The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy (West Indies/Carribean)

The Virgin Mary had a baby boy
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy
And they say that his name is Jesus
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,
Oh yes, believer, oh, yes, believer
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,

The angels sang when the baby was born
The angels sang when the baby was born
The angels sang when the baby was born
And they sang that his name is Jesus
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,
Oh yes, believer, oh, yes, believer
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,

The shepherds came where the baby was born
The shepherds came where the baby was born
The shepherds came where the baby was born
And they say that his name is Jesus
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,
Oh yes, believer, oh, yes, believer
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,

The wise men saw when the baby born
The wise men saw where the baby born
The wise men went where the baby born
And they said that his name is Jesus
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,
Oh yes, believer, oh, yes, believer
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,

They saw the star over Bethlehem
They saw the star over Bethlehem
The trailed that star over Bethlehem
To the crib of the child named Jesus
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,
Oh yes, believer, oh, yes, believer
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,

They found a manger in Bethlehem
They found a manger in Bethlehem
And in that manger in Bethlehem
They worshipped the child named Jesus
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,
Oh yes, believer, oh, yes, believer
He come from the Glory,
He come from the Glorious Kingdom,

Words & Music: West Indies/Carribean folk carol

De Tierra Lejana Venimos (Puerto Rico)

De tierra lejana venimos a verte,
Nos sirve de guía la estrella de Oriente.

Estribillo

Oh brillante estrella que anuncias la aurora
No nos falte nunca tu luz bienhechora.
Gloria en las alturas al Hijo de Dios,
Gloria en las alturas y en la tierra amor.

Al recién nacido que es Rey de los reyes,
Oro le regalo para ornar sus sienes. (Estribillo)

Como es Dios el Niño le regalo incienso,
Perfume con alma que sube hasta el cielo. (Estribillo)

Al Niño del cielo que bajó a la tierra,
Le regalo mirra que inspira tristeza. (Estribillo)

Letra: Villancico puertorriqueño.
Música: Melodía puertorriqueña.

Resonet in Laudibus (Germany)

Resonet in laudibus
Cum jucundis plausibus
Sion cum fidelibus
Apparuit quem genuit Maria!
Sunt impleta quae praedixit Gabriel
Eia! Eia!
Virgo Deum genuit
Quem divina voluit Clementia.
Hodie apparuit, apparuit in Israel
Ex Maria Virgine est natus Rex

Words & Music: 14th century German folk carol

Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris (France)

Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris
Dort, dort, dort le petit fils.
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l'entour de ce grand Dieu d'amour.

Entre les roses et les lis
Dort, dort, dort le petit fils.
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l'entour de ce grand Dieu d'amour.

Entre les pastoureaux jolis
Dort, dort, dort le petit fils.
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l'entour de ce grand Dieu d'amour.

4. Entre les deux bras de Marie
Dort, dort, dort le petit fils.
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l'entour de ce grand Dieu d'amour.

Words & Music: 16th century French folk carol

Paglamig ng hangin (Philippines)

Paglamig ng hangin hatid ng Pasko
Nananariwa sa 'king gunita
Ang mga nagdaan nating Pasko
Ang Noche Buena't Simbang gabi

REFRAIN:

Narito na ang Pasko
At nangungulila'ng puso ko
Hanap-hanap, pinapangarap
Init ng pagsasalong tigib sa tuwa
Ng mag-anak na nagdiwang
Sa sabsaban n'ung unang Pasko

Sa pag-awit muli ng himig-Pasko
Nagliliyab sa paghahangad
Makapiling kayo sa gabi ng Pasko
Sa alaala'y magkasama tayo (Refrain, 2x)

Words & Music: Manoling Francisco

See my other blog postings in the Contemporary Catholic series.

Alleluia (Randall Thompson)

Composer: Randall Thompson (1940)

Noche Buena (USA)

esta noche es noche buena
la noche de comer bunuelos
noche de estrellas
noche de luna
para los ninos buenos

Words & Music: José-Luis Orozco