
Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
(John Gary and Chorus)
O Holy Night
(Leontyne Price)
Good Christian Men Rejoice
(Nicolai Gedda and Chorus)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
(Choir Boys)
I Still Believe in Christmas
(Vikki Carr and Chorus)
Medley: Jingle Bells, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, The Bells of Christmas
(Choir Boys and Chorus)
Ave Maria
(Nicolai Gedda)
He Shall Feed His Flock
(From “The Messiah” by Handel)
(Leontyne Price)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
(John Gary and Chorus)
Medley: Jolly Old St Nicholas, Up on the Housetop
(Vikki Carr and Chorus)
Silent Night
(Leontyne Price, Nicolai Gedda, Choir Boys and Chorus)
Song Lyrics:
Track One: Medley (Choir Boys and Chorus)
Introduction:
“Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Christ is born today!”
“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.
“The First Noel”
The first Noel the angel did say,
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as the 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 Israiel; born is the King of Israel!
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,
“Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinner reconciled.”
Joyful, all ye nations, reise
Join the triumph of the skies;
With th’ angelic host proclaim,
“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Hark! The herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”
Track Two: “Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow” (John Gary and Chorus)
There’s a star in the East on Christmas morn,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
It’ll lead to the place where the Savior’s born,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Leave your ewes and leave your lambs,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Leave your sheep and leave your rams,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Follow, follow.
Rise up, shepherd, and follow,
Follow the star of Bethlehem,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
If you take good heed of the angel’s words,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
You’ll forget your flocks, you’ll forget your herds,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
(Repeat Refrain, 1st Verse, Refrain)
Track Three: “O Holy Night” (Leontyne Price)
Good Christian men, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice;
Give ye heed to to what we say:
News! News! Jesus Christ is born today!
Peasants glad before Him bow
And He is in the manger now.
Christ is born today! Christ is born today!
Good Christian men, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice;
Now ye hear of endless bliss;
Joy! Joy! Jesus Christ was born for this!
He hath oped the heav’nly door
And man is bless-ed evermore.
Christ was born for this! Christ was born for this!
Good Christian men, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice;
Now ye need not fear the grave:
Peace! Peace! Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one and calls you all
To gain His everladting hall.
Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save!
Track Five: “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks” (Choir Boys)
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around, and glory shone around.
“Fear not,” said he, for might dread
Had seized their troubled mind,
“Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind, to you and all mankind.
“To you in David’s town this day,
Is born of David’s line,
The Savior, who is Christ, the Lord,
And this shall be a sign, and this shall be a sign:
“The heav’nly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid, and in a manger laid.”
Track Six: “I Still Believe In Christmas” (Vikki Carr and Chorus)
I still believe in Christmas, believe in why it comes,
Believe the young deserve to dream of toys and sugar plums,
I still believe in Christmas, believe in what it means,
The start of it, the end of it, and all the in-betweens.
No matter how worldly-wise I become,
Or how many wonders I’m shown,
When the stockings are hung and the carols are sung,
I find joys that I’ve never outgrown.
I still believe in Christmas, I guess I always will,
The sound of it, the sight of it,
The spirit at the height of it,
Come share the rare delight of it —
I believe in Christmas still.
(Repeat last verse)
Track Seven: Medley (Choir Boys and Chorus)
“Jingle Bells”
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.
Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh,
O’er the field we go, laughing all the way; ha, ha, ha!
Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright, right,
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, o’er the hill and country side,
In a one-horse open sleigh.
“Ding Dong! Merrily on High”
Ding dong! Merrily on high, in heav’n the bells are ringing,
Ding dong! Verily the sky is rent with angels singing:
Gloria! Hosanna in Excelsis1
May you dutifully prime your matin chime, you ringers,
May you beautifully rhyme your evensong, you singers:
Gloria! Hosanna in Excelsis!
“The Bells of Christmas”
The bells of Christmas are ringing,
For Jesus the Savior is born,
And choirs of angels are singing
As the sun greets the glorious morn.
They ring (ting-a-ling-a-ling,
Ting-a-ling-a-ling) how they ring,
This glorious Christmas morn.
The sing (ting-a-ling-a-ling,
Ting-a-ling-a-ling) how they sing,
For Jesus the Savior is born.
The bells of Christmas are pealing
The news of His triumphant birth,
And all His children are kneeling
To the Child who brought peace to the earth.
They ring (ting-a-ling-a-ling,
Ting-a-ling-a-ling) how they ring,
And sing to the heavens above.
The sing (ting-a-ling-a-ling,
Ting-a-ling-a-ling) for the King,
Who taught us the spirit of love.
They sing, how they sing,
To tell us that Christ was born!
The ring, long may the ring,
The bells of Christmas morn!
Track Eight: “Ave Maria” (Nicolai Gedda)
Ave Maria! gratia piena,
Maria, gratia plena; Maria, gratia plena;
Ave, Ave! Dominus, Dominus tecum,
Benedicta tu in mulieribus,
Et benedictus,
Et benedictus fructus ventris,
Ventris tu!, Jesus.
Ave Maria!
Ave Maria! mater die,
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus.
Ora, ora pro nobis,
Ora, ora pro bobis peccatoribus.
Nunc et in hora mortis,
In hora mortis nostrae,
In hora mortis, morits nostrae,
In hora mortis nostrae.
Ave Maria!
Track Nine: “He Shall Feed His Flock” (Leontyne Price)
From The Messiah” by Handel
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd,
And He shall gatther the lambs with His arm, with His arm:
(Repeat)
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those that are with young, and gently lead,
And gently lead those that are with young.
(Repeat)
Track Ten: “It Came Upon the Midnignt Clear: (John Gary and Chorus)
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 me,
From heavn’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.
Look now, for glad and gloden hours
Come swiftly on the wing:
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!
For lo! the days are hast’ning on,
By prophets seen of old,
When with the ever-circling years,
Shall come the time foretold,
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world sends back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Let all the world repeat the song
Which now the angels sing.
Track Eleven: Medley (Vikki Carr and Chorus)
“Jolly Old St. Nicholas”
Jolly Old St. Nicholas, lean your ear this way!
Don’t you tell a single souls what I’m going to say,
Christmas Eve is coming soon; now my 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.
Johnny wants a pair of skates; Susy wants a sled;
Nellie wants a picture book — yellow, blue and red.
Now I think I’ll leave to you what to give the rest;
Choose for me, dear Santa Claus, you will know the best.
“Up on the Housetop”
Listen! Listen!
There’s someone outside, I do believe,
And seein’ that this is Christmas Eve,
It shouldn’t be hard to guess
Who’s stoppin’ at our address.
Up on the housetop the reindeer pause,
Out jumps good old Santa Claus;
Down through the chimney with lots of toys,
All for the little ones, Christmas joys.
Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go!
Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go!
Up on the housetop, click, click, click!
Down through the chimney with good St. Nick!
First comes the stocking of little Nell;
Oh, dear Santa, fill it well;
Give her a dolly that laughs and cries,
One that will open and shut her eyes.
(Repeat refrain)
Next comes the stocking of little Will;
Oh, just see what a glorious fill;
Here is a hammer with lots of tacks,
Also a ball and a whip that cracks!
Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go!
Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go!
Up on the housetop, quick, quick, quick!
Down through the chim-a-ney, down through the chim-a-ney,
Down through the chimney with good St. Nick! St. Nick!
Track Twelve: “Silent Night” (Leontyne Price, Nicolai Gedda, Choir Boys, and Chorus)
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,
Heav’nly hosts sing, “Alleluia!”
Christ the Savior is born! Christ the Savior is born!
Stille nacht! Heilige nacht!
Alles schlaft, einsam wacht
Nur das traute hochheilige Paar,
Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh! Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
Silent night! Holy night!
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiat beams from Thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth! Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth!
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