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Release Date

1980

Duration

31:44

Genre

Country Holiday

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Country-Pop Traditional Country Christmas Holidays
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AllMusic Review by Marvin Jolly

Spend your holidays with the Man in Black -- on Classic Christmas, Johnny Cash lends his one-of-a-kind voice to renditions of "Away in a Manger," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and "Little Gray Donkey."

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Joy to the World
Lowell Mason / Isaac Watts
Johnny Cash 02:04 SpotifyAmazon
2
Away in a Manger
William James Kirkpatrick / James R. Murray / Traditional
Johnny Cash 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
3
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Phillip Brooks / Lewis Redner
Johnny Cash 03:26 SpotifyAmazon
4
Silent Night
Franz Gruber / Joseph Mohr
Johnny Cash 03:01
5
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Edmund Sears / Richard Storrs Willis
Johnny Cash 03:37 SpotifyAmazon
6
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Felix Mendelssohn / Charles Wesley
Johnny Cash 02:29 SpotifyAmazon
7
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Jean Baptiste Calkin / Johnny Cash / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow / Johnny Marks
Johnny Cash 02:19 SpotifyAmazon
8
O Come All Ye Faithful
Frederick Oakeley / John Reading / John Francis Wade
Johnny Cash 02:55 SpotifyAmazon
9
Little Gray Donkey
Roger Wagner
Johnny Cash 04:11 SpotifyAmazon
10
The Christmas Guest
Grandpa Jones / Bill Walker
Johnny Cash 04:37 SpotifyAmazon
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