44 of the very best Christmas songs and carols from around the world, including Calypso carol, The Virgin Mary had a baby boy, A starry night, the Huron Indian carol and many more. Includes a singalong CD of all piano accompaniments.

Merrily to Bethlehem is a perennially popular songbook collection which contains 44 of the very best Christmas songs and carols from around the world. Songs include Calypso carol, The Virgin Mary had a baby boy, A starry night, the Huron Indian carol and many more. The accompanying CD of Merrily to Bethlehem provides backing tracks to all of the songs and is ideal for rehearsing for assemblies and productions at Christmas time.

This book is part of a book series called Songbooks .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by HarperCollins Publishers .

David Gadsby has compiled some of A&C Black most popular songbooks. Ivor Golby is a popular songwriter. David Gadsby has compiled many of A&C Black's best-loved and most enduring songbooks.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 The message: Mary, Mary; Gabriel's message; Joseph and the angel. Part 2 Welcome the Christ-child: holy child; Huron Indian carol; Inkosi Jesus; a starry night; the cat and the mouse carol; away in a manger; such a tiny child; he smiles within his cradle; welcome; lullaby of the spinning-wheel; welcome the Christ-child. Part 3 Shepherds hasten: come, hasten, ye shepherds; excelsis! gloria!; merrily to Bethlehem; the angels sang the story; shepherds, leave your flocks. Part 4 Kings came riding: kings came riding; march of the kings; star in the south. Part 5 Come to Bethlehem: a glad Nowell; calypso carol; follow the star to Bethlehem; come to Bethlehem; the poor man's carol; hear the glad tidings; come to the manger; the yolder's carol. Part 6 New world beginning: cowboy carol; sans day carol; Susan and Catherine; Mary's child; I wonder as I wander; Christ was born for me; Caribbean carol. Part 7 Wassail! wassail!: gloria, gloria; the Virgin Mary had a baby boy; Philippine carol; nature carol; Patapan; the wassail of Figgy Duff; Gloucestershire wassail.