From Austin, we include Steven Fromholz with The Christmas Song while Bobby Bridger sings his Mother’s favorite - Silver Bells. We have the Black Spirituals such as What Month Was Jesus Born In? by Odetta and Lisa Rhodes performing Rise Up, Shepherds.
From west Texas Michael Martin Murphey recalls The Cowboy Christmas Ball held in Anson first from 1885-1890 then revived in 1934 and still going strong today. We have old Child Ballads from Scotland and England including the Chad Mitchell Trio’s rendition of Cherry Tree Carol and Buffy Ford Stewart’s take on What Child is This? We include more recent songs including Dolly Parton’s Hard Candy Christmas sung by Cyndi Lauper and Emmylou Harris’ Light of the Stable.
I HEAR AMERICA SINGING - CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST
1. The Christmas Song by Steven Fromholz
2. Silver Bells by Bobby Bridger
3. The Cowboy Christmas Ball by Michael Martin Murphey
4. What Month Was Jesus Born In? by Odetta
5. Rise Up Shepherds by Lisa Rhodes
6. Cherry Tree Carol by The Chad Mitchell Trio
7. What Child is This? by Buffy Ford Stewart
8. Christmas in Killarney by Bing Crosby
9. Christmas in Carrick by The Clancy Brothers
10. Christmas 1952 by Don Cadden
11. Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon
12. The Little Drummer Boy by Joan Baez
13. Light of the Stable by Emmylou Harris
14. Hard Candy Christmas by Cyndi Lauper
15. All I Want for Christmas by The El Orbits
16. Sliding Down the Roof by Dave Foster
17. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry
18. Good King Wenceslas by The Kingston Trio
19. Santa Claus is Coming (It’s Almost Day) by The Weavers
20. We Wish You a Merry Christmas by The Weavers