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40 Holiday Songs You Can Cover for Free

Randi Zimmerman
Randi Zimmerman
November 27, 2024
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A group of people laughing and raising drinks in a retro-styled room, filled with festive decorations. They're gathered around a couch, reminiscing about holiday songs you can cover for free as they celebrate together.

With all the holiday music out in the world, it may seem almost impossible to create an original hit that will blow the socks off the masses. Luckily for you, there are tons of songs in the public domain that you can cover for free without fear of musical prosecution.

40 Holiday Songs You Can Cover For Free

Music in the public domain isn’t restricted by copyright and doesn’t require licenses and fees to use. This gives you unlimited creativity to mash whatever you want into your new holiday masterpiece.

To make it easier for you, we compiled a list of holiday songs you can cover for free below…

  1. Angels We Have Heard On High
  2. Auld Lang Syne
  3. Away In A Manger
  4. Coventry Carol
  5. Deck The Halls
  6. For Unto Us
  7. Go Tell It On The Mountain
  8. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  9. Good King Wenceslas
  10. Hallelujah Chorus
  11. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  12. Here We Come A-Caroling (Wassail Song)
  13. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
  14. I Saw Three Ships
  15. In The Bleak Midwinter
  16. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
  17. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
  18. Jingle Bells
  19. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
  20. Joy To The World
  21. O Come All Ye Faithful
  22. O Come O Come Emmanuel
  23. O Holy Night
  24. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  25. Once In Royal David’s City
  26. Silent Night
  27. The First Noel
  28. The Twelve Days of Christmas
  29. Up On The Housetop
  30. We Three Kings
  31. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  32. What Child Is This
  33. O Sanctissima (O Thou Joyful, O Thou Wonderful)
  34. Angels from the Realms of Glory
  35. Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (melody is Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”)
  36. There’s a Song in the Air
  37. Go, Lovely Rose (often used as a Christmas hymn)
  38. Christmas Is Coming (The Goose Is Getting Fat)
  39. Hallelujah! What a Savior
  40. Child in the Manger

Looking for some inspiration?

Lots of big artists out there rose to fame because of their unique covers. Artists like Pentatonix, and Fifth Harmony have gotten tons of exposure from their holiday covers. People all over the country will be playing these new and improved classics once the season hits, and who knows… maybe your cover will replace an old classic for years to come! 🎁

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