X: 1
T: Sing We Now of Christmas   [Dm]
C:trad. French 15th century, trad. English 17th-18th century
Z: DW
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
[|"Dm"DA "G"BG | "Dm"A2 F2 | "C"G(G/A/) FE | "Dm"D4 |\
| "Dm"DA "G"BG | "Dm"A2 F2 | "C"G(G/A/) FE | "Dm"D4 |\
[|"Dm"F2 ED | "Am"E3 A, |
| "Dm"FF ED | "Am"E4 |\
| "Dm"F2 ED | "C"E3 A, | "Bb"FF ED | "A7"E4 |\
[|"Dm"DA "G"BG | "Dm"A2 F2 | "Bb"GG/A/ "C"FE | "Dm"D4 |]

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X: 2
T: Sing We Now of Christmas   [Dm]
C: trad. French 15th century, trad. English 17th-18th century
Z: DW
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
[|"Dm"da "G"bg | "Dm"a2 f2 | "C"g(g/a/) fe | "Dm"d4 |\
| "Dm"da "G"bg | "Dm"a2 f2 | "C"g(g/a/) fe | "Dm"d4 |\
[|"Dm"f2 ed | "Am"e3 A |
| "Dm"ff ed | "Am"e4 |\
| "Dm"f2 ed | "C"e3 A | "Bb"ff ed | "A7"e4 |\
[|"Dm"da "G"bg | "Dm"a2 f2 | "Bb"gg/a/ "C"fe | "Dm"d4 |]

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X: 3
T: Wondrous Love    [Dm]
C: music: 1701 or earlier
C: words: 1811 songbook
B: "A General Selection of the Newest and Most Admired Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use" 1811
N: Melody and words combined by James Christopher ca. 1840 in the Southern Harmony songbook.
N: The melody is a variant of the Ballad of Captain Kidd.
M: C
L: 1/4
K: Ddor
[|\
z2 D2 | "Dm"DC "C"EG | "F"A2 GE | "Gm"D2 DC | "Am"E2 A2 | "F"cB "G"AG | "Am"A2 GE |
"Dm"D4 | z2 G2  | "F"AG Ac | "Dm"d2 d2 | "F"cA A/G/E | "Dm"D2 D2 | "Dm"DC "C"EG |
"F"A2GE | "Gm"D2 DC | "Am"E2 A2 | "F"cB "G"AG | "Am"A2 GE | "Dm"D4 |] z4 |]

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X: 4
T: Angels We Have Heard on High   [C]
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
K: C
|: "C(Am)"ee "(Em)"eg | "G7"g>f "C"e2 \
| ed eg | "G7"e>d "C"c2 :|
|: "C"g2 "A7"a/g/f/e/ | "Dm"f2 "G7"g/f/e/d/ \
| "C"e2 "F"f/e/d/c/ | "G7"d>G G2 \
| "C"c"G"d "C(Am)"e "F(Dm)"f | "C"e2 "G7"d2 :| "C"c4 |]

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X: 5
T: The Christ Child's Lullaby
C:traditional
Z:DW
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:G
d | "D"d2 e | a a2 | "Am"g a2 | "D"d2 f | f2 d | "Am"e a2 | "C"g a2 | "Am"c2 e |
"D"d2 e | a2 a | "Am"g a2 | "D"d2 d | d "Am"A2 | "C"c2 d | "D"e/2 d/2-d2- | d2 |]

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X: 6
T: Dona Nobis Pacem
T: Give us peace
P: 3-part round
S: http://www.gulfweb.net/rlwalker/abc/!ABCCollections/KG_tunes_webready.abc
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
P: Play as a round
K: D treble-8
"^A"[|\
"D"(d/A/) f2 | "A7"(e/A/) g2 | "D"(f e) d | "A7"d c2 | "G(Em)"(b a/g/f/e/) | "D"(a3/ g/) f | "A7"(f/e/) (d c) | "D"d3 |]
%w: Do-*na No-*bis Pa-*cem, pa-cem. Do-na*** no-*bis pa-***cem.
"^B"[|\
a3 | a3 | (a g) f | f e2 | b b2 | a a2 | (a/g/) (f e) | d3 |]
%w: Do-na no-*bis pa-cem. Do-na no-bis pa-***cem.
"^C"[|\
d3 | c3 | (d3 e/) (f/g/) | a A2 | g g2 | f f2 | (c/e/) (a A) | d3 |]
%w: Do-na no-*bis* pa-cem. Do-na no-bis pa-***cem.

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X: 7
T: Gaudete! Gaudete!
O: first published in Piae Cantiones, 1581
%S:1581
Z: 2021 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Am
%%continueall
"^Refrain"|:\
"Am"A2A2 "Em"G2AB |[M:6/8] "C"c2c B2A |
w: Gau-de-te! Gau-de-te! Christ-us est
[M:2/4] "G"G2 G2 |[M:4/4] G2A2 "Em"B3A |
w: na-tus ex Ma-ri-a
[M:6/8] G2A "G"B2A |[M:3/4] GA "Am"A2 "^fine"z2 :|
w: vir-gi-ne, gau-de-*te!
"^Verse"[|[M:4/4] "Am"AA GA cB A2 | "Dm"AF "Em"EF "Dm"D2 D2 |
w: Tem-pus ad-est gra-ti-ae, hoc quod op-ta-ba-mus;
"Dm"DD FD FG "Am"A2 | cA "G"Bc "F"A2 A2 |]
w: car-mi-na lae-ti-ti-ae de-vo-te red-da-mus.

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X: 8
T: Aspenglow
C:John Denver
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:Am
%%continueall
"^I"\
| "Am"z6 | "Dm"z6 | "F"z6 | "C"z6 | "Am"z6 | "Dm"z6 | "F"z6 | "C"z6 \
"^A"\
|: "Am"A/G/A/G/A/G/ | "Dm"A3 | "F"A/G/A/G/A/E/ | "C"G3 |\
| "Am"c/B/A/G/F/E/ | "Dm"D3 | "C"E/F/G2 | "G"E/F/G2 :|
"^B"\
[|"F"A/B/c/d/c/>E/ | "C"G3 | "F"c/c/c/c/c/>E/ | "C"G3 |\
| "F"A/B/c/c/c/>E/ | "C"G3 | "D"A/B/c/c/B/A/ | "G"G3- | G3 |]\
"^A"\
|: "Am"A/G/A/G/A/G/ | "Dm"A3 | "F"A/G/A/G/A/E/ | "C"G3 |
| "Am"c/B/A/G/F/E/ | "Dm"D3 | "C"E/F/G2 | "G"E/F/G2 :|\
"^B"\
[|"F"A/B/c/d/c/>E/ | "C"G3 | "F"c/c/c/c/c/>E/ | "C"G3 |\
| "F"A/B/c/c/c/>E/ | "C"G3 | "D"A/B/c/c/B/A/ | "G"G3- | G3 |]
"^A"\
[|"Am"A/G/A/G/A/G/ | "Dm"A3 | "F"A/G/A/G/A/E/ | "C"G3 |\
| "Am"c/B/A/G/F/E/ | "Dm"D3 | "C"E/F/G2 | "G"E/F/G2 |]\
| "C"E/F/G2 | "G"E/F/G2- | "Am"A3- | A3 |]

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X: 9
T: Ye Nations All   [Dm]
T: The Babe of Bethlehem
C: William Walker (1809-1875)
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dm
z3 z2\
A, | "Dm"D2D "C"(ED)C | "Dm"D2F "Gm"G2A | "Dm"A2c "(Am)"(AG)E | "Dm"(D2C) "Am"A,2 ||\
A, | "Dm"D2D "C"(ED)C | "Dm"D2F "Gm"G2A | "Dm"Ac=B "(Am)"(AG)E | "Dm"D3 D2 ||
A | "F"A2(A/=B/) "C"c2G | "F"A2(A/=B/) "C"c2c | "Dm"d2A "(Am)"(AG)E | "Dm"(D2C) "Am"A,2 ||\
A, | "Dm"D2D "C"(ED)C | "Dm"D2F "Gm"G2A | "Dm"Ac=B "(Am)"(AG)E | "Dm"D3 D2z |]

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X: 10
T: A Midwinter Waltz
C: Dave Richardson (1994)
N: Dave was a member of Boys of the Lough for 40 years, until he retired.
N: This was based on a favorite carol remembered from his youth, "In the Bleak Midwinter".
%D:1994
B: Joe Buchanan's Scottish Tome - Page 623.0
I: 623 0
Z: Carl Allison
R: Waltz
L: 1/4
M: 3/4
P: Play A1A2 A1A2 B1B2 B1A2
K: G
"A"|::: G/A/ |\
"G"B>cd | "D"d>BA | "Am"A>BA | "C"G2E/G/ || "Am"A>BA |  "D"A>BA |\
[1,3 "G"G>AB/c/ | "D"A2 :|2,4 "C"G>AG | "G"G2 :|
"^B"|:: A/B/ | "C"c>Bc | "Am"c>Bc | "C"e>de | "Am"A>Bc ||\
"G"d>ed | "Em"B>AG |1,3 "Am"A>BG | "D"A2 :|2 "D"A>BA | "G"G2 :|
"^(A2)"[|] G/A/ | "G"B>cd | "D"d>BA | "Am"A>BA | "C"G2E/G/ ||\
"Am"A>BA |  "D"A>BA | "C"G>AG | "G"G2 |]

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X: 11
T: Ring Out Wild Bells   [Bm]
C: Crawford Gates
Z: DW
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bm
B, |\
"Bm"B,CD F2F | "Em"GFE "Bm"F2F |\
"Em"EFG "Bm"FD>D | "F#"EDC "Bm"D2 ||\
D |\
"G"B2B "D"AD2 | "Em"G2G "F#"F2F |
"Em"C>DE "Bm"DB,>B, | "F#"CB,^A, "Bm"B,2 ||\
D |\
"G"B2B "D"A2D | "Em"G2G "F#"F2F |\
"Em"C>DE "Bm"DB,>B, | "F#"CB,^A, "Bm"B,2 |]

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X: 12
T: Ring Out Wild Bells   [Bm]
C: Crawford Gates
Z: DW
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bm
B |\
"Bm"Bcd f2f | "Em"gfe "Bm"f2f |\
"Em"efg "Bm"fd>d | "F#"edc "Bm"d2 ||\
d |\
"G"b2b "D"ad2 | "Em"g2g "F#"f2f |
"Em"c>de "Bm"dB>B | "F#"cB^A "Bm"B2 ||\
d |\
"G"b2b "D"a2d | "Em"g2g "F#"f2f |\
"Em"c>de "Bm"dB>B | "F#"cB^A "Bm"B2 |]

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X: 13
T: Watts's Cradle Song   [Dm]
R:
Z: 2021 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dm
[|\
"Dm"D2F2 D2CD | "F"F2F2 "Dm"(DC)A,2 | "Am"C3D C2A,2 | "F"F2"C"G2 "F"A4 ||\
"Dm"A2c2 (AG)F2 | "Gm"G2(AG) "Dm"(FD)"C"C2 | "Dm"D3E F2A,2 |[M:2/4] A,2C2 |[M:4/4] "Dm"D8- | D8 |]
"F"F4 "C"G4 | "F"A8 | "Bb"F4 "Am"EDC2 | "Dm"D6 E2 ||\
"F"F4 "C"G2FG | "F"A3B A2GF | "Gm"G4 "C"c4 | "Dm"A8- | A8 |]

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X: 14
T: The Coventry Carol
O: England
R: waltz
Z: 2011 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
K: Am
[|\
"Am"A A "E7"^G | "Am"A2 c | "Dm"B2 A | "E7"^G3 |\
"Am"A B c | "Dm"d2 "E7"B | "Am"A3- | A z "C"e |
"G"d2 "Am"c | "E7"B2 "Am"c | "Dm"B2 A | "E7"^G3 |\
"Am"A "E"^G "F"A | "Dm"d2 "E7"B | "A"^c3- | c2 z |]

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X: 15
T: I Believe in Father Christmas + Troika interlude
C: Greg Lake & Peter Sinfield
Z: DW
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
[|\
| "G"z2BA- "D"AF2D | "Em7"E2DE- "D"EF-F2 | "G"z2BA- "D"AF2D | "A"E2DD- "D"D2z2 |\
| "G"z2BB "D"A2FD | "Em7"ED2E- "D"EF-F2 | "G"zDBB " D"A2FD | "A"ED2D- "D"D2z2 |]
| "C"z2=cc "G"BAG2 | "D"A2AG- GA-A2D | "C"=cc2B- "G"BA2G | "D"AA2A- A2 zA/A/ |\
| "Bm"d2dd "F#m"c2AA | "G"BAA2 "D"A2zD/D/ | F2FF "C"ED=CD- | "D"D4 z2 |]
"^Troika"A2 |\
| "G"dcBc d2B2 | "D"A2B2 F2A2 | "G"BAG2 d2cd | "D"A6 GF "^I"|\
| "Em"E2B2 "A7"AGFG | "D"AGFG A2dB | "G"G2FG "A7"A2A2 | "D"d6 z2 |]

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X: 16
T: The Old Year Now Away Is Fled   [Dm]
T: Tune:  Greensleeves
O: Francis Coles "New Christmas Carols" London 1642
R: air, jig
Z: 2021 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dm
% %continueall
P: Verse:
D | "Dm"F2G (A>B)A | "C"G2E (C>DE) | "Dm"F2D (D>^C)D | "A"E2^C A,2 ||\
D | "Dm"F2G (A>B)A | "C"G2E (C>DE) | "Dm"(F>E)D "A"(^C>=B,)C | "Dm"D3 D2 |]
P: Chorus:
c | "F"c2c (c>B)A | "C"G2E (C>D)E | "Dm"F2D (D>^C)D | "A"E2^C A,2 ||\
c | "F"c2c (c>B)A | "C"G2E (C>D)E | "Bb"(F>E)D "A"(^C>=B,)C | "Dm"D3 D2 |]

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X: 17
T: The Old Year Now Away Is Fled   [Dm]
T: Tune:  Greensleeves
O: Francis Coles "New Christmas Carols" London 1642
R: air, jig
Z: 2021 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dm
P: Verse:
d | "Dm"f2g (a>b)a | "C"g2e (c>de) | "Dm"f2d (d>^c)d | "A"e2^c A2 ||\
d | "Dm"f2g (a>b)a | "C"g2e (c>de) | "Dm"(f>e)d "A"(^c>=B)c | "Dm"d3 d2 |]
P: Chorus:
c' | "F"c'2c' (c'>b)a | "C"g2e (c>d)e | "Dm"f2d (d>^c)d | "A"e2^c A2 ||\
c' | "F"c'2c' (c'>b)a | "C"g2e (c>d)e | "Bb"(f>e)d "A"(^c>=B)c | "Dm"d3 d2 |]

%%sep 1 0 500
%%sep 1 0 500

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X: 18
T: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas   [G]
C: words & music: Meredith Wilson (1951)
%D:1951
R: song
Z: 2019 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
P: Play A1A2 B A1A2
K: G
%%continueall 0
% = = = = = = = = = =
"^A"|: {A,}B,>C | "G"(3DED ^C>D "C"E2 G2 | "G"B2 D6 | B3 B "B7"A3 G | "C"E4 "E7"z2 E>F |
|[1 "Am"(3GAG E>^E "D"F4 | "D7"(3FGF D>^D "Am"E2 "A7"z^E | "D"F>G A>B "A7"A>G F>E | "Am"A4 "D7"z2 :|
|[2 "Am"(3GAG F>G "F#"F2 E>_E | "G"D>E G>B "E7"d2 ^D>E | "Am"c4 "D7"F4 | "G"G4  !fine!z2 |]
"^B"[| {F}G>A \
|"B7"(3BcB (3ABA (3GAG (3FGA | "(Em)"B>B "(B7)"(3AGF "Em"E2 z2 | "D7"(3ABA (3GAG (3FGF "(A)"(3EFG |
|"D"A>A "(A7)"(3GFE "D"D2 zD | "D7"d>_d c>B "(A7)"A>G F>E | "Am"D>^C D>E "D7"D2 "d.C."y|]
P: Dance transition (Dt):
[| "G"B4 "D7"A4 | "C"G4 "D7"F2 ||
P: Now play A1A2 B A2 for the dance.

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X: 19
T: White Christmas   [A]
C: Irving Berlin
S: http://www.gulfweb.net/rlwalker/abc/white.abc 2021-11-20
Z: Tweaked by John Chambers
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
K: A
%
[|\
"A"c4 | dc "C#m"^Bc | "Bm"d4 | "E7"^d e3 |\
"D"zf ga | "E7"ba gf | "A"e4- | "(E7)"ez ||
AB |\
"A"c2 c2 | "A7"c f2 e | "D"A2 A2 | "Dm"A e2 d |\
"A"c4 | "Bm"dc BA | "E"B4- | "E7"B z3 |]
[|\
"A"c4 | dc "C#m"^Bc | "Bm"d4 | "E7"^d e3 |\
"D"zf ga | "E7"ba gf | "A"e4- | "(E7)"ez ||
AB |\
c2 c2 | "A7"c f2 e | "D"a4- | "Dm"a2 AB "^I"|\
"A"c2 "F#m(A7)"c2 | "D"f3/ G/ "E7"GG |1 "A"A4 | "Bm"z2 "E7"z2 :|2 "A"A4 |]

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X: 20
T: Frosty the Snowman   [G]
C: music: Steve Nelson
C: words: Jack Rollins
N: MM version for 2021, with intro & tag
Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: G
%%indent 200
"^Intro"|\
"G"ddd2 d2d2 | "D"edd2 d2d2 |\
"D7"d2dd e2f2 | "G"g4 "D7"d4 ||
"A"|: \
"G"d4 B3c | d2 g4 "G7"fg |\
"C"a2g2 "D7"f2e2 | "G"d6 fg |\
"C"a2g2 "A7"f2ee | "G"d2g2 "(E7)"B2de |\
"Am"d2c2 [1 "D7"B2c2 | "G"d6 "D7"z2 :|\
         [2 "D7"B2A2 | "G"G6 H|]
"G7"G2 "B"|\
"C"e2e2 "A7"g2g2 | "D7"f2e2 "G"d2B2 |\
"Am"c2e2 "D7"d2c2 | "G"B6 B-B |\
"D"A2A2 d2d2 | f2f2 "B7"a2fg |\
"Em"a2g2 "A7"f2e2 | "D"d2z2 "D7"d4 "^->A2"y|]
"^Tag"|\
"G"ddd2 d2d2 | edd2 d2d2 |\
e2d2 B2d2 | "D"A8 |\
"D7"ddd2 d2d2 | edd2 d2d2 |\
d2dd e2f2 | "G"g8 |]

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X: 21
T: The First No\"el   [G]
R: waltz
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: G
"^A"|: BA \
| "G"G3 ABc | "D"d4 ef | "C"g2 f2 e2 | "G"d4 ef \
| "C"g2 f2 e2 | "D7"d2 e2 f2 | "G"g2 d2 "D7"c2 | "G"B4 :|
"^B"[|] BA \
| "G"G3 ABc | d4 gf | "C"e4 e2 | "G"d4 "^I"\
| "Em"g2 f2 e2 | "Bm"d2 e2 f2 | "D7"g2 d2 c2 | "G"B4 |]
%%text The B part is sometimes repeated.

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X: 22
T: O Come, All Ye Faithful [D]
T: Adeste Fideles
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
K: G
"D"d \
| "D"d2 A d | "A"e2 A2 | "D"f "A"e "D"f "G"g | "D"f2 "A"e d || "Bm"d2 cB \
| "A"c "D"d "A"e "D"f | "A"c2 "E"B>A | "A"A3 "A7"z || "D"a2 gf | "Em"g2 "Bm"f2 |
| "Em"e f "Bm"de | "A"c>B A d || "D"dc de | "D"d2 Af | "D"f "A"e "D"f "G"g \
| "D"f2 "A"e f "^I"|| "Em"gf "Bm"ed | "A"c2 "D"d "G"g | "D"f2 "A7"e>d | "D"d3 |]

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X: 23
T: (Have a) Holly Jolly Christmas   [G]
C: Johnny Marks, 1962
%D:1964
D: The Quinto Sisters album "Holly Jolly Christmas" 1964
D: Burl Ives single 1964
S: http://gulfweb.net:34043/~rlwalker/abc/christmas/haveaholly.abc 2009-11-30
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
%Q: 1/4=80
K: G
%%continueall yes
[b/B/][a/d/] |\
"G"gg ff | e B2 B/d/ | ee dd | "D"[A4F4] |\
ff f>e | "D7"dd d>B | "D7"dd [ec][cd] | "G"B2 |[| z"D7"[b/B/][a/d/] |
"G"gg ff | e B2 B/d/ | ee dd | "D7"[A4F4] |\
"D7"ff f>e | dd d>B | "D7"dd cA | "G"G4 |]
|:\
"Em"g2 e>g | "Bm"fd d2 | "C"ec ce | "G"d4 |\
"Am"c2 A>c | "Em"Be e2 | "A"AA "A7"B^c | "D"d3 "D7"b/a/ ||\
"G"gg ff | e B2 B/d/ |
ee dd | "D7"[A4F4] "^I"|\
"D7"ff f/e/d/c/ | "G"B d "Em"eg |[" " "A7"ae- e"D7"f | "G"g3 :|\
["fine" "A7"a2 e2- | e2 "D7"f2 | "G"g4- | g3 |]