‘Fifteen Australian Christmas Carols’ (via letslookupandsmile)
These are the most utterly beautiful Christmas hymns. One can’t fully appreciate them without listening to the music. My favourite Christmas carol is the joyful ‘Christmas Day’.
CHRISTMAS DAY (Music: William G. James Lyrics: John Wheeler)
The North Wind is tossing the leaves,
The red dust is over the town,
The sparrows are under the eaves,
And the grass in the paddock is brown;
As we lift up our voices and sing
To the Christ-Child the Heavenly King.
The tree-ferns in green gullies sway;
The cool stream flows silently by;
The joy bells are greeting the day,
And the chimes are adrift in the sky,
As we lift up our voices and sing
To the Christ-Child the Heavenly King.
Other carols are ‘The three drovers’ and ‘Carol of the birds’.
