6 Obscure Christmas Carol Lyrics

Who doesn't love a good Christmas Carol? This is the only season of the year with hundreds of songs dedicated specifically it to. And each year that we are together, my grandmother distributes typed and risographed lyric sheets that she made 25 years ago of Christmas carols for us to sing as a family (this is the hootenanny side of my family).

What I have noticed over the years, though, is that because of this tradition, I seem to know way more Christmas Carols than the average person, and I even seem to know all the verses that go along with these carols. Therefore, that was the inspiration for this countdown list--6 Obscure Christmas Carol Lyrics.

Now, unlike the other posts, this one is a quiz. I am curious as to how many of you can figure out what carol each of these come from. And please no googling...I know that trick. I have done it before. Also, I think you will notice "why" these verses or lyrics aren't typically sung in general society anymore.

SONGS:
6. Come Desire of Nations come,
Fix in us thy humble home.
Rise, the woman's conquering Seed,
Bruise in us the serpent's head.
Adam's likeness now efface
Stamp thine image in its place

5. Hither, page, and stand by me.
If thou know it telling:
Yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?
Sire, he lives a good league
Hence,underneath the mountain,
Right against the forest fence
By Saint Agnes fountain.

4. A day or two ago,
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright,
was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank,
misfortune seemed his lot;
He got into a drifted bank
and we got upsot.

3. Johnny wants a pair of skates;
Susy wants a dolly;
Nellie wants a story book;
She thinks dolls are folly;
As for me, my little brain
Isn't very bright;
Choose for me, old Santa Claus,
What you think is right.

2. Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.

1. Now the goose is on the table
And the pudding made of fig.
And a blue and silver candle,
That would just have matched the hair in Grandma's wig.


ANSWERS:
6. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
5. Good King Wenceslas
4. Jingle Bells
3. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
2. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
1. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer