Monash Carols Song Book 2024

O holy night! 
The stars are brightly shining 
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth 
Long lay the world in sin and error pining 
Till he appeared, and the soul felt its worth 
A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices 
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn

Fall on your knees 
Oh hear the angel voices 
Oh night divine 
Oh night when Christ was born 
Oh night, o holy night 
Oh night divine 

Led by the light of faith serenely beaming 
With glowing hearts by his cradle we stand 
So led by light of a star so sweetly gleaming 

Here came the wise men from orient land 
The king of kings lay thus in lowly manger 
In all our trials born to be our friend 

Fall on your knees 
Oh hear the angel voices 
Oh night divine 
Oh night when Christ was born 
Oh night, o holy night 
Oh night divine 

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
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia
Christ the savior is born
Christ the savior is born

Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus Lord, at thy birth
Jesus Lord, at thy birth

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound 
That saved a wretch; like me 
I once was lost, but now am found 
Was blind, but now I see;

’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear 
And grace my fears relieved 
How precious did that grace appear 
The hour I first believed 

The Lord hath promised good to me 
His word my hope secures 
He will my shield and portion be 
As long as life endures 

When we’ve been there ten thousand years 
Bright shining as the sun 
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise 
Than when we first begun 

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night awa
y Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell rock

That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell rock

Out of all the reindeers you know you are the mastermind 
Run, run Rudolph, Randolph ain't too far behind 
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's gotta make it to town 
Santa, make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down 
Run, run Rudolph 'cause I'm reelin' like a merry-go-round 
 
Said Santa to a boy child, "What have you been longin' for?" 
"All I want for Christmas is a rock 'n' roll 'electric guitar" 
And then away went Rudolph whizzin' like a shootin' star 
 
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's has to make it in town 
Santa, make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down 
Run, run Rudolph, reelin' like a merry-go-round 

Run, run Rudolph, Santa's gotta make it to town 
Santa, make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down 
Run, run Rudolph, I'm reelin' like a merry-go-round 

Said Santa to a girl child, "What would please you most to get?" 
"A little baby doll that can cry, sleep, drink and wet" 
And then away went Rudolph, whizzin' like a Saber jet 

Run, run Rudolph, Santa's gotta make it to town 
Santa, make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down 
Run, run Rudolph I'm reelin' like a merry-go-round

Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away 
This year to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away 
This year to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special 
 
Once bitten and twice shy I keep my distance but you still catch my eye 
Tell me baby, do you recognise me, well it’s been a year it doesn't surprise me 

“Happy Christmas” I wrapped it up and sent it with a note saying “I love you” I meant it 
Now I know what a fool I've been but if you kiss me now, I know you'll fool me again 

Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away 
This year to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special 
Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away 
This year to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special 

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice  
My God, I thought you were someone to rely on me I guess I was a shoulder to cry on 

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart, a man under cover but you tore me apart 
Ooh ooh now I found a real love, you’ll never fool me again 

Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away 
This year to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special 
Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave me away 
This year to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special 

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart I gave you my………… 
I'll give it to someone special 

Last Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave me away
This year to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day

I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You, baby

Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeer click

I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do?
All I want for Christmas is you
You, baby

Oh, all the lights are shining so brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa, won't you bring me the one I really need
Please bring my baby to me

Oh, I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just wanna see my baby
Standing right outside my door

I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is
You, baby
Ooh, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby
All I want for Christmas is you, baby

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 
Everywhere you go 
Take a look at the five-and-ten; it's glistening once again 
With candy canes and silver lanes that glow 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 
Toys in every store 
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be 
On your own front door 

A pair of hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots 
Is the wish of Barney and Ben 
Dolls that'll talk and will go for a walk 
Is the hope of Janice and Jen 
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 
Everywhere you go 
There's a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well 
It's the sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 
Soon the bells will start 
And the thing that'll make 'em ring is the carol that you sing 
Right within your heart 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 
Toys in every store 
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be 
On your own front door 

Sure, it's Christmas once more

Away in a manger
No crib for a bed 
The little Lord Jesus 
Laid down his sweet head 

The stars in the bright sky 
Looked down where he lay 
The little Lord Jesus 
Asleep on the hay 

The cattle are lowing 
The baby awakes 
But little Lord Jesus 
No crying He makes 

I love you, Lord Jesus 
Look down from the sky 
And stay by my side 
Until morning is nigh 

Be near me, Lord Jesus 
I ask you to stay 
Close by me forever 
And love me I pray 

Bless all the dear children
In your tender care
And fit us for heaven
To live with you there

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas 
Just like the ones I used to know 
Where the tree tops glisten 
And children listen 
To hear sleigh bells in the snow, oh, the snow 

I said, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas 
With every Christmas card I write 
May your days be merry and bright 
And may all your Christmas' be white 
 

I said, I'm dreaming of a white, oh, Christmas 
Just like the ones I used to know 
Where the tree tops glisten 
And the children listen 
To hear sleigh bells in the snow 

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas 
With every Christmas card I write 
May your days, may your days, may your days 
Be merry and bright 
And may all your Christmas' be white 

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas 
With every Christmas card I write 
May your days be merry and bright 
And may all your Christmas' be white 

Christmas time is here, I’m so excited
My favourite time of year I’m just delighted
The air is filled with joyful laughter and cheer
I’ve been counting down the days since Christmas last year

The sound of Carols fills the air around me
But someone’s missing, someone who I can’t see

Where’s Santa?
Can you help me find him?
Is it on top of the roof or up the chimney he is hiding?
Where’s Santa?
It’s almost Christmas day
And all we’re missing is Santa in his sleigh
Can you hear me, Santa?
Are you on your way?

The Christmas tree is sparkling and shining
The reindeer through the sky will soon be gliding
Presents are all wrapped for friends and family
There’s never been a prettier sight to see

Everywhere I look there’s tinsel and mistletoe
But someone’s missing and where he is I don’t know

Where’s Santa?
Can you help me find him?
Is it on top of the roof or up the chimney he is hiding?
Where’s Santa?
It’s almost Christmas day
And all we’re missing is Santa in his sleigh
Can you hear me, Santa? Are you on your way?

The final Carols has been sung, it’s almost time for bed
Time for all the boys and girls to rest their sleepy heads
Cookies, milk, and carrots have been left under the tree
Hoping, wishing very soon there’s someone we will see

Here’s Santa, thanks for helping me find him
It’s not on top of the roof or up the chimney he is hiding
Here’s Santa, it’s almost Christmas Day
And we’ve found him, it’s Santa in his sleigh
He’ll go around the world in time for Christmas day
Goodluck Santa!
It’s time to head on your way

Jingle bells
Jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun It is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
(Repeat)

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Ha ha ha
Bells on bobtail ring
Making spirits bright
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
(Repeat)

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire 
Jack Frost nipping at your nose 
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir 
And folks dressed up like Eskimos 

Everybody knows a turkey, and some mistletoe 
Help to make the season bright 
Tiny little tots with their eyes all aglow 
Will find it hard to sleep tonight 

They know that Santa is on his way 
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh 
And every mother's child is gonna spy 
To see if reindeer really know how to fly 

So, I'm offering this simple phrase 
To kids from one to ninety-two 
Although it's been said many times, many ways 
Merry Christmas to you 

I’ll be home for Christmas  
You can count on me  
Please have snow and mistletoe 
And presents on the tree  

Christmas eve will find me  
Where the lovelight gleams  
I’ll be home for Christmas  
If only in my dreams  

(I’ll be home Christmas)  
You can plan on me  
Please have snow and mistletoe 

Christmas eve will find me  
Where the lovelight gleams  

I’ll be home for Christmas  
If only in my dreams 

Hang all the mistletoe 
I'm gonna get to know you better, yeah 
This Christmas 
And as we trim the tree 
How much fun it's gonna be together, yeah, ha 
This Christmas 
 
Fireside is blazing bright 
We're caroling through the night 
And this Christmas will be, yeah 
A very special Christmas for me, yeah Ooh, hey ooh 
Presents and cards are here 
My world is filled with cheer and you, oh yeah 

This Christmas 
And as I look around 
Your eyes outshine the town, they do 
This Christmas 
Fireside is blazing bright 
We're caroling through the night 
 
And this Christmas will be 
A very special Christmas for me, yeah 
 
Fireside oh is blazing bright 
We're caroling through the night 
And this Christmas will be 
A very special Christmas for me 
And this Christmas will be 
A very special Christmas for me 
 
Merry Christmas 
Gonna have a merry Christmas 
Merry Christmas, oh it will be 
Oh, a very, very, very special Christmas 
A very special Christmas 
 
Oh, this will be, this will be, baby 
A very special 
Have a merry, merry Christmas 
And a happy New Year 
Oh hey, alright, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 
Merry Christmas 
This Christmas 
Oh this will be, this will be, baby 

Have yourself a merry little Christmas 
Let your heart be light 
Next year all our troubles will be out of sight 

Have yourself a merry little Christmas 
Make the Yuletide gay 
Next year all our troubles will be miles away 

Once again, as in olden days 
Happy golden days of yore 
Faithful friends who are dear to us 
Will be near to us once more 

Someday soon, we all will be together 
If the fates allow 
Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow 

So have yourself a merry little Christmas now 

I'll have a blue Christmas without you 
I'll be so blue just thinking about you 

Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree 
Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me 

And when those blue snowflakes start falling 
That's when those blue memories start calling 

You'll be doing all right 
With your Christmas of white 
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas 

You'll be doing alright 
With your Christmas of white 
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas 

You'll be doing all right 
With your Christmas of white 
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas 

Haul out the holly 
Put up the tree before my spirit falls again 
Fill up the stocking 
I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now 

For we need a little Christmas, right this very minute 
Candles in the window, carols at the spinet 
Yes, we need a little Christmas, right this very minute 
Hasn't snowed a single flurry, but Santa dear we're in a hurry 

Climb down the chimney 
Turn on the brightest string of lights I've ever seen 
Slice up the fruit cake 
It's time we've hung some tinsel on the evergreen bough 

For I've grown a little leaner, grown a little colder 
Grown a little sadder, grown a little older 
And I need a little angel sitting on my shoulder 
Need a little Christmas now 

For we need a little music, need a little laughter 
Need a little singing ringing through the rafter 
And we need a little snappy, happy ever after 
We need a little Christmas now 

Said the night wind to the little lamb 
"Do you see what I see?" 
Way up in the sky, little lamb 
"Do you see what I see?" 

A star, a star 
Dancing in the night 
With a tail as big as a kite 
With a tail as big as a kite 

Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy 

"Do you hear what I hear?" (Do you hear what I hear?) 
Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy 
"Do you hear what I hear?" (Do you hear what I hear?) 

A song, a song 
High above the trees 
With a voice as big as the sea 
With a voice as big as the sea 

Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king 

"Do you know what I know?" (Do you know what I know?) 
In your palace wall, mighty king 
"Do you know what I know?" (Do you know what I know?) 

A child, a child 
Shivers in the cold 
Let us bring him silver and gold 
Let us bring him silver and gold 

Said the king to the people everywhere 
"Listen to what I say" (listen to what I say) 
Pray for peace, people everywhere 
"Listen to what I say" (listen to what I say) 

The child, the child 
Sleeping in the night 
He will bring us goodness and light 
He will bring us goodness and light 
He will bring us goodness and light 

Joy to the world, the Lord is 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 

Oh, joy to the earth, the Savior 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 

Oh, He rules the world with truth and grace 
And makes (and makes) the nations prove 
The glories of his righteousness (His righteousness)
And wonders of his love
Oh, and wonders of his love  
And wonders, wonders of his love 

The first noel the angels did say 
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they 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 Israel! 

They looked up and saw a star 
Shining in the east beyond them far 
And to the Earth it gave great light 
And so it continued both day and night 

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel 
Born is the King of Israel!

Then let us all with one accord 
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord 
That hath made heaven and Earth of nought,
And with his blood mankind hath bought

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel 
Born is the King of Israel! 

Santa, tell me if you're really there 
Don't make me fall in love again 
If he won't be here next year 
Santa, tell me if he really cares 
'Cause I can't give it all away  
If he won't be here next year 

Feeling Christmas all around 
And I'm trying to play it cool 
But it's hard to focus when I see him walkin' 'cross the room 
"Let it Snow" is blasting out 
But I won't get in the mood 
I'm avoiding every mistletoe until I know 
It's true love that he thinks of 
So next Christmas 
I'm not all alone, boy 

Santa, tell me if you're really there 
Don't make me fall in love again  
If he won't be here next year 
Santa, tell me if he really cares 
'Cause I can't give it all away  
If he won't be here next year 

I've been down this road before 
Fell in love on Christmas night  
But on New Year's Day, I woke up and he wasn't by my side 
Now I need someone to hold 
Be my fire in the cold  
But it's hard to tell if this is just a fling 
Or if it's true love that he thinks of 
So next Christmas 
I'm not all alone, babe 

Santa, tell me if you're really there 
Don't make me fall in love again  
If he won't be here next year 
Santa, tell me if he really cares 
'Cause I can't give it all away  
If he won't be here next year 

Oh, I wanna have him beside me like 
On the 25th by that fireplace  
But I don't want a new broken heart 
This year I've got to be smart 
If he will be, if he will be here 

Santa, tell me if you're really there  
Don't make me fall in love again  
If he won't be here next year 
Santa, tell me if he really cares  
'Cause I can't give it all away  
If he won't be here next year 

Santa, tell me if you're really there  
Don't make me fall in love again  
If he won't be here next year  
Santa, tell me if he really cares 
'Cause I can't give it all away  
If he won't be here next year 

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" 

Christ by highest heav'n adored 
Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time behold him come 
Offspring of a virgin's womb 
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see 

Hail the incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with man to dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”