2022 cAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Richard Cock

Mzanzi Tenors

Mzanzi Tenors

Robert de Wet, CEO, Helderberg Hospice

Instrumental by Orchestra

Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1 v 21 – 23

Verse 1
Once in Royal David’s city
Stood a lowly cattle shed
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for His bed
Mary was that Mother mild
Jesus Christ her little child

Verse 2
He came down from earth to heaven
Who is God and Lord of all
And His shelter was a stable
And His cradle was a stall
With the poor and meek and lowly
Lived on earth, our Saviour holy

Verse 3
Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see him; but in heaven,
Set at God’s right hand on high;
Where like stars his children crowned
All in white shall wait around

Matthew 1: 18 -25

Verse 1
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,
O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!

Verse 2
Sing choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above;
Glory to God
In the Highest:
O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!

Verse 3
Yea, Lord, we greet thee
Born on Christmas morning,
Jesu, to thee be glory giv’n;
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing:
O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!

Luke 1: 26 – 33

Melissa Lindoor-Moses

Luke 2: 1 -7

Mzanzi Tenors

Richard Cock

Verse 1
Stille nacht, heilige nacht!
Alles schläft, einsam wacht.
Nur das traute, hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe imlockigen Haar,
Schlaf’ in himmlischer Ruh’,
Schlaf’ in himmlischer Ruh

Verse 2
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.

Verse 3
Ubusuku, obobuhle,
Kuthule ke konke tu.
Emzini wase Bethlehem,
Umsindis’ ezelwe kuwo.
Makadunyi suYesu
Makadunyi suYesu

Verse 4
Stille nag, heilige nag!
Jesus kind, lank verwag,
Lig uit lig, uit die Vader se ryk,
Word uit liefde aan mense gelyk.
Loof die hemelse Kind!
Loof die hemelse Kind!

Mzanzi Tenors

Melissa Lindoor-Moses

Luke 2: 1-7

Verse 1
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Gloria, in excelsis Deo (x 2)

Verse 2
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heav’nly song?
Gloria, in excelsis Deo (x 2)

Verse 3
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing
Come adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord the newborn King
Gloria, in excesis Deo (x 2)

Patricia McNaught-Davis

Mzanzi Tenors and Melissa Lindoor-Moses

Verse 1 and 3
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!”

Verse 2
Hail the Heav’n-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!”

Verse 1
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain,
Moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
CHORUS ALL

Verse 2 (men)
Born a king on Bethlehem plain,
Gold I bring, to crown him again King for ever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign:
CHORUS ALL

Verse 3 (ladies)
Frankincense to offer have I;
Incense owns a deity nigh:
Prayer and praising, all men raising,
Worship him, God most high
CHORUS ALL

Verse 4 (MZANZI TENORS ONLY)
Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom;
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb:
CHORUS ALL

Verse 5
Glorious now, behold him arise,
King, and God, and sacrifice!
Heav’n sings alleluia,
Alleluia the earth replies:
CHORUS ALL

CHORUS
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star of royal beauty bright, Westward leading,
Still proceeding,
Guide us with thy perfect light

Matthew 2: 1 -12

Erica George

Mzanzi Tenors and Melissa Lindoor-Moses

John 1 : 14 & John 3 :16

Richard Cock

Verse 1 and 3
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight, Hi!

Verse 2
Now the ground is white
Go it while you’re young
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song
Just get a bobtailed bay
Two forty for his speed
Then hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack you’ll take the lead.

CHORUS
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh

Verse 1
Joy to the world! The Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart, prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing (x2)
And heaven, and heaven and nature sing

Verse 2
Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns
Let all their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy (×2)
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

Verse 3
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love (×2)
And wonders, and wonders of His love

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