- An
Upside Down Christmas
- Carol
our Christmas, an upside down Christmas;
Snow is not falling and trees are not bare...
- Te
Harinui
- Not
on a snowy night
By star or candlelight...
- Backblocks
Nativity
- ...So
her kid was born in that roadman's shack
By the light of a lamp that'd hardly burn...
-
A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree
- On
the first day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
A pukeko in a ponga tree...
- A
Kiwiana Christmas
- Mum's
organised the family lunch
And dad'll be drinking Kiwi beer!
- Christmas
Begins With You
- Can
you tell it's summer
And do you feel the rain?
- Sticky
Beak the Kiwi
- He's
notified old Santa Claus to notify the deer
That he will pull the Christmas sleigh in the southern hemisphere...
- Märie
Te Pö
Silent Night
-
Märie te pö, tapu te pö
Marino, marama
Ko te Whäea, me te Tama...
| Peaceful
night, holy night,
calm, bright.
See the mother and baby boy... |
- One
on a Tractor
-
We three kings of Orient are
One on a tractor, two in a car...
- Christmas
in New Zealand
-
A chance to share the good times in the summer sun
Another family holiday's begun
- The
Jersey Cow Came Mooing
-
The jersey cow came mooing, mooing, mooing.
The jersey cow came mooing to the old shed door...
- The
Southern Cross Looks Down
-
O little town of Bethlehem,
the Southern Cross looks down...
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I
hope you can use some of these to bring joy, drama and fun to
your Christmas singing.
Add some of these ones here to give local colour and variety to
old favourites like Angels we have Heard on High, We Three
Kings, The Holy and the Ivy, The First Noel...
I
went to a Carol Singing session at a local church last year and
none of those joyous old favourites were sung.
All we sang were serious hymns about "God became man to save
us" - the same sermon ad nauseum - and every time sung to
a forgettably dull tune.
I do hope you have more JOY in your singing this year.
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