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1. On the album "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck," Engelbert sings "O Come All Ye Faithful" in English and in which other language?
2. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane has two different sets of lyrics, one decidedly sad and the other more hopeful. The melancholy lyrics were introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 movie musical "Meet Me in St. Louis while the more upbeat revised lyrics were requested by Frank Sinatra some six years later.
Does Engelbert sing the original, melancholy, lyrics on his album "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck?"
3. Most of us associate "Blue Christmas," included on "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck," with Elvis, and accept the song as a yuletide staple for Country and Rock performers. But do you know who had the first hit record of it and in what year?
4. Complete the lyric to the second verse of "Away In A Manger," as sung by Engelbert on "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck:
"The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes
But Little Lord Jesus, no _____ he makes
I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky
And stay by my bedside till morning's nigh"
5. At the end of "O Little Town Of Bethlehem," as recorded on "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck," Engelbert and the chorus add a coda:
"O Bethlehem! O Bethlehem!
O Bethlehem!
Lift up your voice and sing,
_____ in the highest,
_____ forevermore"
What is the missing word?
6. On his album "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck" Engelbert includes a medley or "trilogy" of carols; "We Three Kings," "The First Noel" and "Silent Night." Which of these carols was originally written in German?
7. What is the title of this song sung by Engelbert on his "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck" album?
"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
In the lane snow is glistening.
A beautiful sight
We're happy tonight
Walking in a __________."
8. Which American singer, well known for popularizing the Calypso style of music, had a 1957 hit with "Mary's Boy Child," included on "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck?
9. In "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" on "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck," how are the tidings described?
10. On "A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck," Engelbert recorded the American musician Albert Hay Malotte's lovely setting of "The Lord's Prayer." In this setting, how is the fifth petition of the prayer expressed?
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