lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

JINGLE BELLS

(James Pierpont) « © '53 Embassy Music, BMI »
(Jingle ling a ling ah ah ah ah jingle ling a ling ah ah ah ah)

Dashing through 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 tonight
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
(Jingle ling a ling ah ah ah ah jingle ling a ling ah ah ah ah)

Now the ground if white so go it while you're young
Take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song
Just get about tailnag two forty for his speed
Then hitching to an open sleigh and packing take to lead
Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way...
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2.

BLUE CHRISTMAS

(Bill Hayes - Jay Johnson) « © '48 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
(You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue blue Christmas)

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

And when those blue snowflakes start falling
That's when those blue heartaches start calling
You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue blue Christmas
[ strings - vibes ] And when those blue snowflakes start falling...
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3.

SENOR SANTA CLAUS

(Lawton Williams) « © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI / Western Hills Music, BMI »
Dear Senor Santa Claus I think I tell you what
I would like for Christmas and I hope you won't forgot
I only want a peso that I can have for mine
To get my senorita something for Christmas time
I don't believe you read the card last Christmas that I sent
You come to see the kids across the street and then you went
Dear Senor Santa Claus I think me understand
Sometimes the toys all gone before you reach the Rio Grande
[ strings ] Dear Senor Santa Claus I tell you what I think
I no got a stockin' I set out my piggy bank
So please bring me peso that I can have for mine
To get my senorita something for Christmas time
On Christmas Eve I watch for you and I no sleep a wink
If I no get Lolita something she feel sad I think
So please Senor Santa Claus this Christmas be so grand
If I get peso to buy ring for my Lolita's hand
[ strings ] I don't know what I buy for her I think I buy a rose
So she can wear it in her hair most everywhere she goes
Please Senor Santa Claus this Christmas be so grand
If I get peso to buy ring for my Lolita's hand
If I get peso to buy ring for my Lolita's hand
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4.

OLD CHRISTMAS CARD

(Vaughn Horton) « © '60 Southern Music, ASCAP »
(It's the mem'ry of an old Christmas card)

There's an old Christmas card in an old dusty trunk
And it brings back sweet mem'ries dear to me
Though it's faded and worn it's as precious as the morn
When I found it neath our first Christmas tree

I thrill with every word every line
Guess I'm always sentimental round this time
Pardon me if a tear falls among my Christmas cheer
It's the mem'ry of an old Christmas card

You know I don't know why I get to feeling sentimental about this time every year
But every time I see a Christmas card I somehow can't help reminiscing
About the very first Christmas that you and I spent together
What a beautiful Christmas card you gave me that year
Why I know you must have looked through thousands of cards
To find that wonderful poem that still brings a tear to my eye

I thrill with every word every line...
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5.

MERRY CHRISTMAS POLKA

(Willie Phelps) « © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
This is Christmas season so there isn't any reason we can't dance the Christmas polka
Hear sleighbells ringing everybody's singing dancing the Christmas polka
Christmas trees and holly make everyone so jolly and love just fills the air
It's a wonderful world for a boy and a girl while dancing the Christmas polka

The merry Christmas polka let's dance let's dance let's dance
Everyone's so happy the air is filled with romance
Watch the sweethearts kissing as they dance neath the mistletoe
It's a sight to behold for the young and the old the merry Christmas polka
[ accordion ] This is Christmas season...
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6.

WHITE CHRISTMAS

(Irving Berlin) « © '42 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »
(May your days be merry and bright)

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas with every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white

(I'm dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow)
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...
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7.

SILVER BELLS

(Jay Livingston - Ray Evans) « © '51 Paramount Music, ASCAP »
(Silver bells silver bells 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 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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8.

C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

(Jenny Lou Carson - Eddy Arnold) « © '62 Unichappell Music, BMI »
C is for the Christ Child born upon this day H is for Herald Angels in the night
R means our redeemer I means Israel S is for the star that shone so bright

T is for three wise men they who travelled far M is for the manger where he lay
A's for all he stands for S means shepherds came
And that's why there's a Christmas day

T is for three wise men...
And that's why there's a Christmas day
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9.

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

(Lewis H. Reiner - Phillips Brooks) « © '46 Sacred Music Foundation, BMI »
O little town of Bethlehem how still we see Thee lie
Above Thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by
(Yet in Thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light)
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight

O holy child of Bethlehem decent to us we pray
Cast on our sin and enter in be born to us today
(We little Christmas angels the great and Thy itself)
O come to us abide with us our Lord Emanuel
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10.

MARY'S LITTLE BOY CHILD

(Jester Hairston) « © '62 Bourne Co, BMI »
Long time ago in Bethlehem so the Holy Bible say
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day

Hark now hear the angels sing a new King's born today
That man will live for evermore because of Christmas Day
Trumpets sound and angels sing listen what they say
That man will live for evermore because of Christmas Day

While Shepherds watched their flock by night they see a bright new star
Then hear a choir of angels sing music seems to come from a far
Now Joseph and his wife Mary come to Bethlehem that night
They found no place to lay the child not a single room was in sight

Hark now hear the angels sing...

By and by they found a little nook in a stable so forlorned
In a manger cold and dark Mary's little boy was born

Hark now hear the angels sing...
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11.

O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL (ADESTE FIDELES)

(Traditional) « © '61 Cherry River Music, BMI / Chrysalis Songs, BMI »
(O come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant)
O come ye o come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold him born the King of angels
O come let us adore him o come let us adore him
O come let us adore him Christ the Lord

Yea Lord we greet Thee born this happy morning Jesus to Thee be glory given
Word of the Father now in flesh appearing
O come let us adore him o come let us adore him
O come let us adore him Christ the Lord
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12.

SILENT NIGHT

(Franz Gruber - Joseph Mohr) « © '53 Educational Graphics Press, BMI »
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

(Silent night holy night shepherds sway out of sight)
Gloriest dreams from heaven afar heavenly host sing hallelujah
Christ the Saviour is born Christ the Saviour is born

Silent night holy night son of God love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face with the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus Lord at Thy birth Jesus Lord at Thy birth
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