Advent ~ Day 17

Christmas Carols

The Huron Carol by Jean De Brebeuf (We added this to our collection this Christmas.)

The Huron Carol by Ian Wallace

We Three Kings by Gennady Spirin

Good King Wenceslas by John M. Neale (We borrowed this one from the library this year.)

The Friendly Beasts by Tomie dePaola (I love Tomie dePaola books and Leif sang this song for the Christmas choir concert. We’ve added it to our wish list.)

 

The Little Drummer Boy by Ezra Jack Keats

This is one of my favorite videos of one of my favorite carols:

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I HEARD the bells on Christmas Day
    Their old, familiar carols play,
        And wild and sweet
        The words repeat
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

    And thought how, as the day had come,
    The belfries of all Christendom
        Had rolled along
        The unbroken song
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

    Till ringing, singing on its way,
    The world revolved from night to day,
        A voice, a chime,
        A chant sublime
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

    Then from each black, accursed mouth
    The cannon thundered in the South,
        And with the sound
        The carols drowned
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

    It was as if an earthquake rent
    The hearth-stones of a continent,
        And made forlorn
        The households born
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

    And in despair I bowed my head;
    "There is no peace on earth," I said;
        "For hate is strong,
        And mocks the song
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

    Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
    "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
        The Wrong shall fail,
        The Right prevail,
    With peace on earth, good-will to men."

And (surprise!) The Piano Guys with Carol of the Bells: