Christmas Time ( Gonna Be Home)
R, Forbes @ Human Condition Music ?- Socan
Spendin' the night
In a stranger's house
Blue streetlights are hummin'
I'm wide awake and I'm thinkin' bout
Christmas Time
Christmas time
I'm gonna be home
Alberta blizzards
Closing all the roads
I've got six more nights and I"ve got
Five more shows ?'til
Christmas Time
Christmas time
I'm gonna be home
We'll close the door
Let the storm ride
Pour on some fine brandy
Let it warm up our insides
When the phone rings for parties
You bet we'll go
But I plan on spendin' a whole lot of time
Under the mistletoe
Day by day
I'm living on a dream
I see your face in the window
Where the holly's green and it's
Christmas Time
Christmas time
I'm gonna be home
ok had to edit - i can't decide - they're both from my favourite christmas season album - but i can't decide!
We're Going to Sing
Word of Mouth Music ?- Connie Kaldor ?- SOCAN
When you see us coming up the walk
Better run and open the door.
Put the shortbread on the plate.
Have the egg nog ready to pour.
And get your voices ready,
You're going to want to sing a long
When you hear those neighborhood carollers
And your favorite Christmas song
We're gonna sing 'Joy to the World'
We're gonna sing 'Hark the Herald'
We're gonna sing 'Deck the Halls'
And 'It Came upon a Midnight Clear'
We're gonna sing every Christmas Carol
That we can remember
We're gonna end with a 'Merry Christmas'
And a 'Happy New Year'
Some of us can sing in tune
The others sing loud and clear
We've got a version of 'We three Kings'
That you really have to hear.
Bless this house that has welcomed us
And shared it's Christmas cheer
Joy to all of the hearts within
All throughout the year
Good luck to all of us carolers
As down the road we go
May we be warmed by the toddy
And the joys of the Mistletoe
I really like that song ehBeth, but I can't get this crazy thought out of my head. A hip-hop track with Snoop-Dogg, or some other rapper doing it....God, I'm a sick puppy.
"Mommy's in the Bedroom with Santa" or somethng like that. I like a little meat with my Christmas spirit!
I saw Mommy kissin' Santy Claws
Underneath the mistletoe last night . . .
Hey BillW, you should go to Dr. Demento's web site, he's got a ton of suggestive xmas songs . . .
I'm with you, New Haven & Debacle, I think "O Holy Night" may be the very best musically and historically.
I love all sorts of Christmas and Holiday songs, having been in choirs on and off for years. Off, this year, sadly.
A couple of favorites that haven't been mentioned:
"Stille, Stille, Stille" (aka Still, Still, Still)
and
"Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabelle"
Booman<
A regional favorite is "Christmas in Dixie" as performed by Alabama. It is on the group's Christmas album (where else?).
Hi WilliamHenry!!
Another great song from the Alabama album is "ThistleHair The Christmas Bear".
Peace and Love<
Haven't heard from you in a while. Happy Holidays!
The song you mention, "Thistlehair, the Christmas Bear," is a good one to hum by.
I am not a true country music fan, but I will say this old
Alabama Christmas album is about as fine as country gets.
WilliamHenry, Happy Holidays to you, too!!
Whether country or folk or pop or R&B or whatever, I just love Christmas music! I love to hear new lyrics.
"A Fairytale of New York" by Shane McGowan and (the late) Christy McCall is pretty good.
This cd is my actual favourite:
Snow - The Get Easy! Christmas Collection" (Brunswick/Universal 585 146)
Hi Tommy -- thanks for the recommendation for "A Fairytale Of New York".... I did a Google search, and I found the song lyrics and chords. Also, I found the book that inspired the song. At Amazon.com I found the song on a CD by the Pogues, "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" CD. I'm going to ask my daughter to see if she can find the song for me. At times like this, I'm so sorry that Napster was shut down!
BTW, did you know that the Pogues released a CD entitled, "Peace & Love". WOW! I really must buy that CD!
This is one of my favorite Christmas songs.....
from: "The Christmas Attic"
(a CD by Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
In the night
Was the dark
In the dark
Was the dream
In the dream
Was the Child
And myself
There unseen
In the book was the word
In the word there was truth
In the truth there was age
In the age there was youth
And I said to the Child
Do your hands they still bleed
After all of this time
Do you think there's still need
But the Child only smiled
And said not a word
And the snow it came down
As if it hadn't heard
And all that night the snow came down
To heal the scars our lives had found
And the dreams that lay broken
And there upon a bridge of dreams
Across the night we walked unseen
With no words ever spoken
And then on through that night
We did walk for a while
And our steps turned to blocks
And the blocks turned to miles
Then we followed a path
For as far as we could
Till we found ourselves there
In an evergreen woods
There were thousands of candles
Upon every tree
It was beautiful
But there was one mystery
For with all of those candles
You must understand
That the only one lit
Was now in that Child's hand
And there upon that Christmas scene
The candle wax of melted dreams
And the years they had taken
And as the snow did gently fall
He one by one relit them all
Till each dream was awakened
And there to that light
That young Child showed to me
All the things that he dreamt
All the things that might be
How for everything given
That something was gained
Strike one match in the dark
And all the world's not the same
And then I asked that Child
Why this night has a star
And he said, "So we'd know
That we could see that far"
And these candles are wed
To that distant star's light
And it all came to be
Upon that long winter's night
That long winter's night
That long winter's night
That long winter's night
And, when I awoke,
Well the Child he was gone
But somewhere in my mind
I believe he lives on
And somewhere in my life
Between here and the end
On a long winter's night
I will dream him again
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Undoubtedly "Santa Baby" by Madonna.
That and "Grandma got runover by a reindeer".
WH,
...I use to always be miffed that Alabama, would edge out the Oak Ridge Boys, in the award shows. Do the "Boys" have any good ones out? I'm betting they do.
Wee fish ewe a mare egrets moose
Wee fish ewe a mare egrets moose
Wee fish ewe a mare egrets moose
And a hippo gnu deer
(From a card i saw years ago, with cute little cartoon animals.)
Hey, check out Dr. Demento:
Walkin 'Round In Women's Underwear - The Fifth Inversion/Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio
Thank God I'm A Jewish Boy - Allan Lieberman
I Saw Hanukkah Harry Beat Up Santa - Hal Singer
Santa's Gonna Kick Your Ass - The Arrogant Worms
Christmas On Acid - Radio Free Vestibule
Be Claus I Got High - Bob Rivers
Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire - Bob Rivers
He's got a million of 'em . . .
Lacey things, she's been missin'
Didn't ask her permission
I'm wearin' her clothes
Her silk panty hose
Walkin' 'round in women's underwear . . .
Well, it's Christmas time pretty baby
And the snow is falling on the ground
Well, it's Christmas time pretty baby
And the snow is falling down
Well you be a real good little girl
Santa Claus is back in town
Got no sleigh with reindeer
No sack on my back
You're gonna see me comin' in a big black caddilac
Oh, it's Christmas time pretty baby
And the snow is falling on the ground
Well you be a real good little baby
Santa Claus is back in town
Hang up your pretty stockings
And turn off the light
Santa Claus is comin' down your chimney tonight
Oh, it's Christmas time pretty baby
And the snow is falling on the ground
Well you be a real good little baby
Santa Claus is back in town
Setana,
...I felt SO guilty, laughing out loud, at that last verse!
