Carols - Richard Thornton

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Program

Sing-a-long Carols

Jingle Bells
Away In A Manger
What Child Is This
Angels We Have Heard On High
Frosty The Snowman
Silver Bells
Let It Snow
Good King Wenceslas
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Silent Night
Joy To The World
O Holy Night
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from Australia

How To Make Gravy
Aussie Jingle Bells
Coming Down My Drive

Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow, In a one horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go, Laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tail ring, Making spirits bright;
What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song to-night. Oh!

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way;
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way;
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!

A day or two ago, I thought I’d take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank – misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank and then we got upsot

Away In A Manger

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

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes.
I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky
And stay by my cradle til morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever, and love me, I pray
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care,
And take us to heaven, to live with Thee there.

What Child Is This

What Child is this who, laid to rest
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom Angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?

This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and Angels sing;
Haste, haste, to bring Him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.

Why lies He in such mean estate,
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christians, fear, for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.

Nails, spear shall pierce Him through,
The cross be borne for me, for you.
Hail, hail the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.

So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh,
Come peasant, king to own Him;
The King of kings salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone Him.

Raise, raise a song on high,
The virgin sings her lullaby.
Joy, joy for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.

Angels We Have Heard On High

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.

Glo———————–ria
in excelsis De–o,
Glo———————ria
in excelsis De—o.

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear?

Glo———————–ria
in excelsis De–o,
Glo———————ria
in excelsis De—o.

Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing.
Come adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Glo———————–ria
in excelsis De–o,
Glo———————ria
in excelsis De—o.

Frosty The Snowman

Frosty the Snow Man, was a jolly happy soul
With a corn-cob pipe and a button nose
and two eyes made out of coal.

Frosty the Snow Man, is a fairy tale they say
He was made of snow but the children know
how he came to life one day.

There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found,
For when they placed it on his head he began to dance around.

Oh, Frosty the Snow Man was alive as he could be,
And the children say he could laugh and play
just the same as you and me.

Frosty the Snow Man,’ knew the sun was hot that day,
So he said, “Let’s run and we’ll have some fun
now before I melt away.”

Down to the village, with a broomstick in his hand,
Running here and there all around the square,
saying “Catch me if you can.”

He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop,
And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler, “Stop!”

Frosty the Snow Man had to hurry on his way,
But he waved good-bye, saying, “Don’t you cry;
I’ll be back a – gain some day.”

Silver Bells

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’ll 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 crunch, see the kids bunch
This is Santa’s big scene
And above all this bustle, you’ll hear

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

Let It Snow

Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful
And since we’ve no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

It Doesn’t show signs of stopping
And I brought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

When we finally kiss goodnight
How I hate going out in the storm
But if you really hold me tight
All the way home I’ll be warm

The fire is slowly dying
And my dear, we’re still goodbye-ing
But as long as you love me so
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Good King Wenceslas

Good King Wences -las looked out
On the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night
Tho’ the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight
Gath‘ring winter fu-u-el.

“Hither, page, and stand by me
If thou know’st it, telling,
Yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?”
“Sire, he lives a good league hence
Underneath the mountain;
Right against the forest fence
By Saint Agnes’ fou-ountain.”

“Bring me flesh and bring me wine
Bring me pine logs hither:
Thou and I shall see him dine
When we bear them thither. ”
Page and monarch, forth they went
Forth they went together;
Through the rude wind’s wild lament
And the bitter wea-eather.”

“Sire, the night is darker now
And the wind blows stronger;
Fails my heart, I know not how
I can go no longer.”
“Mark my footsteps, good my page.
Tread thou in them boldly
Thou shalt find the winter’s rage
Freeze thy blood less co-oldly.”

In his master’s steps he trod
Where the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in the very sod
Which the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure
Wealth or rank possessing,
Ye who now will bless the poor
Shall yourselves find ble-essing.

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Had a very shin – y nose
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glows

All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight

Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
You’ll go down in history

Silent Night

Silent night, Holy night, All is calm all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, Holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts 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.

Joy To The World

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 Heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

He rules the world with truth and grace!
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders and wonders of His love.

O Holy Night

Oh holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appear’d and the soul felt its worth.
The thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees
Oh hear the angel voices

Oh night divine
Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine
Oh night
Oh night divine

Led by the light
of Faith serenely beaming
with glowing hearts by His cradle we stand
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming
Here come the wise men from Orient land
The King of kings lay thus in lowly manger
In all our trials born to be our friend.
He knows our need, To our weakness no stranger!

Be hold your King!
Be fore Him lowly bend!
Be hold your King!
your King!
Before Him bend!

Truly He taught us
to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord, then ever! ever praise we!

His pow’r and glory
e- ver more pro claim!
His pow’r and glory
ever more proclaim

I’ll Be Home for Christmas

I’ll be home for Christmas;
You can count on me.
Please have snow and mis-tle-toe
And presents on the tree.

Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams.
I’ll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams.

I’ll be home for Christmas;
You can count on me.
Please have snow and mis-tle-toe
And presents on the tree.

Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams.
I’ll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

You better watch out, you better not cry,
you better not pout I’m telling you why,
Santa Claus is coming to town.

He’s making a list and checking it twice,
gonna find out who’s naughty and nice,
Santa Claus is coming to town.

He sees you when your sleeping,
he knows when you’re awake
he knows if you’ve been bad or good so be
good for goodness sake

You better watch out, you better not cry,
you better not pout I’m telling you why,
Santa Claus is coming to town.

With little tin horns and little toy drums,
with root-ti-toot-toots and rumpty-tum-tums,
Santa Claus is coming to town.

And curley-haired dolls to cuddle and coo,
elephants, boats and kiddie cars too,
Santa Claus is coming to town.

The boys and girls in town,
will have a jubilee
they’re gonna build a toy land town
all around the christmas tree,

You better watch out, you better not cry,
you better not pout I’m telling you why,
Santa Claus is coming to town.

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

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!

Now bring us some figgy pudding,
bring us some figgy pudding.
bring us some 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,
bring it out here.

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin.
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! (2x)

How To Make Gravy

Hey Joe, it’s Dan here, I hope you’re keeping well, it’s the 21st of December
Now theyre ringing the last bell, if I get good behaviour, I’ll be out of here by July
Won’t you kiss my kids on Christmas day, please___ don’t let them cry
I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland, Stella’s flying in from the coast
They say it’s gonna be 100deg, even more maybe, but that won’t stop the roast
Who’s gonna make the gravy? I bet it won’t taste the same, just add flour, salt
A little red wine and don’t forget a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness
And that extra tang, and give my love to Angus and to Frank and Dolly
Tell ’em all I’m sorry I screwed up this time, and look after Rita
I’ll be thinking of her early Christmas morning, when I’m standing in line

I hear Mary’s got a new boyfriend, I hope he can hold his own
D’you remember the last one, what was his name again? Just a little too much cologne
And Roger, you know I’m even gonna miss Roger
Cause there’s sure as hell no one in here I wanna fight
Oh praise the Baby Jesus, have a Merry Christmas, I’m really gonna miss it,
All the treasure and the trash, and later in the evening, I can just imagine,
You’ll put on Junior Murvin and push the tables back, and you’ll dance with Rita

I know you really like her, just don’t hold her too close, oh brother please don’t
Stab me in the back, I didn’t mean to say that, it’s just my mind it plays up
Multiplies each matter, turns imagination into fact, you know I love her badly
She’s the one to save me, I’m gonna make some gravy, I’m gonna taste the fat
Tell her that I’m sorry, yeah I love her badly, tell ’em all I’m sorry
And kiss the sleepy children for me you know one of these days, I’ll be making gravy
I’ll be making plenty, I’m gonna pay ’em all back

Aussie Jingle Bells

Dashing through the bush, in a rusty Holden ute
Kicking up the dust, esky in the boot.
Kelpie by my side, singing Christmas songs
It’s summer time and I am in my Singlet shorts and thongs, oh!

Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way!
Christmas in Australia
On a scorching summers day, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!
O what fun it is to ride
In a rusty Holden ute!

Engine’s getting hot, we dodge the kangaroos
The swaggie climbs aboard, he is welcome too!
All the family’s there, sitting by the pool
Christmas day the Aussie way, by the barbecue, oh!

Come the afternoon, grandpa has a doze
The kids and Uncle Bruce, are swimming in their clothes
The time comes round to go, we take a family snap
Pack the car and all shoot through, before the washing up, Oh!

Coming Down My Drive

It won’t be long til they arrive, coming down my drive
Family’s here just once a year, God I hope they all survive

Quarter to eight and I’m stressing that the vinaigrette dressing is about to be late
Turkey is cooking but it’s looking like the bird is so big it will not fit on its plate (woah oh)
Twenty past nine I’ve decided it is going to be fine to have the salad undressed
Round about ten the anxiety has hit me again now I’m completely distressed
The kitchen looks like Jackson Pollock has just gone to town
How the fuck do I clean up before the family comes round

Hour and a half seems to pass before the first of my aunts arrives and settles on in
She offers a phoney hello before we both hit the lounge and get stuck into the gin (woah oh)
My dad and my mum have both come but neither of them will stay unless the other one leaves
The family holds an intervention that would rival the UN round the biscuits and cheese
The table’s set, the food is prepped now there’s a moment of peace
I think we’re fine until a glass of wine is destroyed by a niece

The uncle’s a grouch, he’s asleep on the couch and a stream of saliva runs out of his mouth
The auntie is rolling her eyes as she’s doling out insults and calling her husband a slouch
The kids are about to be handing out gifts from the tree… (woah oh)

Bottles of brandy in the kitchen tell us what to expect is in the bowls of hard sauce
I watch as my daughter takes a saucer then begins to dig in to find it’s not what she thought (woah oh)
Just for a moment there is peace, the house is still and at ease, we make a toast and relax
This is what Christmas is about, we’re not completely flat out, we stop and all have a chat
The kids hand out the gifts and all look completely perplexed
They never see this family so don’t know one from the next

The children start fighting and I am delighting in watching the chaos descend on us all
My grandma is prickly and now that she’s tipsy she’s arguing loudly and having a ball
My grandpa will never be far the bar and he’s heckling the tv I’ve just had installed
As much as there’s pain now I can’t quite explain how we still love each other despite all our flaws
It’s now a whole year until this Christmas cheer again calls…

It won’t be long til they arrive, coming down my drive
Wish they were here more every year. God I’m glad they’re in my life.

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