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The Merriest
02:28
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I'd like to fix this bag of tricks
And hand it out with a fleeting greeting:
Smiles for the frowners
Salutes to the uppers
Boosts for the downers
May the day be the bowl of cherriest
And to all, the Merriest!
Hope you swing during the season
Hope your days go great
Hope you find plenty of reasons
all year long to celebrate
Sun for the mopers
A laugh for the criers
Luck for the hopers
To the strange and the ordinariest
Me to you, the Merriest!
Thoughts for the musers
A cheer for the winners
Breaks for the losers
To the beats and the debonariest
Greetings like the Merriest!
Hope there's oil under your rose vine
Hope you get that raise
Hope you hope everything goes fine
The next 300 and some odd days
Friends for the loners
A Song for the singers
Grins for the groaners
Make the day the nothing can compariest
Have the most, the merriest!
Have the most, the merriest!
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2. |
Ring A Merry Bell
03:16
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Things I have lost and things I am learning
Make the world seem strange.
Wanderers must have something to trust,
Never let Christmas change!
Ring a merry bell at Christmas time,
Hang the holly, decorate the tables,
I am far from home.
Sing a merry song at Christmas time,
Please be jolly, tell familiar fables
For the folks who roam.
High up, tie up the mistletoe,
Tinsel tip the tree.
Popcorn and silver, on top a star,
So bright that a stranger can see it from afar.
Wrap a merry gift at Christmas time,
Curl the ribbon, stick on fancy labels,
I am far from home.
High up, tie up the mistletoe,
Tinsel tip the tree.
Popcorn and silver, on top a star,
So bright that a stranger can see it from afar.
Ring a merry bell at Christmas time,
Hang the holly, decorate the tables.
Light the highest brightest star
It may guide me home,
Do-ba-do-ba-do.
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3. |
Hang Them On The Tree
03:19
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It's a terrible disgrace
All this trash around the place
As the end of the year is drawing near
These are things I can't discard
But it shouldn't be too hard
To find a way to use them
Since I can't give away or lose them
I'll take the sorrows of last November
Make them a part of Christmas Day
Color them shiny bright and gay
And hang them on the tree
I'll take the quarrels of last September
Cold with the words all sad and grey
Cover them with a silver spray
And hang them on the tree
Every worry, every fear (vocal up, band down)
I'll tie on a string with every tear
Watch them dance in a Christmas light
A year's worth of troubles, shining bright
(Horn figure up)
I didn't realize last December
They could be used a better way
Payed for then, enjoyed much later
Time is the greatest decorator
Paint those mean things
Red and green things
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4. |
7 Shades of Snow
03:07
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Winter's mostly cold and grey,
But I have found it true
That a change of heart can change the scene
And colour the point of view.
When the lights come on, I see
Snow red as holly and snow green as a pine tree.
Everyone I meet wears a smile,
Just for a little while.
In the candle shine, I see
Snow pink as a sunrise and snow blue in the shadows.
Friendly greetings come into style,
Just for a little while.
Silver snow from starlight on tinsel,
Golden snow the sun has made.
Seven shades of snow that shine like a rainbow,
And like a rainbow, soon will fade.
When the lights go out, there'll be
The pine tree and the holly, the shadow and the sunrise.
Golden days and stars in the night,
And though the snow is only white,
If my heart can keep this magic glow,
I keep seeing seven shades of snow.
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5. |
Sorry To See You Go
02:12
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Midnight will sound
And we'll all gather round
The new little year Of the day
But dear old year Before you go
Here's something you ought to know
Though your back is bent
And your beard is gray
You're a year well spent
And I'd like to say
You put on a 1st class show
And I'm sorry to see you go
You brought trouble
Taught me to handle it
Thanks for the lesson
You brought romance
Oh what a scandal it caused
When it all fell through ;-)
You brought worry
Taught me to laugh at it
Now I'm confessin'
That my whole approach is new
After a year like you
So we'll share a toast
From the loving cup
Here's to you grown old
And to me grown up
There's nothing left up your sleeve
But I'm sorry to see you leave
So retire into a memory
You've earned a good rest
It's been great and though
I'll pretend to be
Part of this midnight show
Just between old you and me
And that kid with his year to grow
I'm sorry, really sorry to see you go
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So the season makes you sad and sentimental
Memories it brings to mind
Are things you'd rather leave behind
Little lady lonely, don't you grieve
Winter's got Spring up its sleeve
This decor is more than merely accidental
A time to plan, a plan to rest
Get ready to be at your best
Lonely little lady, just believe
Winter's got Spring up its sleeve
Soon you will know
There's no better show
Than the one going on right here
Let Winter arrange
An impossible change
It's the fanciest trick of the year
Though the setting isn't gay and ornamental
There'll be a sudden change of scene
It's part of nature's best routine
When the curtain falls one frosty
You'll awaken to a world that's bright and new
For Winter's got Spring
Winter's got Spring up its sleeve
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June Bisantz Windham, Connecticut
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