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| TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CAROLS |
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 BY KATHY B. TURLA
In the City of San Fernando, the Christmas capital of
the Philippines, stands the Paskuhan Village where
Christmas is celebrated all throughout the year!
There, displayed during the Christmas season are giant
"parol" or Christmas lanterns - the largest probably in
whole wide world - contributed by all its
barrios to a contest done every year since the early
nineteen hundreds. These glittering lanterns are bright,
multi-colored and of different light-patterns and are
a joy to watch especially during night time! And
Christmas music is non-stop too!
Herewith are some of the traditional carols that
people sing there all throughout the year:
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!
Joseph Mohr, 1792 - 1849
John Young, 1820 - 1885
Music: Franz Gruber 1787 - 1863
OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL 
Oh come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
Oh come ye, oh come ye
To Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him
Born the King of angels.
Oh come let us adore him,
Oh come let us adore him,
Oh come let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!
John Wade 1711 - 1786
HARK THE HERALD ANGEL SING
Hark! The herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies
With angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem,
Hark! The herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King.
Lyrics: Charles Wesley, 1707 - 1788
Music: Felix Mendelsohn 1809 - 1847
JOY TO THE WORLD 
Joy to the world the Lord has come!
Let earth receive her King!
Let every heart, prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and heaven and nature sing!
Joy to the earth the Saviour 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!
George Handel, 1685 - 1759
O HOLY NIGHT
O Holy Night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appeared and the soul felt
its worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and
glorous morn.
Fall on your knees,
O hear the angels voices.
O night divine, O night when Christ as born
O night divine, O night,
O night divine.
WHISPERING HOPE
Soft as the voice of an Angel
Breathing a lesson unheard
Hope with a gentle persuasion
Whispers her comforting word
Wait, till the darkness is over
Wait, till the tempest is done
Hope for the sunshine tomorrow
After the shower is gone
Whispering hope (whispering hope)
Oh, how welcome thy voice
Making my heart (making my heart)
In it´s sorrow rejoice
If in the dusk of the twilight
Dim be the region afar
Will not the deepening darkness
Brighten the glimmering star
Then, when the night is upon us
Why should the heart sink away
When the dark midnight is over
Watch for the breaking of day
Whispering hope (whispering hope)
Oh, how welcome thy voice
Making my heart (making my heart)
In it´s sorrow rejoice
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
Come they told me
Pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see
Pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the kIng
Pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum
So to honor Him
Pa rum pum pum pum
When we come
Little baby
Pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too
Pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give our King
Pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum
Shall I play for you
Pa rum pum pum pum
On my drum
Mary nodded
Pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time
Pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him
Pa rum pum pum pum
I played my best for Him
Pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum
Then He smiled at me
Pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum
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 night that was so deep!
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel!
English traditional carol, 17th century 
 SILVER BELLS
Refrain:
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas Day
See the sidewalk, busy sidewalk
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you'll hear
Repeat refrain 
JINGLE BELLS 
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way!
Bells on bob tail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight!
Hey, Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh,
Hey, Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh! 
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN 
Refrain:
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
He's 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 it you've been bad or good,
So be good for goodness sake
Repeat refrain
RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER 
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
You would even say, "it glows"
All of the other reindeer
Use to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer game.
Then one foggy Christmas eve
Santa came to say
"Rudolph with your nose so bright
Will you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him
And they shouted out with glee,
"Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer,
You'll go down in history!"
FROSTY, THE SNOWMAN 
Frosty, the snowman
Was a jolly happy soul
With a corn cob pipe
And a button nose
And two eyes made out of coal.
Frosty, the snowman
Was a fairy tale they say
He was made of snow
But the children know
How he came to life one day.
Refrain:
There must have been some magic in
That old silk hat they found
For when they place it on his head
He began to dance around.
Oh! Frosty, the snowman
Was alive as he could be
And the children said
He could laugh and play
Just the same as you and me.
For the Kapampangan language versions of the above carols, click:
http://maxpages.com/pasko/pasko2
For the the melodies of these songs in MIDI, click any of the ff.:
http://www.night.net/christmas/songs12.html-ssi
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Balcony/1338/xmas/x-intro.htm
http://www.always-safe.com/drummer.html
http://www.christmas-carols.net/
Kathy B. Turla will graduated in June, 2001 at the
University of Oregon with a bachelor's degree, major
in Business and in Sociology, and minor in Japanese.
During high school, due to her high scholastic achievements,
she was listed and included for three years in a row in
"Who's Who Among High School Students In America". She
is the youngest daughter of Ernie and Angela B. Turla of
Aloha, Oregon.
Webmaster: ERNIE TURLA, president, Aguman Capampangan N.W.
U.S.A. Through Christmas carolling every year, his club
was able to raise funds which enabled them to undertake a
medical mission to the Philippines in December 2000. (Click
http://maxpages.com/mission2 )
He resides in Aloha, Oregon, a suburb of Portland and is
originally from Lubao, Pampanga, hometown of Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo, the President of the Republic of the Philippines.
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