The First Noel
Author: English carol; Christmas Carols, W. Sandys, 1833
Composer: English carol; Christmas Carols, W. Sandys, 1833
Languages (49)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Afrikaans: By Bethlehem in Winter Kou’
- Albanian: Të Parin Lajm
- American Sign Language (ASL): The First Noel
- Bulgarian: Първа Коледа
- Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
- Cebuano: Unang Noel
- Chinese (Simplified): 圣诞佳音
- Chinese (Traditional): 聖誕佳音
- Croatian: U jaslama
- Czech: První Vánoce
- Dutch: De eerste noël
- English: The First Noel
- English Braille: ⠠⠮ ⠠⠋⠊⠗⠎⠞ ⠠⠝⠕⠑⠇
- Estonian: Esimesed jõulud
- Fijian: Vuni Marau
- Finnish: Ensimmäinen joulu
- French: Premier Noël
- French (French Polynesia): I te Noela Matamua
- French (Haiti): Noël, Noël, le cri triomphant
- Greek: Ένα άστρο λαμπρό
- Hmong: Thawj zaj Nau-es
- Hungarian: Az első karácsony
- Indonesian: Lagu Natal yang Pertama
- Italian: Natal, Natal
- Japanese: 牧人，羊を
- Japanese (Hiragana): 牧人，羊を
- Japanese (Kanji): 牧人，羊を
- Kekchi: Naq kiyoʼla
- Khmer (Cambodian): ណូអែលដំបូង
- Korean: 저 들 밖에 한밤중에
- Latvian: Naktī svētajā
- Lithuanian: Pirmosios Kalėdos
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Shèngdàn jiāyīn
- Mongolian: Анхны Ноэл
- Norwegian: Den første sang
- Portuguese: Quando o Anjo Proclamou
- Romanian: Primul Crăciun
- Russian: Рождество
- Samoan: O le Noea Muamua
- Spanish: La primera Navidad
- Spanish Braille: ⠠⠇⠁ ⠏⠗⠊⠍⠻⠁ ⠠⠝⠁⠧⠊⠙⠁⠙
- Swahili: Malaika Kaleta Noeli
- Swedish: Den första julen
- Tagalog: Ang Unang Noel
- Tahitian: I te Noela Matamua
- Thai: โนเอลครั้งต้น
- Tongan: Hiva ʻa e Kau ʻĀngeló
- Ukrainian: Давно — давно те сталось Різдво
- Vietnamese: The First Noel
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1923 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Twice 55 Community Songs (No. 1) (1919), 75.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. The first Noel the angel did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay, In fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel! Born is the King of Israel!
2. They looked up and saw a star Shining in the East beyond them far, And to the earth it gave great light, And so it continued both day and night.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel! Born is the King of Israel!
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