Copied from Terry Tufts' web site:


BIG SIX
W. T. Tufts, SOCAN

1. Oh, it ain't a big production to conjure up a miracle,
Just Heaven and the earth and the magic in between,
But once the fire is lit, the consequence becomes historical.
It ain't a big production, though, and this is all you need:

CHORUS: One star shinin' in the heavens,
Two shepherds watching from the fields,
Three wise men come to worship in the manger,
Taking in the glory as the magic is revealed.
Four days fleeing into Egypt,
Five days walkin' back again,
Six angels guiding from the heavens.
Hallelujah, children, 'cause He's comin' back again.

2. This ol' world was over weary with the worry and neglect.
We were all losing the point between the cause and the effect,
So Jehovah sent a baby on a long and lonesome trek
To try to teach us all to treat each other with respect. CHORUS

3. He put the sun up in the sky to drive away the night.
He put the boots to Pharaoh for the Israelite.
He can make a flower bloom in a heart that's choked with weeds.
It only takes a miracle and this is all you need: CHORUS


—I wrote this for a Christmas show I was to be part of in Ottawa one winter but I couldn't get in to the performance due to snow. A few years later, CKBY manager Ted Daigle called me up to participate in a yearly release of Christmas carols called "Christmas in the Valley." I had recorded a Regney/Shayne tune called DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? (which changed to IS THIS YOUR BEER OR MY BEER? when the session got started) so this time I asked the producer, Ted Gerow, if I could do one of my own. He had a listen and was really supportive and the song was released on volume 7 of the project. The disk was distributed by the Mac's Milk convenience store chain and the money went to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Royal Ottawa Health Care Foundation.

When I did the annual radio interview with Wayne Rostad for the broadcast of the music, Wayne went nuts on the song and ended up using it for the closing tune for the CBC TV broadcast ('96, '97, & '98) of his Christmas special called Christmas In The Valley. Thanks, Wayne.