Moltissime le canzoni di Natale in italiano che sin da bambini si imparano e si cantano ai propri cari vicino all’albero natalizio e dopo le consuete grandi abbuffate. Noi ne abbiamo cercato anche alcune in inglese, semplici, tradizionali e sempre bellissime:
Angels from the realms of glory
Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth
Ye who sang creations story,
Now proclaim messiah’s birth
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ the new-born king
Shepherds in the field abiding,
Watching oe’r your flocks by night
God with man is now residing,
Yonder shines the infant light.
Sages leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar.
Seek the great desire of nations,
Ye have seen his natal star.
Saints before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear
Suddenly the Lord descending
In his temple shall appear.
Christmas is Now Drawing Near at Hand
Christmas is now drawing near at hand
Come serve the Lord and be at His command
And God a portion for you will provide
And give a blessing to your soul besides
Down in the garden where flowers growing ranks
Down on your bended knees and give the Lord thanks
Down on your knees and pray both night and day
Leave off your sins and live fro’ pray tae pray
So proud and lofty is some sort of sin
Which many take delight and pleasure in
Whose conversation God doth smirch as lie
And yet He shakes His sword before He stri’
So proud and lofty do some people go
Dressing theirselves like players in a show
They patch and paint and dress with idle stuff
As if God had not made ’em fine enough
Even little children learn to curse and swear
And can’t rehearse one word of godly prayer
Oh teach them better, oh teach them to rely
On Christ the sinner’s friend who reigns on high