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St Nicholas Song

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St NIcholas, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dean of the Cathedral, 2004
Postcard: St Nicholas Center Collection
Children everywhere agree
Each December now to be
Ready, eager, all to greet
The great saint we wait to meet.

Bearing gifts, he first recalls
If we have been good at all,
In our work, at home or play
All before St Nicholas day.

With his helpers at his side,
Celebrating far and wide,
He's the real Santa Claus,
Hail our kind St Nicholas

Now he leads us one and all
To the Christmas manger stall
Sees the babe, he bows the knee
For the prince of peace—tis he!

So in Myra stories told
His great love, his actions bold,
Pilgrims now to Bari go
So the legends all may know.

Now the day of joy and fun
Ole St Nick, his work is done,
Says goodbye to young and old
By whom still his tales are told.

Text: J M ROSENTHAL
Tune: ST BEES 77 77

or MONKLAND 77 77

Written September 2005 for Miriam, Bois Blanc Pointe aux Pins, Michigan

By the Lay Canon J M Rosenthal. Used by permission.

Mp3 files courtesy of Jennifer Wolfe and the Hope College Music Department.
Audio player from 1pixelout, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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General
Hymns & Songs

A follower of Jesus
Tune: EWING 76 76 D or
Traditional English Carol, The Holly & the Ivy
A follower of Jesus II
Tune: EWING 76 76 D or
Traditional English Carol, The Holly & the Ivy
A song of celebration
Tune: ST THEODOLPH
76 76 D
By all your saints still striving
Tune: KING'S LYNN
76 76 D
Chidren everywhere agree
Tune: ST BEES or MONKLAND 77 77
Far-shining names from age to age
Tune: DUKE STREET LM or
GONFALON ROYAL
Good Saint Nicholas of Myra
Tune: REGENT SQUARE or WESTMINSTER ABBEY
87 87 87
Good St. Nicholas loved all the people
Tune: We are a people of power
In the Steps of St. Nicholas
Meter: 13 13 14 13

Jolly Old St. Nicholas
three updated versions
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
New words
Tune: TRADITIONAL
Once upon a long ago
Tune: TRADITIONAL
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Thankful Bishop Nicholas
Tune: TRADITIONAL
Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Let us sing the song of Nicholas
Tune: BATTLE HYMN
77 87 876 886
Lord of earth and sky and sea
Tune: ST PHILIP 7 7 7
The saint now is coming
Tune: Traditional Dutch
Zie Ginds Komt de Stoomboot
or ST DENIO 11 11 11 11
St. Nich'las was a man of faith
Tune: PUER NOBIS LM
Thank you for the great St Nich-o-las
Tune: SOUTHCOTE 99 79 Refrain
There was a good bishop who lived long ago
Tune: REGENT SQUARE
87 87 87,
ST DENIO 11 11 11 11,
There was a good bishop whose story is told
Tune: LOURDES HYMN 11 11
There's a saint that we remember
WHEN HE COMETH
85 85 with refrain
To God be praise, for all his saints
Tune: DUNDEE CM
We sing of the saints
Tune: Traditional Dutch
Zie Ginds Komt de Stoomboot
Who is this, for whom we sing?
Tune: GLORIA (French Carol)
77 77 with Refrain