The Christmas Spirit

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1The Christmas Spirit
recording of:
The Christmas Spirit
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
5:03
2I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
cover recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
2:32
3Blue Christmas
cover recording of:
Blue Christmas
writer:
Bill Hayes (songwriter) and Jay Johnson (songwriter of "Blue Christmas")
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Bibo Music Publishing, Inc., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Universal Polygram International, Inc.
32:25
4The Gifts They Gave
recording of:
The Gifts They Gave
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
version of:
The Friendly Beasts
3:34
5Here Was a Man
cover recording of:
Here Was a Man
writer:
Johnny Bond and Tex Ritter
2:44
6Christmas as I Knew It
cover recording of:
Christmas as I Knew It
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Jan Howard
3:41
7Silent Night
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
cover 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)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
3:30
8The Little Drummer Boy
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) (in 1963) and Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1963)
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 (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
lyrics quoted on:
Drummer Boy
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
52:36
9Ringing the Bells for Jim
cover recording of:
Ringing the Bells for Jim
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Jan Howard
2:47
10We Are the Shepherds
recording of:
We Are the Shepherds
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
3:13
11Who Kept the Sheep
recording of:
Who Kept the Sheep
writer:
Ezra J. Carter and Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:58
12The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
cover recording of:
The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
lyricist:
Edna St. Vincent Millay
4:22