Name That Christmas Tune, day 17

[lumineaux]

The morning is going to be dedicated to getting dug out from the snow, so I am jumping the gun a little on the next song.  Because of that, it's another multi-song day:

First, something secular and relatively well-known:

Out of all the reindeers
You know he's the mastermind

Kudos to ownedbytwins  for identifying this one.  The song is variously known as "Run Run Rudolph" or "Run Rudolph Run," and I was accepting either one as correct.


Second, something a little less well known:

From the Eastern kingdoms
Come the wise men far.
Bearing ancient treasure,
Following yonder star.

 

A big congratz to rlg  for correctly naming this tune as "We Three Kings"
 

Third, something out and out obscure for the early music buffs:

Tydynges trew ther be cum new, sent frome the Trinite,
Be Gabriel to Nazaret, cite of Galile;
A clene mayden and pure virgyn thorow hyre humilite
Conceyvid the secund person in divinite

Comments

[laughingzombie.livejournal.com]

I don't have a specific guess, but am curious. Is the third song from the 14th century, right around the time of Jeff ;-) Chaucer?

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

My source book says "Song #65, printed verbatim from a manuscript probably owned by a professional musician, and apparently written in the latter half of the fifteenth century, circa 1471-1485"

[rlg.livejournal.com]

is # 2 "We Three Kings of Orient are"?

or if it's not, is it "jingle bells"?

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Hey! You got one!

huh

[rlg.livejournal.com]

wait, what?????

You used "Jingle Bells"???? ;-)

[ownedbytwins.livejournal.com]

Is the first one called Run, Run Rudolph?

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Very good! I was beginning to think I had stumped people with a song written within the last 75 years.

The song is variously known as "Run Run Rudolph" or "Run Rudolph Run," and I'm taking either as the right answer.

[ownedbytwins.livejournal.com]

I was a bit stumped because the quote was so short - usually when I read the quote I hear the rhythm of the song in my head, and this quote was too short to get into... I guess my subconscious worked on it while I was running errands this morning, though. :)