lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

CHRISTMAS TIME'S A COMIN'

(Tex Logan)
« © '65 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Christmas time's a comin' Christmas time's a comin'
Christmas time's a comin' and I know I'm going home

Snowflakes are fallin' my old home's a callin'
Tall pines are hummin' Christmas time's a comin'

Can't you hear them bells ringing ringing joy joy hear them singing
When it's snowin' I'll be goin' back to my country home

Christmas time's a comin'...
[ guitar ] White candles burnin' my old heart's a yearnin'
For the folks at home when Christmas time's a comin'

Can't you hear them bells...
[ guitar ] Hollies in the window home where the wind blows
I can't walk for runnin' Christmas time's a comin'

Can't you hear them bells...
Christmas time's a comin'...
Christmas time's a comin'...
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2.

BLUE CHRISTMAS

(Bill Hayes - Jay Johnson)
« © '48 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
I'll have a blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't mean a thing dear if you're not here with me

I'll have a blue Christmas that's certain
And when that blue heartache starts hurtin'
You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue blue Christmas
[ guitar - steel ] I'll have a blue Christmas I know dear
I hope your white Christmas bring you cheer
And when you kneel to say your prayers on this Christmas Eve
I wonder if you'll feel the same as when you prayed with me

And when those blue snowflakes start falling
And all those blue mem'ries start calling
You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue blue Christmas
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3.

SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN

(Haven Gillespie - Fred J. Coots)
« © '34 Feist Catalog, ASCAP / Gillespie Haven Music, ASCAP »
Oh you better watch out you better not cry
You better not pout I'm tellin' you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town

He's a making a list checking in twice
Gonna find out who's naughty and nice
Santa Claus is comin' to town

He sees you when you're sleeping he knows when you're awake
He knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake

Oh you better watch out...
[ guitar ] With a little tin horn and a little toy drum
A root a toot toot and a rum a tum tum
Santa Claus is comin' to town

Curly hair dolls the cuddle and coo
Elephants boats and kiddie cars too
Santa Claus is comin' to town

The kids and girls in boyland will have a jubilee
They're gonna build a toyland town all around the Christmas tree

Oh you better watch out...
Santa Claus is comin' to town
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4.

SILVER BELLS

(Jay Livingston - Ray Evans)
« © '51 Paramount Music, ASCAP »
City sidewalks busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
Children laughing people passing meeting 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

Strings of street lights even stop lights blink a bright red and green
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures
Hear the snow crush see the kids bunch this is Santa's big scene
And above all this bustle you hear

Silver bells silver bells...
Soon it will be Christmas Day
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5.

PO' FOLKS CHRISTMAS

(Bill Anderson)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
There's a whole lotta people lookin' down their noses at me
Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family
I guess I learned to take it for most of the year
But every December when Christmas drew near
And all the other families were out spreadin' cheer
We was sittin' home being po' folks

Our Christmas shopping was thumblin' through the new catalog
Lookin' and a wishin' and a wantin' everything we saw
Little toy trains and little toy boats
And sister kept lookin' at the little girl's coats
We all sat down and wrote Santa a note
But Santa don't come to see po' folks
And we wadn't nothing but po' folks

Po' folks livin' way in the country we never heard the jingle of the jingle bells
Ho ho ho we was po po po' and if we had Christmas well we just made it ourselves

Daddy took a hatchet and daddy chopped a pine tree down
The only decorations were the ones we made or found
Brother saw some holly in the rich men's yard
He picked it up fast and ran home hard
And mama knew he stole it but bless her heart
Christmas ain't easy on po' folks
And it ain't no time for whipping po' folks
[ dobro ] I remember one Christmas it was blowing and a snowing mean
Wadn't nothing in the kitchen but a few of mama's homecanned beans
Some ladies from the church brought a basket of food
Mama kinda smiled and she said that's good
But why don't you all just take it to the folks that live down the road
They ain't got as much as we do huh why they're just po' folks

She only kept a chicken and enough to make some homemade bread
But you'd've thought we was feastin' from the blessings that my daddy said
And later when kids was tucked in tight
And the fire wadn't nothin' but a flickering light
You oughta heard my mama sing Silent Night
Cause that's what you do when you're po' folks
And we wadn't nothin' but po' folks
Christmas time when you're po' folks
The Lord sure must've loved us po' folks ha ha he made a passel of us
Everybody at my house was po' folks why most of the time we was po'
We couldn't even pay attention mercy Christmas time when you're po' folks
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6.

MY CHRISTMAS LIST GROWS SHORTER EVERY YEAR

(Bill Anderson)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
My Christmas list grows shorter every year
Things just aren't the way they were before
My Christmas list grows shorter every year
It's almost not like Christmas anymore

I guess it's cause I came from a pretty big family
Christmas was always a big happy time
We used to swap presents with aunts uncles and cousins
Course most of the presents just came from the five and dime
I remember how I used to get such a big kick out of wrappin'
Just a simple little box and placin' it under the tree
Everybody at my house used to laugh and said that I was born
With a little too much of the spirit of Christmas in me
I left home a few years ago now and it seemed then that things started to change
Mom passed on now daddy's gone Christmases seem sorta strange
Sister ran off with some weird kinda guy I never did understand him too much
My kid brother's off somewhere in the service
And he never was the kind to stay in touch
Course I started my own family a few years ago
My wife and I had two of the cutest little girls
I ha ha remember last Christmas I really went wild
I bought them just about everything in the whole wide world
And I remember on the Christmas Eve night I took 'em upon my lap
And I told them the story of Jesus
And the Santa Claus and the eight tiny reindeer
All I wish now is the spirit of Christmas could have lingered throughout the whole year
You see my wife left me back in September the kids are with her I don't know where
I'd love to just send them a small Christmas card
To let them know that daddy does care
Cause Christmas is a time for sharing your gifts and your heart
With the ones that you love the best
But sittin' here tonight lookin' at this big sheet of paper
I don't even have one single address

My Christmas list grows shorter every year
Oh what I'd give to just go back in time
My Christmas list grows shorter every year
The only name that's left this year is mine
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7.

Medley:

O HOLY NIGHT

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

AWAY IN A MANGER

(arr. Bill Anderson)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
O holy night the stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth

(O little town of Bethlehem how still we see Thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by)

And it came to pass in those days that there went out
A descree from Seasar Augustus that all the world should be taxed
And all went to be taxed everyone into his own city
And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth
Into Judeea into the city of David which is called Bethlehem
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife being great with child
And so it was that while they were there the days were accomplished
And she should be delieverd
And she brought for her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes
And laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn

Away in a manger no crib for a bed the little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field
Keeping watch over their flock by night
And to the angel of the Lord came upon them
And the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid
And the angel said unto them fear not
For behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shell be to all people
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour
Which is Christ the Lord and this shall be sign unto you
Ye shell find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
Praising God and saying glory to God
In the highest and on earth peace good will toward men
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8.

Medley:

JOY TO THE WORLD

HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING

O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL

(arr. Bill Anderson)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Joy to the world the Lord is come let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare him room and heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing and heaven and them and nature sing

Hark the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild God in sinners reconcile
Joyful longing nations rise join the trial of the skies
With antitheticals proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King

O come all ye faithful joyful and triumpho
Come ye o come ye to Bethlehem
Come on and behold him born to King of angels
O come let us adore him o come let us adore him
O come let us adore him Christ our Lord
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9.

SILENT NIGHT

(Franz Gruber - Joseph Mohr)
« © '53 Educational Graphics Press, BMI »
Yes he was born in an obscure village the son of a simple pleasant woman
He grew up in another small town
And worked with his father in a carpenter shop until he was thirty
And then for three years he was what we would call a traveling preacher
He never wrote a book he never held political office
The places he did go he usually walked
He never did any of the things that one usually associates with greatness
He had no credentials but himself
When he was only thirty three the tide of public opinion turned against him
Some of his friends deserted him
One denied him one even betrayed him and turned him over to his enemies
He went through the mockery of a trial
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves
While he was dying his executioners gambled for his only possession
His robe his purple robe
When he was dead he was taken from the cross and laid in a borrowed grave
Provided through the compassion of a friend
Nineteen wide centuries have since come and gone
And today this man is the centerpiece of the human race
The leader in the column of mankinds progress
I think that I am well within the mark when I say
All the armies that ever marched all the navies that ever sailed the seven seas
All the legislative bodies that ever met
All the kings and rules that have ever rigned all put together
Have not effected the life of man on this earth as much as that one solitare life

Silent night holy night all is calm all is bright
Round young virgin mother and child holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace
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