Cover art for The First Noel by Bing Crosby

The First Noel

Bing Crosby
Track 15 on The Voice of Christmas - The Complete Decca Christmas Songbook 
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The First Noel Lyrics

[Intro]
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Noel, Noel

[Verse 1]
The first Noel
The angel did say
Was to certain poor Shepards
In fields as they lay
In fields where they
Lay keeping their sheep
On a cold winter's night
That was so deep

[Chorus]
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel

[Verse 2]
They looked up
And saw a star
Shining in the east
Beyond them far
And to the Earth
It gave great light
And so it continued
Both day and night
[Chorus]
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel

[Verse 3]
This by the light
Of that same star
Three wise men came
From the country far
To seek for a King
Was their intent
And to follow the star
Wherever it went

[Outro]
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel
Born Noel

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The Voice of Christmas - The Complete Decca Christmas Songbook (1998)
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    Happy Holiday
  2. 2.
    Silent Night (First Version)
  3. 3.
    Adeste Fideles (First Version)
  4. 4.
    Silent Night
  5. 5.
    White Christmas (Decca) (Missing Lyrics)
  6. 6.
    Adeste Fideles
  7. 7.
    Silent Night (1942 Version)
  8. 8.
    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  9. 9.
    I’ll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams)
  10. 10.
    Ave Maria
  11. 11.
    White Christmas (1947 Re-Recording)
  12. 12.
    Silent Night (1950) (Missing Lyrics)
  13. 13.
    The Christmas Song
  14. 14.
    O Fir Tree Dark
  15. 15.
    The First Noel
  16. 16.
    You’re All I Want For Christmas
  17. 17.
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  18. 18.
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  19. 19.
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  20. 20.
    That Christmas Feeling
  21. 21.
    Looks Like A Cold Cold Winter
  22. 22.
    A Marshmallow World
  23. 23.
    Christmas in Killarney
  24. 24.
    It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
  25. 25.
    Sleigh Ride
  26. 26.
    Sleigh Bell Serenade
  27. 27.
    Christmas Is a Comin’
  28. 28.
    The First Snowfall
  29. 29.
    Is Christmas Only a Tree
  30. 30.
    I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
  31. 31.
    Jingle Bells
  32. 32.
    Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
  33. 33.
    Twelve Days of Christmas
  34. 34.
    Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
  35. 35.
    A Crosby Christmas Pt. I: That Christmas Feeling/I’d Like to Hitch a Ride With Santa Claus (Missing Lyrics)
  36. 36.
    A Crosby Christmas Pt. II: The Snowman/That Christmas Feeling/I’d Like to Hitch a Ride With Santa Claus (Missing Lyrics)
  37. 37.
    Poppa Santa Claus
  38. 38.
    Mele Kalikimaka
  39. 39.
    Silver Bells
  40. 40.
    Little Jack Frost, Get Lost
  41. 41.
    Snow
  42. 42.
    White Christmas
  43. 43.
    Let’s Start the New Year Right
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