John Doan

I welcome you all to share with me this mixture of old and new as a tribute to Christmases of long ago. Journey back through each melody to imagine scenes unfold, a vision of a lone infant, wrapped in white, nestled in a manger and heralded by angels as “the light of the world”.



These are partial samples
of the complete song.

Click on song to listen.

Carol Of The Bells (Harp Guitar)
Away In A Manger (Ukelin)
In The Manger (Harp Guitar)
We Three Kings (Mandolin Harp)
Three Kings (Harp Guitar)
O Come, O Come (Harp Guitar)
Angles We Have Heard On High & The First Noel (Tremblelin)
The Angel’s First Noel (Harp Guitar)
Joy To The World (Edison Phonograph)
Joy To The World (Tremblelin)
Jesu Joy (Classical Banjo and Harp Guitar)
Born Is Jesus, The Infant King
(Tremolo Harmonica)

Infant King (Harp Guitar)
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Harp Guitar)
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (Toy Piano)
Jolly Old King Wenceslas (Harp Guitar)
Go Tell It (Classical Banjo)
O Christmas Tree (Autoharp)
Silent Night (Gem Roller Organ)
Silent Night (Parlor Guitar)
Old Long Since (Harp Guitar)

 
21 Favorite Christmas Carols played on authentic 19th century popular instruments from Victorian America.

Watch the Videos
       Joy To The World
       Silent Night

 
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