The Christmas Spirit

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

℗ «Originally released 1963. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment»

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleLength
1The Christmas Spirit
recording of:
The Christmas Spirit
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
4:58
2I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
arranger:
Johnny Cash
cover recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin
is based on:
Christmas Bells
2:28
3Blue Christmas
recording of:
Blue Christmas
writer:
Bill Hayes and Jay Johnson
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Bibo Music Publishing, Inc., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. and Universal Polygram International, Inc.
2:22
4The Gifts They Gave
recording of:
The Gifts They Gave
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
version of:
The Friendly Beasts
3:30
5Here Was a Man
recording of:
Here Was a Man
writer:
Johnny Bond and Tex Ritter
2:41
6Christmas as I Knew It
recording of:
Christmas as I Knew It
writer:
June Carter Cash and Jan Howard
3:37
7Silent Night
arranger:
Johnny Cash
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
3:26
8The Little Drummer Boy
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music, International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music, Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
2:32
9Ringing the Bells for Jim
recording of:
Ringing the Bells for Jim
writer:
June Carter Cash and Jan Howard
2:45
10We Are the Shepherds
recording of:
We Are the Shepherds
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
3:10
11Who Kept the Sheep
recording of:
Who Kept the Sheep
writer:
Ezra J. Carter and Johnny Cash
1:54
12The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
recording of:
The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
lyricist:
Edna St. Vincent Millay
4:19