Christmas Carols Made Easy Contents Kling Glockchen (Ring Bells) (German/English) King Jesus Hath a Garden (Holland) The Son of Mary (Catalonian Carol) Bells Over Bethlehem (Andalucian Carol) Song of the Wise Men (Puerto Rico) The Holly and the Ivy Rise Up Shepherd, and Follow He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child (French) Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (French) What Child Is This? Ding, Dong! Merrily on High

When choosing the songs for this album, we decided not to include the garden variety of carols such as “Silent Night” or “Jingle Bells”. Songs like those are easily found on many CD’s. We elected to choose very lovely and more unfamiliar carols, some from around the world in foreign languages. The first song “Kling Glöchchen” (Ring Little Bells) is sung in both German and in English. In addition, there are two carols in French and one in Spanish.

Each song has its own beautiful orchestrated accompaniment, arranged and performed by Dean Anderson, on tracks both with and without the vocals. At Christmastime everyone can sing, so we have included harmony parts for the songs “Song of the Wise Men” and “Son of Mary”. An all-time favorite is “Rise Up Shepherd and Follow”. A lesser-known carol from England is “King Jesus Hath a Garden”.

Students who study this set of songs will want to sing them again year after year. Use the accompaniment tracks and offer a splendid Christmas recital in your own home!

CD with coloring sheets - $19.95

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Samples of coloring sheet and portion of song sheet from Christmas Carols Made Easy, artwork by Joyce Eley Johnson

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