This index is frequently updated.
The word CHORAL beside a title indicates a work that is unsuited to congregational singing.
See also Composers and Collections.
NB: Many of these pieces are included on The Jubilate Group website. Registering on The Jubilate Group, which is free, will enable you not only to see the whole text, but also (in most cases) to listen to the set tune and print all lyrics and music.
CHORAL A baby cries
CHORAL A Blessing
A Friend of Jesus
All things were made by God the King
As the deer longs for streams of water
Bethlehem! Musical for Schools (nine songs)
Bethlehem sleeps
CHORAL Bist du bei mir (new text)
Blessed are they who listen not to evil counsel
Blessed . . . is he that cometh in the name of the Lord – [commission: Edington Festival]
Bring songs of joy to God the Lord
By his redeeming love, at one with God!
Candle burning in the night
Christ the dawn of our salvation
Dark is the night, and friends lie sleeping still
Dark the night, but joy comes in the morning
Dear Lord our God, our refuge
Down to the lords of earth – [commission: Edington Festival]
CHORAL Easter Hymn
Far greater than one thought or could suppose
From Syria’s distant sunlit hills
Give thanks to God, the Lord of all creation’s wonders
God has come in
God is a boy in Bethlehem
God the Father
Lord, give us grace
His theme was love
Holy, holy, holy,
Holy, joyful dawn of Christmas
Holy Spirit, may we know
How lovely is that dwelling-place
How widely now does Christ stretch out his arms
I dreamed that I saw three donkeys
I found him cradled in a lamp-lit barn
I’ll praise the Lord for ever and ever
In homage we sing
CHORAL In the heart where love is abiding
In the shelter of a stable
In this place – [commission: St Michael’s, Watford, Centenary service]
I saw my love by lantern light
It is your faith
Just like a shepherd
Light beyond shadow, joy beyond tears (‘Light of the World’)
Like a Mother
Long ago on Patmos Island
Look down from Heaven, Holy Father – [commission: London Oratory]
Lord, bless and keep this little child
CHORAL Lord, give us grace
Lord Jesus of the little child
Lord Jesus, when you came to earth
Lord, who may dwell within your house
May we, O Holy Spirit, bear your fruit – (Notes) [commission: Emmanuel Church, Northwood]
CHORAL Miracle Man Musical for Schools
Music sounds the joy of human hearts
New light has dawned, the Son of God is here
CHORAL No Small Wonder (Listen now)
No words, O Lord, can tell the wonder of your love – [commission: Edington Festival]
O come all you children to Bethlehem town
O God, hear me calling and answer, I pray!
CHORAL O God of all creation
O God, you are my God, I seek you
O Lord God, you will search me out
O Lord, my God, you know all my ways
O Lord, the mansions where you dwell
Once in a garden long ago
CHORAL One Star
Peace came at evening (Sumsion)
Peter, strong and swift to run
Praise in the morning – [commission: Merchant Taylors’ School]
CHORAL Praise to thee, Lord Jesus
CHORAL Samuel! Cantata
Sea, breaking on rising shores
See the grace of God abounding
Shepherd-boy, tell me, why are you singing
Show me your hands, your hands that woke the dead
Six songs of Advent Song Cycle (Choral)
Six Songs Holy Ground
So gentle the donkey
Songs of advent (Suite)
Songs of Holy Ground (Suite)
Still. still, still, the baby lies asleep
Strong, my faint heart would be
Sweet Mary, sing to Christ the King
Sweet sacrament divine
The bells of waiting Advent ring
The Day shall Come
The Feast of St Paul
The Glastonbury Thorn
The Lord is like a shepherd to my soul
The one who owns his inmost need
There’s a great light
There’s a man riding in on a donkey
CHORAL There was a boy
There’s a man riding in on a donkey
The star of Heaven
The stars of Bethlehem
The star of heaven foretells
They killed him as a common thief
This is our harvest, season of fruitfulness – [commission: Kendal Parish Church]
This is Saint Mark who followed Christ
To Bethlehem the strangers came
To the Lord I looked in patience
Travellers’ Tales (Suite)
Trinity (Processional) St Michael’s, Basingstoke
True, merciful and brave the saint whose name
Water brings new life – [commission: Malvern Priory]
Waterfall and ocean, canyon, cliff and shore
We come to this place – [commission: St Mary Magdalene, Enfield]
We come to this your table, Lord
We look up, now, and gaze upon the hills
We sing our songs of praise
We were not there in Bethlehem
What riches on this earth can buy one human breath?
CHORAL When did he die?
When Matthew heard the Master call his name
Why in the dawning of another day
CHORAL Wings of a pale dove
Wise men three
With this, our godly scholar – [commission: Edington Festival, tribute to George Herbert]
Why in the dawning of another day
With this, our godly scholar
Your feet, O Lord, have walked this earth
Your feet, O Lord
Your love flows down