Christmas Carol Lyrics

Guess the missing lyrics to these well-known Christmas songs.

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Last updated: December 23, 2016

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First submitted	December 11, 2014
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Hark! the herald angels sing,

Glory to the newborn 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"

God rest ye merry gentlemen,

Let nothing you dismay,

For Jesus Christ our Savior was born upon this day,

To save us all from Satan's power

When we were gone astray,

Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!

Away in a manger,

No crib for a bed,

The little lord Jesus lay down his sweet head.

The stars in the sky looked down where he lay,

The little lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

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.

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...

Good king Wenceslas looked out

On the feast of Stephen,

When the snow lay round about

Deep and crisp and even.

Brightly shone the moon that night,

Though the frost was cruel.

When a poor man came in sight,

Gathering winter fuel.

Angels we have heard on high,

Sweetly singing o'er the plain,

And the mountains in reply

Echoing their joyous strains.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Level 77

Jul 31, 2016

Wow...i did terribly. I love the classic religious Christmas Carols, but since they never get air play over the stupid pop Christmas songs, i don't hear them enough to absorb the lyrics. I know all of the friggin words to "Last Christmas i Gave you my Heart" and "All i Want for Christmas is You." Even though they SUUUUUUUUCK!

Level 78

Oct 2, 2017

You could always try going to church

Level 27

Nov 23, 2020

If you go to wjtl.com they play Christian Christmas music all through December. I really like it.

Level 68

Aug 1, 2016

Hey.... this got featured! What a delightful surprise. Thanks, QM.

Level 59

Nov 25, 2016

Well deserved!

Level 68

Nov 25, 2016

Thanks! I really appreciate that.

Level 71

Aug 26, 2016

Nice! I did decently. I would suggest either counting "looked" and "down" as separate answers, or making only one of them missing. I tried each of them multiple times but never together.

Level 51

Sep 21, 2016

Can you add some time, and perhaps some alternative spellings for Excelsis? I probably spent the better part of 30 seconds and still didn't get it.

Level 68

Sep 21, 2016

I will add the alternate spellings- thank you for the suggestion.

Level 84

Oct 10, 2022

Can you maybe add some more? I tried quite a few, all phonetically reasonably, none successful. Exelcis, exelcus, Excelsis, excelsus ...

Level 50

Dec 23, 2019

The church I went to as a kid had 'eccelsius'... that screwed me lol

Level 47

Dec 23, 2016

I don`t know lots of the christian ones but i did get a few from the old handy christmas piano book

Level 67

Dec 23, 2016

Great quiz! But what is Angels we have heard on high? Is it just an American carol because I've never heard or seen it anywhere in England.

Level 67

Dec 23, 2016

I only got the title because it was in a Simpsons anual once.

Level 61

Dec 23, 2016

I've never heard this carol/song either. As one of the answers is 'plain' I'm guessing it probably is known more in the US. Know all the others though.

Level 75

Dec 23, 2016

According to Wikipedia, it is of French origin and the most common English version was translated to English in 1862 by a Roman Catholic bishop in northeast England. It quickly became popular in the West Country of England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_We_Have_Heard_on_High

Level 77

Jul 5, 2018

I'm born and bred in England and know it well. It's one of the most traditional of carols that I've known since I was knee high to a grasshopper.

Level 72

Dec 11, 2023

Born and bred in England, lived for more than 30 years in the West Country, never heard of "Angels we have heard on high".

Level 86

Dec 23, 2016

The stars in the sky "look down" is also considered correct. The song is in present tense.

Level 68

Dec 23, 2016

"Look down" will now be accepted.

Level 88

Dec 23, 2016

Actually, it's not. "Lay" is the past tense of "lie."

Level 43

Dec 23, 2016

Ah, many years of going carol singing paid off in this quiz!!

Level 32

Feb 2, 2017

Should it not be "The stars in the bright sky" ? or maybe there are 2 versions

Level 77

Jul 5, 2018

You're right. It should be.

Level 71

Sep 30, 2018

Agreed

Level 29

Jan 26, 2019

I believe there are multiple versions. This seems to be the case with many carols.

Level 66

Jan 15, 2021

True, but this version is bad because it doesn't scan properly.

Level 28

Dec 16, 2022

there are two versions of away in a manger however the differences is the tune, the traditional lyrics are "the stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay" anything else just sounds wrong to me

Level 86

Jan 19, 2019

Can't believe I spelled "excelsis" right on the first try :O

Level 29

Jan 26, 2019

Powerful lyrics. Good King Wenceslas was a favorite Christmastime melody for me growing up, but it became a favorite carol as I got older and understood the meaning.

Level 67

Jul 23, 2019

I only knew 4 (holy, bethlehem, adore and excelsis and had to look up the correct spelling for that one) I got 11 right though. The others just by using comon sense and seeing what would work in that sentence.

Level 60

Jul 4, 2022

I believe the lyrics for Away in a Manger should have 'bright' before 'sky'. As in, the stars in the bright sky...

Level 83

Feb 5, 2024

Agree that it should be bright sky. Also “with th’angelic host”. And no comma between virgin and mother.