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St peter’s bethnal green

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nativitingle! sun 14th dec 10.30am
carols by candlelight sun 14 dec 5pm
give to the work of st peter's in bethnal green
  • Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
    Jingle all the way
    Oh what fun it is to ride in a
    One horse open sleigh
    Jingle bells, Jingle Bells
    Jingle all the way
    Oh what fun it is to ride in a one
    Horse open sleigh

    Dashing through the snow
    In a one horse open sleigh
    Over the hills we go
    Laughing all the way
    Bells on Bobtails ring
    Making spirits bright
    What fun it is to ride and sing
    A sleighing song tonight

  • We wish you a merry Christmas
    We wish you a merry Christmas
    We wish you a merry Christmas
    And a Happy New Year

    Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
    We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

    Now bring us some figgy pudding
    Now bring us some figgy pudding
    Now bring us some figgy pudding
    And bring some out here

    Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
    We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

    For we all like figgy pudding
    We all like figgy pudding
    We all like figgy pudding
    So bring some out here

  • O come, all ye faithful,
    Joyful and triumphant,
    O Come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem.
    Come and behold Him,
    Born the King of angels;

    O come, let us adore Him (x3)
    Christ the Lord!

    God of God,
    Light of Light,
    Lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb
    Very God, Begotten,
    not created

    O come, let us adore Him (x3)
    Christ the Lord!

    Sing, choirs of angels,
    Sing in exultation;
    Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above:
    Glory to God,
    In the highest!

    O come, let us adore Him (x3)
    Christ the Lord!

  • Ding Dong! Merrily on high
    In heaven the bells are ringing
    Ding Dong! Verily the sky
    Is riven with angels singing:

    Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
    Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

    E'en so here below, below,
    Let steeple bells be swungen,
    And "Io, io, io!"
    By priest and people sungen.

    Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
    Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

    Pray you, dutifully prime
    Your matin chime, ye ringers;
    May you beautifully rime
    Your eve time song, ye singers.

    Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
    Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

  • God rest you 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 tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy!
    O tidings of comfort and joy!

    From God our heavenly Father
    A blessed angel came,
    And unto certain shepherds
    Brought tidings of the same,
    How that in Bethlehem was born
    The Son of God by name

    O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy!
    O tidings of comfort and joy!

    And when they came to Bethlehem
    Where our dear Saviour lay,
    They found him in a manger,
    Where oxen feed on hay;
    His mother Mary kneeling down,
    unto the Lord did pray:

    O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy!
    O tidings of comfort and joy!

    Now to the Lord sing praises,
    All you within this place,
    And with true love and brotherhood
    Each other now embrace;
    This holy tide of Christmas
    All other doth efface:

    O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy!
    O tidings of comfort and joy!

  • We three Kings of Orient are
    Bearing gifts we traverse afar
    Field and fountain, moor and mountain
    Following yonder star

    O Star of wonder, star of night
    Star with royal beauty bright
    Westward leading, still proceeding
    Guide us to thy Perfect Light

    Born a King on Bethlehem's plain
    Gold I bring to crown Him again
    King forever, ceasing never
    Over us all to reign

    O Star of wonder, star of night
    Star with royal beauty bright
    Westward leading, still proceeding
    Guide us to thy Perfect Light

    Frankincense to offer have I
    Incense owns a Deity nigh
    Prayer and praising, all men raising
    Worship Him, God most high

    O Star of wonder, star of night
    Star with royal beauty bright
    Westward leading, still proceeding
    Guide us to thy Perfect Light

    Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
    Breathes a life of gathering gloom
    Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying
    Sealed in the stone-cold tomb

    O Star of wonder, star of night
    Star with royal beauty bright
    Westward leading, still proceeding
    Guide us to thy Perfect Light

    Glorious now behold Him arise
    King and God and Sacrifice
    Alleluia, Alleluia
    Earth to heaven replies

    O Star of wonder, star of night
    Star with royal beauty bright
    Westward leading, still proceeding
    Guide us to thy Perfect Light

  • 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 the angelic host proclaim,
    Christ is born in Bethlehem

    Hark! The herald angels sing
    Glory to the new born King

    Christ, by highest heaven 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 new born King

    Hail the heaven-born Prince of peace!
    Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
    Light and life to all he brings,
    Risen with healing in his wings;
    Mild he lays his glory by,
    Born that man no more may die,
    Born to raise the sons of earth
    Born to give them second birth:

    Hark! The herald angels sing
    Glory to the new born King

  • O little town of Bethlehem
    How still we see thee lie!
    Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
    The silent stars go by
    Yet in thy dark streets shineth
    The everlasting light;
    The hopes and fears of all the years
    Are met in thee tonight


    For Christ is born of Mary
    And, gathered all above
    While mortals sleep, the angels keep
    Their watch of wondering love.
    O Morning stars together
    Proclaim the holy birth
    And praises sing to God the King
    And peace to men on earth.

    How silently, how silently,
    The wondrous gift is given!
    So God imparts to human hearts
    The blessings of his heaven.
    No ear may hear his coming
    But in this world of sin,
    Where meek souls will receive him,
    Still the dear Christ enters in.

    O Holy Child of Bethlehem
    Descend to us we pray;
    Cast out our sin and enter in,
    Be born in us today,
    We hear the Christmas angels
    The great glad tidings tell,
    O come to us, abide with us
    Our Lord Emmanuel.

  • While shepherds watched
    Their flocks by night,
    All seated on the ground,
    The angel of the Lord came down,
    And glory shone around.

    “Fear not,” said he, for mighty dread
    Had seized their troubled mind;
    “Glad tidings of great joy I bring
    To you and all mankind.”

    “To you, in David’s town this day,
    Is born of David’s line
    A Saviour who is Christ the Lord,
    And this shall be the sign:

    The heavenly Babe you there shall find
    To human view displayed,
    All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
    And in a manger laid.”

    Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith
    Appeared a shining throng
    Of angels praising God, who thus
    Addressed their joyful song:

    “All glory be to God on high
    And on the earth be peace.
    Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men
    Begin and never cease.”

  • 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 Saviour is born!
    Christ, the Saviour is born!

  • Christ the Son of Righteousness shine upon us
    Scatter the darkness from before our path,
    And make us ready to meet him when he comes in glory;

    and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, be among us and remain with us always.

    Amen.

  • Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
    Let earth receive her King;
    Let every heart prepare Him room,
    And heav’n and nature sing.
    And heav’n and nature sing.
    And heav’n, and heav’n 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.

    He rules the world with truth and grace,
    And makes the nations prove.
    The glories of His righteousness,
    And wonders of His love,
    And wonders of His love,
    And wonders, and wonder of His love.

  • On the … day of Christmas
    My true love gave to me

    [and] A partridge in a pear tree!

    Two turtle doves,

    Three French hens,

    Four calling birds,

    Five gold rings,

    Six geese a-laying,

    Seven swans a-swimming,

    Eight maids a-milking,

    Nine ladies dancing,

    Ten lords a-leaping,

    Eleven pipers piping,

    Twelve drummers drumming.

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