I have made a compilation of Christmas Music which we play on our iTunes via appleTV. She had a favorite song that her father played every Christmas when she was young, "The Jolly Coppersmith".
Found it on iTunes, downloaded it and included it in the compilation and played it during our Christmas eve dinner. She had tears in her eyes and could not say anything.
Damn but I love technology!
not spamming for apple trust me . . . I'm about as technical as a ball peen hammer . . .
While this is not a carol, it still a favorite of mine, Merry Christmas to all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4__g2o-vcw
This is a rather modern carol, written by Jaroslav Vajda, a Chicago-area Lutheran pastor who began writing hymns and gospel songs in the 1960’s.
Cradle Song of the Virgin--Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners (1944)
After listening to this, I remembered that I was recently trying to explain to my husband what descant singing is, and had meant to find an example.
Tonight I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9PzI0ewRHI
The young man is grown up now; and appears to be on the Board of Directors of the Chorus.
-JT
My choir performed this Sunday as part of our Christmas program. Very simple but lovely. I liked our conductors arrangement better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?kv=hjsZHF7t08k&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The hymn writer, Jaroslav Vajda, was a fellow pastor in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. He wrote several very good hymns that are in our hymnal, including the one quoted in this thread.