Murphy's miscellaneous laws: If an enemy is really dug in, you'll have forgotten to bring a mortar.
He Smiles Within His Cradle He smiles within his cradle, A babe with face to bright it beams most like a mirror Against a blaze of light: This babe so burning bright. This babe we now declare to...
God from on High hath heard God from on high hath heard; Let sighs and sorrows cease; Lo! from the opening Heav’n descends To man the promised Peace. Hark! through the silent night Angelic...
Gentle Mary Laid Her Child Gentle Mary Laid Her Child Gentle Mary laid her Child Lowly in a manger; There He lay, the undefiled, To the world a Stranger. Such a Babe in such a place, Can he be the...
Ben Jonsons Carol I sing the birth was born tonight, The Author both of life and light: The angels so did sound it, The angels so did sound it, so did sound it; The like the ravished shepherds...
While Shepherds Watched 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, he said, For...
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen God rest ye merry, gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember, Christ, our Saviour Was born on Christmas day To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray O...
Christians awake salute the happy morn Christians, awake, salute the happy morn Whereon the Saviour of the world was born Rise to adore the mystery of love Which hosts of angels chanted from above...
It came upon a midnight clear It came upon a 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...
Go tell it on the mountain Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere, Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born. While shepherds kept their watching o'er silent flocks at...
Gentle Mary laid her Child Gentle Mary laid her Child lowly in a manger; There He lay, the Undefiled, to the world a stranger. Such a Babe in such a place, can He be the Saviour? Ask the saved of...
Away in a manger Away in a manger, no crib for His 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...
All through the night Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee. All through the night. Guardian angels God will lend thee All through the night. Soft the drowsy hours are creeping, Hill and vale in...
What child is this: What Child is this, Who laid to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the King, Whom...