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| | Angels Hymn | The Lands that long in Darkness lay | #1 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | The Lands that long in Darkness lay Now ... | Isaac Watts (1674-1748) | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | 8.8.8.8 | | ANGELS HYMN | G Major | 131234321134525 | | English | Watts' Hymns & Spiritual Songs, 1707 | | Read's The Columbian Harmonist No. 2, 1785 | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160966 |
| | Martyrs | Hosanna to the royal son | #2 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Isaac Watts (1674-1748) | | 8.6.8.6 | | MARTYRS | | 13153215575615 | | English | Watts' Hymns & Spiritual Songs, 1707 | | Mitchison's Selection of Sacred Music, ca. 1825 | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160967 |
| | Dayspring | Christian, see the orient morning | #3 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Leland | | | | DAYSPRING | G Major | 12314321345566555556 | | English | Church Poetry, 1823 | | Hauser's Hesperian Harp, 1848 | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160968 |
| | Redemption Minor | Rejoice and be merry in songs and in mirth! | #4 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Leonard P. Breedlove; Karen Willard | 11.11.11.11 | | REDEMPTION MINOR | | | | English | Dorset Church-gallery Book | | The Original Sacred Harp James Edition, 1911 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160969 |
| | Christmas Hymn | A virgin unspotted the prophets foretold | #5 | An American Christmas Harp | Then let us be merry, cast sorrows away | | | | | | 11.11.11.11 | | CHRISTMAS HYMN | G Major | 11554333212321115543 | | English | Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music Part Second; Sylvestre's Christmas Carols Ancient & Modern, 1905 | | Hauser's Hesperian Harp, 1858 (alto and treble); Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music Part Second, 1820 | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160970 |
| | The Christmass Hymn | Behold a simple tender Babe | #6 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Robert Southwell (1561-1595) | Giovanni Palma | 8.6.8.6 | | THE CHRISTMASS HYMN | G Major | 531356(7)U1D556(7)65 | | English | Sylvestre's Christmas Carols Ancient & Modern, 1901 | | John Aitken's Compilation, 1791 | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160971 |
| | Otford | 'Twas in a humble manger | #8 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | 8.6.8.6 | | OTFORD | | | | English | Sylvestre's Christmas Carols Ancient & Modern, 1901 | | Mitchison's Selection of Sacred Music, ca. 1825 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160972 |
| | Beach Spring | Hark! what mean those holy voices | #9 | An American Christmas Harp | Listen to the wondrous story | | | | John Cawood (1775-1852) | Benjamin Franklin White; Wilson M. Cooper | | | BEACH SPRING | A Major | 11213321611656111121 | | English | Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn & Tune Book, 1886 | | The B. F. White Sacred Harp Cooper Revision, 1902 | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160973 |
| | Milford | If angels sung a Savior's birth | #10 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Joseph Stephenson | 8.6.8.6 | | MILFORD | A Major | 53312123455113355321 | | English | Arnold's The Compleat Psalmodist, 1779 | | The Sacred Harp, 1860 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160974 |
| | Anthem From Luke | Behold I bring you glad tidings, glad tidings of joy | #12 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Joseph Stephenson (1723-1810) | Joseph Stephenson | | | ANTHEM FROM LUKE | G Major | | | English | Joseph Stephenson first published this anthem, with these words, in his Church Harmony Sacred to Devotion, in London, about 1760. Kentucky Harmony's version of it is the best. | | Davisson's Kentucky Harmony, 1816; Joseph Stephenson first published this anthem, with these words, in his Church Harmony Sacred to Devotion, in London, about 1760. Kentucky Harmony's version of it is the best. | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160975 |
| | Tender Thought | O come, Redeemer, come and free | #18 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Charles Coffin (1676-1749) | | 8.8.8.8 | | TENDER THOUGHT | g minor | 1D7U3455754321 | | English | Hymns Ancient & Modern | | Davisson's Kentucky Harmony, 1816 | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160976 |
| | Sound, Sound Your Instruments | Sound, sound your instruments of joy! | #19 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | David Wright | 8.6.8.6 | | SOUND, SOUND YOUR INSTRUMENTS | G Major | | | English | Carol from Penryn, Cornwall. | | The Mabe Male Voice Choir, 1934 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160977 |
| | Redemption Anthem | Hark! hark! glad tidings charm our ears | #22 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Joseph Stephenson (1723-1810); Karen Willard | | | REDEMPTION ANTHEM | | 11356531221511712566 | | English | | | | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160978 |
| | Hiding Place | The Lord is come, the heav'ns proclaim his birth | #24 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Smith | 8.8.8.8 | | HIDING PLACE | a minor | 51576647465543655443 | | English | Aiken's Christian Minstrel, 1846 | | Davisson's Kentucky Harmony, 1816 | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160979 |
| | Twenty-Fifth | Behold the Grace appears. | #25 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Isaac Watts (1674-1748) | Alexander Gillet (1749-1826) | 6.6.8.6 | | TWENTY-FIFTH | a minor | | | English | Watts' Hymns & Spiritual Songs, 1707 | | Little & Smith's The Easy Instructor, 1818 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160980 |
| | Water Town | As shepherds in Jewry were guarding their sheep | #26 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | William Billings | William Billings | 11.11.11.11 | | WATER TOWN | D Major | 55171546543221232123 | | English | | | Billings' The New England Psalm Singer, 1770 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160981 |
| | Boston | Methinks I see a heav'nly host of angels on the wing | #28 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | William Billings | William Billings (1746-1800) | | | BOSTON | B♭ Major | 15555176551234321223 | | English | | | Billings' The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160982 |
| | Charlston | Awake awake ye mortals all | #29 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | William Billings (1746-1800) | 8.6.8.6 D | | CHARLSTON | F Major | 13343215565432 | | English | English West Gallery Carol | | Billings' The New England Psalm Singer, 1770 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160983 |
| | Judea | A virgin unspotted, the prophet foretold | #30 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | William Billings (1746-1800) | 11.11.11.11 | | JUDEA | F Major | 11312423121 | | English | The Singing Master's Assistant | | Billings' The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160984 |
| | Jamaica | Arise, arise, ye mortals all | #31 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | Arise, arise, ye mortals all, ... | | William Billings (1746-1800) | 8.6.8.6 | | JAMAICA | F Major | 567U1D5655535U1D7U1 | | English | English village carol | | Billings' Music in Miniature, 1779 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160985 |
| | While shepherds watched their flocks by night | While shepherds watched their flocks by night | #32 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Nahum Tate (1652-1715) | William Billings (1746-1800) | 8.6.8.6 | | BETHLEHEM | E Major | 51717654343215534517 | | English | Supplement to Tate & Brady's "New Version" Psalter, 1703 | | Billings' The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778 | | | 2009 | | | | 1 | | 0 | 1160986 |
| | Emanuel | Rejoice a bright star in the sky once appeared | #34 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | William Billings (1746-1800) | 11.11.11.11 | | EMANUEL | G Major | 5U1312423531 | | English | Dorset Church-gallery Book | | | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160987 |
| | Joys Seven | The first good joy that Mary had, it was the joy of one | #36 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | | | JOYS SEVEN | B♭ Major | 55U11D7U1311D7U122D5 | | English | | | Himes' The Millennial Harp, 1842 (treble added) | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160988 |
| | Christmas | O wonder of wonders astonish'd I gaze | #37 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Amos Munson | 11.11.11.11 | | CHRISTMAS | G Major | | | English | The Providence Selection of Hymns, 1820 | | Read's The Columbian Harmonist No. 2, 1801 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160989 |
| | Bennington | Shepherds, rejoice, lift up your eyes | #38 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Isaac Watts (1674-1748) | William Billings (1746-1800) | 8.6.8.6 | | BENNINGTON | G Major | 132132122234321 | | English | Watts' Horae Lyricae, 1687 | | Nathan & Kroeger's Complete Works of William Billings, Vol. 3 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160990 |
| | Lenox | Awake, awake, arise, And hail the glorious morn | #39 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | John Needham (d. ca. 1786) | Lewis Edson, St. (1748-1820) | | | LENOX | a minor | 111565512321135312 | | English | Mercer's Cluster of Divine Hymns & Sacred Poems, 1810 | | The Sacred Harp, 1860 | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1160991 |
| | Lenox New | Oh ye immortal throng, Of angels round the throne | #40 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Philip Doddridge (1702-1757) | William Hauser (1812-1880) | 6.6.6.6.8.8 | | LENOX NEW | g minor | | | English | Rippon's Hymns, 1787 | | Hauser's Hesperian Harp, 1848 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160992 |
| | Talys | In a dark stable bare and cold | #41 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Jabez Van Cleef | Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505-1585); David Wright | 8.8.8.8 D | | TALYS | A Major | | | English | Gospels In Verse, 2000 | | | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160993 |
| | Hull | We celebrate the praise today | #42 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | James Relly | William Billings (1746-1800) | | | HULL | G Major or modal | 13345543321322123455 | | English | Christian Hymns, Poems, and Spiritual Songs | | Wm. Norman's 1799 Boston Collection of Sacred Harmony | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160994 |
| | Marietta | Arise and hail the sacred day | #43 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | 8.8.6 D | | MARIETTA | e minor | 557U1D57675457U1D576 | | English | | | Swan's Harp of Columbia, 1848 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160995 |
| | It is the day, the holy day | It is the day, the holy day | #44 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Aaron Williams ? (1731-1776) | | | BUCKINGHAM | a minor or modal | 15432345432234321712 | | English | Sylvestre's Christmas Carols Ancient & Modern, 1901 | | Little & Smith's The Easy Instructor, 1818 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 1 | 1160996 |
| | Alstead | Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace | #45 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) | Oliver Holden (1765-1844) | | | ALSTEAD | D Major | | | English | Doddridge's Hymns, 1755 | | Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, 1820 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160997 |
| | Sherburne | While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night | #46 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | Nahum Tate (1652-1715) | Daniel Read (1757-1836) | | | SHERBURNE | D Major | 53166656153143251131 | | English | Supplement to Tate & Brady's "New Version" Psalter, 1703 | | The Sacred Harp, 1860 | | | 2009 | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1160998 |
| | Shiloh | Methinks I see an heav'nly host of angels on the wing! | #48 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | Methinks I see an heav'nly host, Of ... | William Billings | William Billings (1746-1800) | | | SHILOH | G Major or modal | 51112333345567117653 | | English | | | Billings' The Suffolk Harmony, 1786 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1160999 |
| | Georgia | Hark! Hark! Hark what news the angels bring | #50 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Jacob Kimball, Jr. (1761-1826) | | | GEORGIA | | 1(2)35(4)3(2)12(3)43 | | English | | | Kimball's The Rural Harmony, 1793 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1161000 |
| | Carol | While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night | #52 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Supply Belcher (1751-1826) | 8.6.8.6 | | CAROL | | | | English | | | Belcher's The Harmony of Maine, 1794 | | | 2009 | | | | 1 | | 0 | 1161001 |
| | Armley | Three eastern Wise Men from afar | #54 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | 8.8.8.8 | | ARMLEY | | 51232321232117512323 | | English | Sylvestre's Christmas Carols Ancient & Modern, 1901 | | | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1161002 |
| | Williamstown | Immortal Babe, who this dear day | #55 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Bartholomew Brown (1772-1854) | 8.8.8.8 | | WILLIAMSTOWN | | | | English | | | | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1161003 |
| | New Bethlehem | While shepherds watched their flocks by night | #56 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Edward French (1761-1845) | 8.6.8.6 D | | NEW BETHLEHEM | | | | English | | | | | | 2009 | | | | 1 | | 0 | 1161004 |
| | London | Methinks I hear the heav'ns resound | #58 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Timothy Swan (1757-1842) | | | LONDON | | | | English | | | Jenks' Delights of Harmony; or Norfolk Compiler, 1805 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1161005 |
| | Lingham | But let us join the cheerful song | #60 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | 8.6.8.6 | | LINGHAM | | 13456543431271343212 | | English | Dorsetshire Carol | | | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1161006 |
| | North Salem | Hark! all around the welkin rings | #61 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | | | NORTH SALEM | | 33332356332176573332 | | English | | | | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1161007 |
| | Fiducia | Mortals, awake, with angels join | #62 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | | | FIDUCIA | | 11215717454571 | | English | | | | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1161008 |
| | Portuguese Hymn | Hither ye faithful, haste with songs of triumph | #63 | An American Christmas Harp | O come and let us worship | | | | | | | | PORTUGUESE HYMN | | 115125532343211 | | English | | | | | | 2009 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1161009 |
| | Dorset | Arise and hail the joyful day | #64 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | W. C. Cocker; A. David Townsend | 8.6.8.6 | | DORSET | B♭ Major | 32343123421D7U123143 | | English | | | Mellstock Carols, 1989 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1161010 |
| | Nativity | Behold the morning star arise | #65 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | Behold the morning star arise, ... | | Samuel Temple | | | NATIVITY | C Major | | | English | English West Gallery Carol | | Middlesex Collection of Sacred Harmony, 1802 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1161011 |
| | Bethlehem Short | The shepherds heard a voice | #66 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | | | BETHLEHEM SHORT | | | | English | | | Jenks' Delights of Harmony; or Norfolk Compiler, 1805 | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1161012 |
| | Sounding Joy | Awake and join the cheerful choir | #67 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | | | SOUNDING JOY | | | | English | | | | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1161013 |
| | Christmas Hymn Second | Rejoice ye tenants of the earth | #68 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | | | | CHRISTMAS HYMN SECOND | | | | English | | | | | | 2009 | | | | | | 0 | 1161014 |
| | Sheffield | Joy to the world; the Lord is come | #70 | An American Christmas Harp | | | | | | Williiam Billings? (1746-1800) | | | SHEFFIELD | A Major | 11322345531432 | | English | | | Nathan & Kroeger's Complete Works of William Billings, Vol. 3 | | | 2009 | | | | 1 | | 0 | 1161015 |