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Christmas
For Beginning Primer

Arranged By: Sandra Zylstra

These beginning primer songs are arranged with letter
names only.
The RH notes are in RED and the LH notes are in GREEN.
If a note needs to be held out there will be a dash beside
the note: ex. E---
 Jingle Bells
Pierpoint

• This song may be played with the right or left hand.

(3)
4 E E E- | E E E- | E G C D | E - - - |
4 Jin-gle bells, Jin-gle bells, Jin-gle all the way.
F F F F|F E E E | E D D E | D- G- |
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse o-pen sleigh.

E E E- | E E E- | E G C D | E - - - |
Jin-gle bells, Jin-gle bells, Jin-gle all the way.

F F F F |F E E E | G G F D | C- - - ||
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse o-pen sleigh.
 Away In A Manger
Traditional

RH (5) LH (1)

3G|G FE|E D C|C BA|G–G|GA G|

4 A- way in a man-ger no crib for a bed. The lit-tle Lord

G D B|A G C | E–G|G F E|ED C|

Je- sus lay down his sweet head. The stars in the sky looked

C B A | G – G | F E D | E D C | D A B |C – ||
down where he lay. The lit- tle Lord Je- sus a- sleep on the hay.
 Jolly Old St. Nicholas
RH (3) Traditional

4 E E E E | D D D -| C C C C |E - - - |
4 Jol-ly old St. Nich-o-las, lean your ear this way.
LH (2)
A A A A|GC C-|D C D E|D---|
Don’t you tell a sin-gle soul, what I have to say.

E E E E | D D D - | C C C C |E - - - |
Christ-mas eve is com-ing soon, now you dear old man.

A A A A | G C C - | D C D E |C - - - ||
Whis-per what you’ll bring to me, Tell me if you can.
 Deck the Halls
RH(5) Traditional

4 G--F|E-D-|C- D-|E-C-|
4 Deck the halls with boughs of hol - ly,
LH (1)

D E F D | E - - D | C - B - |C - - - |
Fa la la la la la la la la.

G--F|E-D-|C-D-|E-C-|
Tis’ the sea - son to be jol - ly,

D E F D | E - - D | C - B - |C - - - ||
Fa la la la la la la la la.
 Joy To The World!
Watts Handel

RH (4) LH (2)

4 C - - B A |G - - F | E - D - | C - - G| A - - A| B - - B|C - - C |
4 Joy to the world, the Lord has come! Let earth re- ceive her King. Let

CBAG|GFEC|CBAG|GFEE|E E E F| G - - E |
e - very heart pre- pare him room. And heavn’ and na-ture sing, And

D D D E | F - - E | C C - A | G F E F |E - D - | C - - -||
heav’n and na-ture sing, And heav’n and heav’n and na – ture sing.
 O Come, All Ye Faithful
LH (1) RH (1) Wade
4 C | C - G C | D - G - | E D E F | E - D C |C – B A |
4 O Come, all ye faith - ful, Joy-ful and tri - umph - ant. O come ye, O

B C D E | B – A G | G - - - | G - F E | F - E -|
come ye to Beth - le - hem; Come and be - hold Him,

D E C D |B A G C | C B C D | C – G E | E D E F |
born the king of an - gels; O come let us a - dore Him, O come let us a -

E – D E | F E D C | B – C F | E – D C |C - - ||
dore Him; O come let us a - dore Him, Christ the Lord.
 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Wesley Mendelssohn
LH (4) RH (2)

4 G C C B | C E E D | G G G F | E D E - | G C C B | C E E D|
4 Hark! The her-ald an-gels sing, “Glo - ry to the new-born King! Peace on earth and mer-cy mild,

G D DB|BAG-|GGGC|F E ED|GGG C|FEED|

God and sin-ners rec-on-ciled!” Joy-ful all ye na-tions rise, Join the tri-umph of the skies;

A AAG|F E F-| D EG C|C D E-|

With an- gel- ic host pro-claim, “Christ is born in Beth – le – hem!”

A A A G | F E F - | D E G C | C D C - ||
Hark the her-ald an- gels sing, “Glo-ry to the new – born King!”