WA2K Radio is now on the air

Love that, Bob. The only grinch that I know who is good is our dj.

Incidentally, folks. I got this wonderful song from navigator and I want to share it with all of you:

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas : Lyrics and Music
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Johnny Mathis
Silver Bells

[Written By J. Livingston and R. Evans]

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Leaving smile after smile
And on every street corner you hear

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day

Christmas makes you feel emotional
It may bring parties or thoughts devotional
Whatever happens or what may be
Here's what Christmas time means to me

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day

Soon it will be Christmas day....

I do wonder why bells are a significant part of Christmas.

Here's one that we sang in the choir, and it matches edgar's:

CAROL OF THE BELLS

Hark, how the bells, sweet silver bells,
All seem to say, Throw cares away.
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer
To one and old, meek and the bold.
Ding, dong, ding-dong, that is their song,
With joyful ring, all caroling.

One seems to hear words of good cheer
From everywhere filling the air.
Oh how they pound, raising the sound,
O'er hill and dale, telling their tale.
Gaily their ring, while people sing
Songs of good cheer, Christmas is here.

Merry, merry, merry, Merry Christmas.
Merry, merry, merry, Merry Christmas.

On, on they send, on without end,
Their joyful tone to every home,
Hark, how the bells, sweet silver bells,
All seem to say, Throw cares away...
Ding, dong, ding-dong.

I love that one, because it's all done in a minor key.

Good afternoon all, I hope you are all getting in the festive mood!

Cotton-Eyed Joe
Lyrics: Traditional
Music: Traditional

Way back yonder a long time ago
Daddy had a man called Cotton-Eyed Joe
Blew into town on a travelin' show
Nobody danced like the Cotton-Eyed Joe

Chorus
Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cotton-Eyed Joe
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?

Mama's at the window, Mama's at the door
She can't see nothin' but the Cotton-Eyed Joe
Daddy held the fiddle, I held the bow
We beat the hell out of Cotton-Eyed Joe

[chorus]

Made himself a fiddle, made himself a bow
Made a little tune called the Cotton-Eyed Joe
Hadn't oughta been for the Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd a-been married some forty years ago

[chorus]

Whenever there's dance all the women want to go
And they all want to dance with the Cotton-Eyed Joe
Daddy won't say but I think he knows
Whatever happened to the Cotton-Eyed Joe

[chorus]

Well, folks, there's our Try. Where you been, buddy? Down here in the swamp, they could call it cotton mouth Joe.

And, the beach is a nice place to be during the holidays, sooooo

From the Beach Boys

A child of winter
A child of the snow
I'm making a snowball
That someone will throw
I'm making a snowman
With charcoal for the eyes
A scarf draped in red
And a derby on his head
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus
Right down Santa Claus Lane
Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer are pulling on the reins
Bells are ringing, children singing
All is merry and bright
Hang your stockings and say your prayers
'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight
The evening of Christmas
Presents have been passed
The wood in the fireplace
Is glowing its last
I'm closing my eyes now
In my bed I'm snuggling
Outside my window
The carolers sing
Christmas comes and the snow covers all
Trees are decorated with tinsel and lights
Mama's in the kitchen making cookies and bread
The children are hungry, they're waiting to be fed
A child of Christmas
A child of snow
A wonderful feeling
Underneath the mistletoe
And may your Christmas
Last all year
With laughter of children
Peace and cheer
A child of Christmas
A child of snow
A wonderful feeling
Underneath the mistletoe
Merry Christmas to you
Ding dong ding go the bells
Ding dong ding go the bells
Ding dong ding go the bells
Ding dong ding go the bells
Ding dong ding go the bells

Christmas gifts can range from the practical, to thoughtful, to plain un-necessary.

The Marvelous Toy
The Chad Mitchell Trio

[Written by Tom Paxton]

When I was just a wee little lad
Full of health and joy
My father homeward came one night
And gave to me a toy
A wonder to behold it was
With many colors bright
And the moment I laid eyes on it
It became my hearts delight

It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will

The first time that I picked it up
I had a big surprise
For right on its bottom were two big buttons
That looked like big green eyes
I first pushed one and then the other
And then I twisted its lid
And when I set it down again
Here is what it did

It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will

It first marched left
Then marched right
Then marched under a chair
And when I looked where it had gone
It wasn`t even there
I started to cry and my Daddy laughed
For he knew that I would find
When I turned around my marvelous toy
Chugging from behind

It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will

Now, the years have gone by
Too quickly it seems
I have my own little boy
And yesterday I gave to him
My marvelous little toy
His eyes nearly popped right out of his head
He gave a squeal of glee
Neither one of us knows just what it is
But he loves it just like me

It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will

I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will

Great, Texas. Funny song. Everyone knows that this is:



To those all over the world

X"
"XXX"
"XXXXX"
"GOD JUL"
"BUON ANNO"
"FELIZ NATAL"
"JOYEUX NOEL"
"VESELE VANOCE"
"MELE KALIKIMAKA"
"NODLAG SONA DHUIT"
"BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA"
"""""""BOAS FESTAS"""""""
"FELIZ NAVIDAD"
"MERRY CHRISTMAS"
"KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
"VROLIJK KERSTFEEST"
"FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN"
"BUON NATALE-GODT NYTAR"
"HUAN YING SHENG TAN CHIEH"
"WESOLYCH SWIAT-SRETAN BOZIC"
"MOADIM LESIMHA-LINKSMU KALEDU"
"HAUSKAA JOULUA-AID SAID MOUBARK"
"""""""'N PRETTIG KERSTMIS"""""""
"ONNZLLISTA UUTTA VUOTTA"
"Z ROZHDESTYOM KHRYSTOVYM"
"NADOLIG LLAWEN-GOTT NYTTSAR"
"FELIC NADAL-GOJAN KRISTNASKON"
"S NOVYM GODOM-FELIZ ANO NUEVO"
"GLEDILEG JOL-NOELINIZ KUTLU OLSUM"
"EEN GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR-SRETAN BOSIC"
"KRIHSTLINDJA GEZUAR-KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
"SELAMAT HARI NATAL - LAHNINGU NAJU METU"
"""""""SARBATORI FERICITE-BUON ANNO"""""""
"ZORIONEKO GABON-HRISTOS SE RODI"
"BOLDOG KARACSONNY-VESELE VIANOCE"
"MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR"
"ROOMSAID JOULU PUHI -KUNG HO SHENG TEN"
"FELICES PASUAS - EIN GLUCKICHES NEUJAHR"
"PRIECIGUS ZIEMAN SVETKUS SARBATORI VESLLE"
"BONNE ANNEBLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDADRFELIZ NATAL"
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

~ Author Unknown ~

guess it's up to me to put a damper on all these festivities:

I'll have a Blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmastree
Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me

And the when those blue snowflakes start fallin'
That's when those blue memories start callin'
You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas

but seriously,
abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz (no L)

Here's another "blue" Christmas song:

Pretty Paper
Roy Orbison

[Written By Willie Nelson]

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write "I love you"
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue

Crowded street, busy feet hustle by him
Downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh
There he sits all alone on the sidewalk
Hoping that you won't pass him by

Should you stop?, better not, much too busy
You're in a hurry, my how time does fly
In the distance the ringing of laughter
And in the midst of the laughter he cries

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write "I love you"
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue

Heh, heh, Turtle. I love your blue song. Glad all is well with you and J.M., and this "Carroll" song is for you with two L's. ( love that Noel pun)

The Mock Turtle's Song

"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle - will you come and join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?

"You can really have no notion how delightful it will be
When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!"
But the snail replied, "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance -
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance.

"What matters it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied,
"There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.
The further off from England the nearer is to France -
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?

Ah, edgar. Roy and his blue ribbons. Thanks, Texas.

Do You Hear What I Hear?


Said the night wind to the little lamb,


do you see what I see


Way up in the sky, little lamb,


do you see what I see


A star, a star, dancing in the night


With a tail as big as a kite


With a tail as big as a kite



Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy,


do you hear what I hear


Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy,


do you hear what I hear


A song, a song, high above the trees


With a voice as big as the sea


With a voice as big as the sea



Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king,


do you know what I know


In your palace warm, mighty king,


do you know what I know


A Child, a Child shivers in the cold


Let us bring Him silver and gold


Let us bring Him silver and gold


Said the king to the people everywhere,


listen to what I say


Pray for peace, people everywhere!


listen to what I say


The Child, the Child, sleeping in the night


He will bring us goodness and light


He will bring us goodness and light

Elizabeth Hartman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Born December 23, 1943
Youngstown, Ohio
Died June 10, 1987
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 - June 10, 1987) was an American actress best known for her performance in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, a role for which she won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Female Newcomer and that garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Hartman was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where she became known to patrons of the Youngstown Playhouse as "Biff" Hartman.[1] After gaining valuable experience in community theater, she relocated to New York City. In 1964, Hartman was signed to play the ingenue lead in the Broadway comedy, "Everybody Out, the Castle is Sinking".





Film career

That same year, Hartman was screen-tested by MGM and Warner Brothers.[2] In the early autumn of 1964, she was offered a leading role in A Patch of Blue, opposite Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters. The role won Hartman widespread critical acclaim, a fact proudly noted by the news media in her hometown.[3]

She went on to star in three well-received films, The Group, You're a Big Boy Now and The Beguiled, but continuing depression [1] interfered with her career. Later, she became known to younger audiences as the voice of Mrs. Brisby in The Secret of NIMH.


Final years

This proved to be Hartman's last film role. Her mental health continued to decline and she moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to be closer to her family. She divorced her husband, screenwriter Gill Dennis, in 1984, after a five-year separation.

In 1987, Hartman fell to her death from a fifth-floor window in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That morning, she had reportedly called her psychiatrist to tell her that she was feeling low.[4] Her body was returned to her hometown and interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, beneath two luxuriant maple trees.[5]

Shortly after receiving news of Hartman's death, former co-star Sidney Poitier commented publicly on her tragic end. "It saddens me that she is no longer with us", he said. "She was a wonderful actress and a truly gentle person, and we have lost a distinctive artist

Susan Lucci
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Birth name Susan Victoria Lucci
Born December 23, 1946
Scarsdale, New York

Award winning actress, who has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide.

Lucci attended Garden City High School in Garden City, New York, graduating in 1964. She then attended Marymount College at Fordham University; she graduated from Marymount in 1968.

She is a daytime legend for playing the larger-than-life diva Erica Kane on the ABC television soap opera All My Children, on which she has appeared since the show's inception on January 5, 1970. She and Ray MacDonnell, who plays her former father-in-law Dr. Joe Martin, are the show's only two original stars left on the show today.

She has appeared in a number of television shows and made-for-TV movies. In 1990 she began a series of guest spots on the popular nighttime soap Dallas and hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live in October of the same year.

In 1995, Lucci appeared in the Lifetime television movie Ebbie. This film was an updated version of Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol. Lucci played a Scrooge-like department store owner visited by Marley and the three ghosts on Christmas. Many critics praised her performance and the film has become a holiday favorite.

She was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy for her work on All My Children almost every year since 1978. When Lucci didn't win the award after several consecutive nominations, Lucci's image in the media began to be lampooned, and she became notoriously synonymous with never winning an Emmy. After eighteen failed nominations in a row, it came as a shock to both her and the viewing audience when she finally won it in 1999. [1]

In 2005, she played Erica on sister show One Life to Life.

Lucci starred in the Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" in 1999 to 2000, taking over from Bernadette Peters.

Lucci has found another career as a businesswoman, with many lucrative skin care and makeup lines selling on HSN.

For much of the 1980s and into the 1990s Lucci did many commercials for the local Ford dealers in the New York City area.

In early 2005, Lucci earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In October 2006, Lucci participated in the online "Sleep Like a Star" celebrity Sleep Number bed charity auction on eBay. Sponsored by Select Comfort, the auction raised $35,000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charity.

Lucci has been married since 1969 to Austrian businessman Helmut Huber. They are the parents of serial actress Liza Huber (who is currently on Passions as Gwen), and Andreas Huber (who did not follow his mother and sister into an acting career). She will be a grandmother at the end of 2006, as Huber recently announced she is pregnant with her first child.

Contrary to rumors, Lucci is not the daughter of comedienne Phyllis Diller. The two entertainers are not related in any way.

Lucci's father, Victor, is Italian and her mother, Jeanette, is Swedish; both are first-generation Americans. Lucci is an outspoken conservative Republican, and has planned fundraising events for former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, with the help of his ex-wife, Donna Hanover. [2] Lucci regularly appears at armed forces functions and USO tours to boost the morale of troops

Martha Byrne
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Mary Martha Byrne (born December 23, 1969 in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is an American actress.




Career

Featured roles

Byrne began acting at a young age when she joined the cast of the Broadway musical Annie, where she played the role of July.

She was a featured actor on a number of prime time episodic television programs, including Kate and Allie, Murder, She Wrote, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Jake and the Fatman, and Hearts are Wild. Byrne also appeared in several television movies, with featured roles in When the Cradle Falls, Pink Lightning, and the HBO movie Anna to the Infinite Power, where she played the title role.


Daytime television

Byrne is perhaps best known for her role on the soap opera As the World Turns, portraying Lily Walsh Snyder. She initially assumed the role from Lucy Deakins in May 1985 and played Lily until October 1989, when she left the show and Heather Rattray assumed the role of Lily. Byrne returned in April 1993.

Byrne became part of a "supercouple" when then-head writer Douglas Marland paired Lily, a "poor little rich girl", with hard-luck farmhand Holden Snyder, played by Jon Hensley. The couple is still popular today.

In 1987, Byrne was involved in controversy when she taped Lily's first love scene months before her own 18th birthday. Lily lost her virginity to the character of Dusty Donovan; to add to the controversy, actor Brian Bloom, who was playing Dusty, was even younger than Byrne. This provoked controversy (as teenage characters are generally portrayed by actors who are a few years older, and therefore of consenting age).

From 2000 until 2003, Byrne assumed a double role when she played Lily's long-lost twin, Rose D'Angelo.


Music

Byrne is also a singer. She released her self-titled album Martha Byrne in 1996.

She has also released a second album, Woman Thing Music. Byrne again was the subject of controversy, as the sponsor of the second album was Philip Morris. The CD could only be purchased in conjunction with the purchase of cigarettes, or at one of the "Woman Music Thing" concerts that Philip Morris sponsored. Byrne eventually withdrew endorsement from the music label, as she did not want to be associated with a product that could encourage underage smoking.

In 2006, Byrne realized another album entitled, "The Other Side."


Awards and recognition

Byrne is an eight-time Daytime Emmy Award-nominee, winning Outstanding Younger Actress in 1987 and Outstanding Lead Actress in 2001.


Personal life

Byrne has been married since 1994 to Michael McMahon, a former undercover officer in the New York City Police Department.[1] They live in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey.

Their first child, Michael Terrence McMahon, was born on May 29, 1998. An episode of the TLC series A Baby Story chronicled her second pregnancy and the birth of her son, Maxwell Vincent McMahon, on September 3, 2002. Their third child and first daughter, Annmarie, was born June 12, 2006.


Trivia

Byrne is the godmother to former co-star Yvonne Perry's daughter Shelly Mandez.
Byrne has a close relationship with Elizabeth Hubbard, who portrays her mother on As The World Turns.
On her album "The Other Side," Byrne wrote "Find My Way Back" for Lily and Holden.

A blonde was shopping at a Target store and came across a
silver thermos. She was quite fascinated by it, so she
picked it up and brought it over to the clerk to ask what
it was.

The clerk said, "That's a thermos . . . it keeps some
things hot and some things cold."

"Wow, said the blonde, "that's amazing. I'm going to
buy it!" So she bought the thermos and took it to work
the next day.

Her boss saw it on her desk. "What do you have there?"
he asked.

"Why, that's a thermos . . . it keeps hot things hot and
cold things cold," she replied.

Her boss inquired, "What do you have in it?"

The blond replied, "Two Popsicles, and some coffee".

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

Well, folks, we know our Bob is finished with his background info when he relates a blonde joke. Ok, Boston. We used to kid around about cryogenics,(not Disney) and decided that should the Vatican decide to use that, it would be known as a popesicle. <smile>

Loved your opening song, hawkman, and we will await our Raggedy to comment further.

For the season:

Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming,
As men of old have sung.
It came, a flow'ret bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half-spent was the night.

Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
The rose I have in mind,
With Mary we behold it.
The Virgin mother kind.
To show God's love aright
She bore to them a Savior,
When half-spent was the night.



Es ist ein Ros'

Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Aus einer Wurzel zart.
Wie uns die Alten sungen,
Aus Jesse kam die Art
Und hat ein Bl? bracht,
Mitten im kalten Winter,
Wohl zu der halben Nacht.

Das R?in das ich meine,
Davon Jesaias sagt:
Maria ist's, die Reine,
Die uns das Bl? bracht:
Aus Gottes ewigem Rat
Hat sie ein Kindlein g'boren
Bleibend ein reine Magd.

Good morning to all (with a Groan inbetween).

And here's Elizabeth, Susan and Martha:

Glad that you appreciated my little pun, Raggedy. Hey, we see a trio today, folks--Elizabeth, Susan, and Martha. Wonder if they sing?

Ah, I am reminded of our little middle school trio. Here's another trio:

the Magi
by Joni Mitchell

I remember Monday
Rising up to pack his lunch
We kissed goodbye saying
What a foolish girl was I
Saying, what a fool was she
Near the store where I go shopping
On display there was a golden watch chain
All that week it had me stopping
What a fool was she

Almost Christmas, we were so poor
Where there was will
There were ways
I was sure

In the paper written plain
I saw an ad, I caught a train
And sold my hair to buy the chain
What a fool was she

and he says
I remember Monday rising with her hair
reflected in my eyes
It caught the sun a million times
What a fool was he
In a window near the office was a comb
of pearls and beads and tortoise
Oh, the devil'd come to court us

What a fool was he
Almost Christmas, we were so poor
Where there was will
There were ways
I was sure

In the pawnshop coming home
I stopped inquiring for a loan
And sold the watch to buy the comb
What a fool was he

Christmas came up cold and glum
There were no visions of sugar plums
There were no joyous carols sung
Oh, what fools were they
He sat glaring at her bob
As she lay weeping by a chain and fob
And sadly burned the yule log
And wise men lost their way
Wisemen lose their way
Merry Christmas Day.

Know from whence that song came?

Could it be from:



I was so impressed by that story, when I was very very young.

Hmmm. Now why did I think that Raggedy would not know that great writer.

You're right, PA. Now see if you can help us with this one:

One problem with not being able to spell, folks:

zena, zena,zena zena,(sp)
Come and join the celebration
In the village square.

Zena, zena, zena, zena
Dance to all the music playing
We will see you there. (I think)

Zena, Zena, join the celebration,
There'll be people there from every nation,
Dawn will find us dancing in the sunlight,
Dancing in the village square.

Where's edgar?