Lyrics
THE CRANBERRY SHORES CHORUS
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
Words and Music by
Meredith Willson
It's beginning to look a lot like Christ-mas
Every-where you go.
Take a look at the five-and-ten,
Glistening once a-gain, with candy canes and silver lanes a-glow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christ-mas,
Toys in every store.
But the prettiest site to see is the holly that will be on your own front door.
A pair of Hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots is the wish of Barney and Ben.
Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk is the hope of Janice and Jen.
Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start a-gain!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christ-mas
Everywhere you go.
There's a tree in the grand hotel, one in the park as well,
The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christ-mas,
Soon the bells will ring
And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing
Right with-in your heart.
Shalom (A song for Hanukkah)
Words and Music by
Dave Perry and Jean Perry
Peace to you, my friend, to you, on this winter night.
May the joy of Hanukkah shine thru out your life.
May your days be long and may, may your friends be true,
May these days and nights of Hanukkah bring happiness to you.
Shine, candle bright on this Hanukkah night.
May the warmth and glow of the menorah show the joy of so long ago.
So, shine candle bright on this Hanukkah night.
At this time of year, with those whom we hold dear,
Let us share the love and laughter, one and all.
Shalom, Shalom to you, Shalom my friend
May God bless and keep you safe.
Til we meet a-gain.
So, Peace to you my friend, to you on this winter night.
At this time of year, with those whom we hold dear,
Let us share the love and laughter, one and all.
Shalom!
IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
Music By
Eddie Pola and George Wyle
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
With the kids jingle belling and every-one telling you “Be of good cheer.”
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
It’s the hap - happiest season of all.
With those holiday greetings and hap-happy meetings when friends come to call
It’s the hap-happiest season of all!
There’ll be par-ties for hosting,
marsh mellows for roasting
and caroling out in the snow
There’ll be scary ghost stories
and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
There’ll be much mistletoe-ing and hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near.
It’s the most wonderful,
most marvelous,
most Fabulous
joyously wonderful time...Time of the year!
JINGLE BELLS
Written By J.S. Pierpont
Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, Hear those sleigh bells ring.
Verse 1
Dashing thru’ the snow in a one-horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go, Laughing all the way.
Bells on Bobtail ring, Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song to-night!
Chorus
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!
Verse 2
Now the ground is white, Go it while you’re young
Take the boys to-night and sing this sleighing song.
Get a bob-tail nag, Two-forty for his speed,
Then hitch him to an open sleigh and “crack” you’ll take the lead!
Repeat Chorus
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Written by Irving Berlin
Ding! The Christ-mas bells are ringing.
I'm dreaming of a White Christ-mas,
Just like the ones I used to know.
Where the tree-tops glisten, and children listen, To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I'm dreaming of a White Christ-mas,
With ev-'ry Christ-mas card I write.
May your days be merry and bright.
And may all your Christmases be white.
May your days be merry and bright.
And may all your Christmases be white.
CENTERTONIX
CAROL OF THE BELLS
Music: Mykola Leontovych; Lyrics:Peter J. Wilhousky
Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells,
All seem to say, throw cares away
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer,
To young 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 they ring while people sing
Songs of good cheer, Christmas is here.
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas,
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas.
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
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer,
To young 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 they 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
NOT SO MUCH A WINTER WONDERLAND
Words by Brian Morris, Music by Felix Bernard
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THE CHRISTMAS SONG
Songwriters: Mel Torme / Robert Wells
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you.
LIGHT ONE CANDLE
Music and lyrics by Peter Yarrow
Light one candle for the Maccabee children
With thanks that their light didn't die
Light one candle for the pain they endured
When their right to exist was denied
Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice
Justice and freedom demand
But light one candle for the wisdom to know
When the peacemaker's time is at hand
Don't let the light go out!
It's lasted for so many years!
Don't let the light go out!
Let it shine through our hope and our tears. (2)
Light one candle for the strength that we need
To never become our own foe
And light one candle for those who are suffering
Pain we learned so long ago
Light one candle for all we believe in
That anger not tear us apart
And light one candle to find us together
With peace as the song in our hearts
Don't let the light go out!
It's lasted for so many years!
Don't let the light go out!
Let it shine through our hope and our tears. (2)
What is the memory that's valued so highly
That we keep it alive in that flame?
What's the commitment to those who have died
That we cry out they've not died in vain?
We have come this far always believing
That justice would somehow prevail
This is the burden, this is the promise
This is why we will not fail!
Don't let the light go out!
Don't let the light go out!
Don't let the light go out!
O TANNENBAUM
German traditional folk song, Lyrics by Ernst Anschütz
Arrangement by Vince Guaraldi and Liam Mahony
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum
wie treu sind deine Blätter!
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
wie treu sind deine Blätter!
Du grünst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,
Nein auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
wie treu sind deine Blätter!
Oh Christmas, Christmas tree
Faithful and true your branches green
Oh Chris... Christmas tree
Faithful are your branches
Green when summer days are bright
and when winter snow is white
Oh Christmas, Christmas tree
Faithful and green your branches are
(Jingle bells Jingle all the way)
SANTA BABY
Joan Ellen Javits / Philip Springer / Tony Springer
Santa baby, just slip a sable under the tree for me
Been an awful good girl
Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa baby, a '54 convertible too, light blue
I'll wait up for you, dear
Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Think of all the fun I've missed
Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed
Next year, I could be just as good
If you check off my Christmas list
Santa baby, I want a yacht and really that's not a lot
Been an angel all year
Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa honey, one little thing I really need, the deed
To a platinum mine
Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa cutie, and fill my stocking with a duplex and checks
Sign your "X" on the line
Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tiffany
I really do believe in you
Let's see if you believe in me
Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring
I don't mean on the phone
Santa baby, so hurry down my chimney tonight
Hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry, tonight
WE'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Lyrics by Brian Morris, Music by Walter Kent
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