Christmas Songs

for Guitar

Arranged by
Jim Giddings
 Christmas Songs
for Guitar
Arranged by
Jim Giddings

- Away in a Manger - Joy to the World

- Deck the Halls
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
- Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
- Good King Wenceslas
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- He Is Born, the Child Divine
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
- Lo, How a Rose Eer Blooming
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Silent Night
- Sing We Now of Christmas
- The First Noel
- The Friendly Beasts
- What Child Is This

Guitar arrangements by Jim Giddings

copyright 2015
 Away in a Manger
"Cradle Song" - Wm. J. Kirkpatrick

2 3-4-n
1/2 II 1/2 II

1/2 II
## 3 1
=D

& 4 1 3-
4

2 0 3 2

0 1 4

3 1

# # 4-3 4
II


5

& 1 1

3
2 3 2

2 1

1/2 II 1/2 II 1/2 II
#
& # n
9

# #
II


13

&

2

2-

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 Deck the Halls
trad. Welsh melody

j j
# # 4 4-1 ..
4 1 0 3 4 2 ..
=D 1/2 II 1/2 II

2- 2
2- 2- 2-
1- 1- 1
& 4 2 . 3
..
1
2
0

J 1
2 2

. 3

j j
# # .. ..
1/2 II

1/2 II

& . .
J .
.

j j 3 4 #
1/2 II 1/2 VII VII VII 1/2 V

# # .. 3 4 .. 4 4
2 2
4

.
9

& 2.
1

0 3 3

j 4- 4- .
j 1/2 II
# # .. 3
1/2 II
3 1
. 2- 02- 2

13

& . .
J
1
J 3
.
2

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
trad. English carol

& 44 0 1 # 4 0 2 0
2 0 1 4
.
1#
.
14 23
0

1
1
3

1 .
2 0 0 2
2 4

.
&
5

# #.
.

III III
b
&
9

1
#
4

1 4 0

4- 4-

2 2
4 0 4 1 4

1 1

2 2

3 0
2
3

I
# 0

13

& 3 0
2
4 1 1 4 1 4

3
2

2 3

2 1 3
2 2
3 3

# ..
17

&
4- 4

2
1

3
1 4 1

.
3 3

3 1
1 2 2
3

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
"In dulci jubilo" - German carol

4 4 .
1/2 II 1/2 II 1/2 II

=D
## 6 2 2 1 .
& 4
4-

3 .
4-

.
4-

1
2 1 3

. . .
2 1 2

# # 4- ..
1/2 II 1/2 II
2
1/2 II
1 2 . .
5

& 2 2 3.
4 4-

1 3
4 0

.
0 2- 0

1 .
1 3 2 2

2- 2- 2- 2-

3 .
0

1 0
1

# # ..
1/2 II

1/2 II 1/2 II
. .
9

& . .
. .

## 4
. 2-
1/2 II II 1/2 II

. . .

13

& . . .
3 .

0

.
2 2 2

.
2-

3 . . . .
3

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 Good King Wenceslas
"Tempus Adest Floridum" - trad. Finnish melody
words - John Mason Neale
## 4 2
=D

& 4 3.
2
2- 2 2

4

2 1 1

3
0

.
3 1 3

##

5

& .
.

# # 4-1
1/2 II II II

#
9

& 2 3
4

1
2- 0 0

1
2 2 2

2- 2-

4
2

3 3
1

1
0 2 0

3
0

4- 4
1/2 II 1/2 II II
## 02 0
1 2 2- 2- w
& 13 2- 1
13

w
1

2 2 2

4
3
2
3
3
3
ww

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Felix Mendelssohn, 1840

j
adapted - Wm. H. Cummings, 1856
j .
I
0
& 44 20 .. 0
0

0 . 1

4

.
4 1

3 2 3
4 1 4

2
1

J
2
2 3 2
3 0
3

j .
III
j
.. 1 2-4 2
. 0 1
5

& 0 # 0
4

3 0
0

4 4

3 2#
1

1 #
2 3
0 4 2-
2

III

III

2

9

&
4

1 4

2
1 3
2
3

j
4- . 4 # 4 .. j I
4 0 1
III

& 31 .. 2 # 2 2-
13

1
0 0
1 1 0

J 2

3
1 2

2 2
3
3

j
. # .. j I
III

& .. #
17

J
1

2
3

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 He Is Born, the Child Divine
"Il est n" - trad. French carol
II II 1/2 II

3 0 1 0
=D
## 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 4
& 4 13 3 0 2 1
3 0

2

4

0 1 0

1 3 1

II II 1/2 II

##
0 41
5

&

2 1

# # 1-2 1- 1- 1 0
0 2-
9

&
1- 1-
1-

3- 3 3
2-

3
J

# #

13

&
1-

1 0

2-

3
2 1

J
II II 1/2 II

##

17

&


II II 1/2 II

##


21

&


arr. Jim Giddings 2015
 In the Bleak Midwinter
"Cranham" - Gustav Theodore Holst

j j

words - Christina Rossetti
## 4 3 .
=D
0 0. 0 w
& 4 2 .. 0 0
.
3
4- 4

1- 1
0 .

1

1 .
2 0

.
0 2

1
1

w 0 4 3

j j
## . .. 2w
& ..
5

. w
0

.
2

2-
0

w w
3

j
1/2 II

II

1/2 II
# # 43 .. 4-
2 n 3
ww
0
9

& .
4

3
4- 1 4
1 0 1-

1 .
2 1

w
3 1

1 3
1 0

J 2

j j
## . .. w
& ..
13

. w
.
w w

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
"Carol" - Richard Storrs Willis, 1850

# # # # 6 j 2 1 j 4
words - Edmund H. Sears
j
1/2 IV 1/2 II 1/2 II 1/2 II II

& 8 10 j 3 4 2 # 4- 4 . 3 0 j
. . 2 1

. . J .
2
J
1/2 IV
j
1/2 II
j
1/2 II 1/2 II II
j j
5
# # # # j
4 3 0 ..
& 1
4

. . . 2
1

J
J J J

1/2 I
j 0 j II II
#### j # 3 # 4 j
3 #2 4 4 .
9

& 1
4 1 J 1 n3 4 #1

1 4 0 0

J . .
3
2 1

J
2
2

1/2 IV 1/2 II
j
1/2 II 1/2 II II

# # # # j j j .

13

& .
. . .
J
.
J

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
trad. Appalachian / John Jacob Niles

# # 4 2 0 3 41 42 1
=D

& 4 3

1

2- 2

. .
2

1 4
# # 4-3


2-
1





1
5 4 3

& 1
4

1
1

1 3

2 2

2 2

#
II

& # 2
9

3
1

1
4

.

1/2 VII 1/2 II II
# # 1 #
& 3
13

2- 2
4

2 1 3
1

0 0

4 2 2 2
0 0 0
3 4 3 1 3
1

1/2 VII 1/2 II II
# # #

17

&

V V 1/2 II II

# # 34
2



0
4

21

& 1 0
1 4

1 0
2 2 2

1
0 3
1

#
& # 1 23
25 II

. 1
arr. Jim Giddings 2015
 Joy to the World
"Antioch" - George Frideric Handel

j
adapted - Lowell Mason; Words - Isaac Watts

# # # 2 4 .. 0 .. j

1/2 II

& 41
3
1
2 .
.
1 0

3 3
4

2- 2-

4 .
3 1-0 1

J
1
1 2 0

j j j
.
1/2 II II II
4
1/2 II
# # # 2 ..
2
..
.

..
.
5

&
4

.
3

1
1 1

1/2 II 1/2 II 1/2 II

8
# # # 4 .. 1



& 1
3 1 0
4 2

2- 2-
3 1

1/2 II 1/2 II
11
# # # .. 2-3 .. 1
&
0 2

2 3 1

1/2 II
j
1/2 II
### 2-3 .. 0 j 2


14

& 10
4

1
1 3

J
1

J
0 0

### 0 .
1/2 II 1/2 II 1/2 II

& 1- .
17

3 .

4

1 2

3 0 1

1 1 1- 2
2 0 3
4

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
"Rosa Mystica" - Michael Praetorius

1
III

I
6 4
& 43 0

4 1 4

0
0 1

3
3 4

2
1 2

3
1 2
1 1
1

44 1 ww
& 1 46
3

2w
3 2
w
4

3
2 0
3 2 0
3

III I

& 46 44
5

& 44 .. 46 423 #
8

..
2

0 1 1

0 2 0
2 3 0
3 4 1

&
10
4 4- 4 4

2
4 4-

0 1

1
3#
3 3

0 1 1
1 2
0 2 1
2 3 3
3 4

44 1 ww
& 1
12

4

1
2w w
3
0

1
2
2
3
3

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 O Come, All Ye Faithful
"Adeste Fideles" - attributed to John Francis Wade

& 44 1



0
1

2 3 2 3
1 4 4

1
0 0 2
2 4
3
3

&
3 2
2

4 1 4

1 1

3 3
3

2# 2
3
3

j
& 1#
7

.. w
4

3 . 2
1 1 0
1 1

2
2 2 0 0
4 3 3

j
& ..
11

1
# 2 0 2
3
3 1
2
2
4 1 4 1 1 1 4

2# 3 .
2

J
3 0 0
0

I

& 2
14

2

0 1

2 3 2
1 4 4
2

1
3 3 3 3

j
I I
4
4
..
&2 13 1
2
1 1 ..
17

2

0 .
2
.
3 2

3 .
1

2 # 1 3 2
3
3

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
"Veni , Veni, Emmanuel" - plainsong
15th century French melody

& 44 2 0
2

2

2


..
.

0 1

3
4

2 2
1 4 1 4

2 .
2 2 3
3 3 2

..
4

& 2
1

4

2
4

4

.
2 2 3 2

2
3 3 3 2 3
3

& 2 4 # 3

8

..
2

2

1

2 3
1 1 4 4 4

2-
# 2 .
2
2 2 2
3 3

. ..
& 2 .. . 46 423 44
12

.
4

2 2
4

.
0 1

3 . 2
1 1 1 4 1 4

3 .
2
3

.
2 2
3 2
3

4 ..
16

& 4 2
1
2
1 4

2
.
2 2 3

3 3 3 2
3

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 O Little Town of Bethlehem
"St. Louis" - Lewis H. Redner, 1868
Words - Phillips Brooks

4 0 #
&4 0 # b3
4

0 1

2 2
4 4
2 2
3 3

.
& 12 4 1
#
3

0 .
4

. 3
0

3 2
3 3
1
0
3 1
b

& 3 b .
6

.
4

2 2
1

2 3 .
4 1 4 1

3
2 2
3 3

#
9

& # 1 2
3
4 2 1 4

3 0 2 0

1
1 2
3 1 2
1

. #
3b
12

&1# . 0 3#

4 4-

0 1

2
4 3
2 2

2 3 1

. j
.
15

&2 . .
4

2 2
3 .
1 4 1

3
3
2

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 Silent Night "Stille Nacht" - Franz Gruber
words - Joseph Mohr
j j
# # # 3 0 .. 1
..
& 4 2- 2
1/2 II 1/2 II
.. ..
J J

# # # 4-3
1/2 II

1 .. ..
3


5

& 2 n
4 4

1
0

2 2-

.. j j
# # # 2 1-
1/2 II 1/2 II

3
1- 1
2-
0 .
2- .
1 0
2- 2 ..

9

& J
2-

j j
# # # ..
1/2 II 1/2 II

.. ..

13

& J

.
1/2 VII
j 1/2 II
. 2
1/2 IX

### 4 3

..
3
.
. .
17 4 1

& 2
3 1 4-

1 1

j
1/2 II

# # # 4
1/2 II

. 0
..
21

& 1 . 1 .

0 0 0

4 2

.
2 3 1

2
3

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 Sing We Now of Christmas
trad. French carol
1/2 VII 1/2 III II

# 2 2# #2
1 #
& 4 3

2- 3 1- 1
2 1 0

2
3

3 2
2-

1/2 VII 1/2 III II

# #
2 1
# #
5

&
2 1 3

# 4 .. j 1
1/2 II II II

# . 2# #
9

& 10 1

4

. #0
3 0 0

2 4

2 2-

J 1
3
1

1/2 VII 1/2 III II

# # #
#
13

&

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 The First Noel
"The First Nowell" - trad. English carol

### 3 3
II
j
II
4-
& 4 1 0 . 1
4 2

1 1

3. 1

2 3 3 2
1 0

3 2
4

# # # 0 1 4- 2
1/2 II

3
& 21
4

4 4 4

2
0

3 1 1 0
3 3 2 2 2 3 4

2
1 3

###
1/2 II II
j II
.
8

& .

# # #
1/2 II

12

&

###
1/2 II II
j
II

IV 1/2 II

.
16

& 3
4 3

.
2

1
3

1/2 II
# # # 2
1/2 II

.
19

&
4 4

2 0
3

.
1 2 0

1 1 1 3

### 0 4
1/2 II 1/2 II

& 1
22
4

1 1
2 2 3 4

3 2

1
0 1
3

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 The Friendly Beasts
trad. French carol

## 3 2
=D II

& 4 3 0
0 2 1
3

.
3 2- 2

# # 41
1/2 II 1/2 II

& 2
4- 4- 4

3 2

1

0 1

## .
II

& 0
9

0
1

0 1 0

2 2

3


3

# #
1/2 II
.
0
13

&
4

.
1

1 2 2

2-

2 3 .
1 3

arr. Jim Giddings 2015

 What Child Is This trad. English melody

j j
words - William C. Dix
j j
# 6 j 1
.
3
. 2

. 0

4- 4-

& 8 1
1-

4- 4- 4-

. 1- #
3 1

J J
2

J
1 2

j j j j j
# 4 j ..
II
0 0 . 4#
#
1 . 0
3

& 1 .
2 . J
4

J J

j j j j
# .
II
. . 4 # .
# .. ..
.
6

& . # .
2.
.
J
J .
J
j
1/2 VII
. .. 1- # 1-
j j
# . 2- 1 0 4-
2 .
1-

9 4

& 3 .
3 1-

#
2 3

J J 1-
J

# 4 j j II
j
0 . # 4# .
11

& 1 . 1 .
0

2 .
4
0

J J
. .. # j j j
# .
.
13

& . #
J J J

# .. j II
j
..
4# # ..
15

& .
2.


J J
arr. Jim Giddings 2015
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-JG