Englefield Green Christmas Lights Switch On 2025

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4.35pm
Fun Festive Tunes,
Members of Egham Band & Egham Youth Band
Singalong if you wish

4.50pm
St Jude's Brass

5.00pm
Fanfare, St Jude's Brass
Christmas Lights Switch On

5.05pm
Carols with audience singing and music from members of
Egham Band & Egham Youth Band

1. Joy to the world

Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let Earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

2. Away in a Manger

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head;
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay
The little Lord Jesus asleep in the hay

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes
But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes
I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky
And stay by my cradle 'til morning is nigh

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever, and love me, I pray
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care
And fit us for heaven to live with Thee there

3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games
Then one foggy Christmas eve Santa came to say "Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?“
Then how the reindeer loved him, as they shouted out with glee: “Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer: You'll go down in history!”


4. O Little Town of Bethlehem

O little town of Bethlehem,
how still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
the silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
the everlasting light;
the hopes and fears of all the years
are met in thee tonight.

How silently, how silently,
the wondrous gift is giv'n!
So God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of His heav'n.
No ear may hear His coming,
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive Him still,
the dear Christ enters in.

O holy Child of Bethlehem,
descend to us, we pray;
cast out our sin and enter in;
be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels,
the great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
our Lord Emmanuel!


5. Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Ding Dong! merrily on high
In heav’n the bells are ringing
Ding, dong! verily the sky
Is riv’n with angel singing:
Gloria, in excelsis deo.

E’en so here below,
below Let steeple bells be swungen
And i-o, i-o, i-o
By priest and people be sungen:
Gloria, in excelsis deo.
Pray ye dutifully prime
Your matin chime, ye ringers
May ye beautifully rime
Your evetime song, ye singers:
Gloria, in excelsis deo

6. Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow
in a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
laughing all the way
Bells on bobtails ring
making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
a sleighing song tonight

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh, hey
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank:
misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
and then we got upsot!

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh, hey
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh

7.We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

Good tidings we bring
to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year

Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
And bring some out here

Good tidings we bring
to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year

For we all like figgy pudding
We all like figgy pudding
We all like figgy pudding
So bring some out here

Good tidings we bring
to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year

And we won't go until we've got some
We won't go until we've got some
We won't go until we've got some
So bring some out here

Good tidings we bring
to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
from
EGVRA and The Egham Band

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