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12 Nov 00 - 11:41 AM (#339192) Subject: Help: xmas song: My Dad used to sing this From: GUEST,carrilin Hi all. This place is great! I'm looking for a song my Dad sang when I was a kid in the early 80's. He probably got it from North Country Public Radio in NY. (If I taped the Folk Show for him, he'd give up McNeil Lehrer to let me watch The Polka Dot Door) Anyway, I don't remember the title, and only some of the lyrics. Here goes... As wise men scan the skies They dream of brighter days... And the light they saw in the sky that night Was the same sweet light in a young childs eyes... Oh star of wonder, star of night Star with royal beauty bright They've seen that star before tonight But never has it shone so bright... If anyone knows the artist, or better yet a link to lyrics and chords, I'd be eternally grateful My coworkers want me to play at our Christmas party. Thanks, carrilin |
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12 Nov 00 - 11:45 AM (#339196) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: JTT It's "We three kings of Orient are", and you'll find the words and tune here: http://www.arose4ever.com/karen/christmas/wethreekings.htm |
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12 Nov 00 - 11:57 AM (#339207) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: GUEST,Lindsay Why don't these lyrics show up in the link? Lindsay |
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12 Nov 00 - 12:00 PM (#339210) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: GUEST,carrilin No, that's not it. The chorus was a takeoff on the chorus from We Three Kings, but the melody and verses are all different. |
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12 Nov 00 - 01:47 PM (#339257) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: Gypsy I'll dig this up out of the old hymn book...unless Praise beats me to it! Lovely song! Easy to play, too |
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12 Nov 00 - 01:59 PM (#339261) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: Snuffy She does not want "We Three Kings Of Orient Are" - she's looking for a DIFFERENT song which quotes a part of WTKOOA. Wassail! V |
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12 Nov 00 - 02:27 PM (#339269) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: Bill D *grin*...some Mudcatters could have voted for Pat Buchanan, seeing how closely they read....but I don't know the parody, either... |
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12 Nov 00 - 07:13 PM (#339373) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: John in Brisbane Tom Lehrer wrote a Christmas satire about the commercialism of the event which incorporates as I recall parts of the Wee Three Kings but is centred around Deck The Halls. Just one possibility. Regards, John |
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12 Nov 00 - 07:20 PM (#339375) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: paddymac Well, if it turns out to be one of Lehrer's, it's bound to be brilliant. I suspect that there are many of us lurking on this thread, just waiting to see the solution to the problem posed. Wish I could be more help, but I'll just have to be content to be a cheerleader on this one. Go get 'em, Team Mudcat! |
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12 Nov 00 - 07:50 PM (#339396) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: GUEST,Gene * CLICK/LOTSA UNUSUAL SONG LYRICS * |
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12 Nov 00 - 11:28 PM (#339500) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: John in Brisbane The song that I was thinking is 'A Christmas Carol' by Lehrer. I have a rehearsal tonight so apologies in advance that I won't be able to look for it amongst my Lehrer collection. I'd be surprised if the ltrics aren't on the Web. Regards, John |
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13 Nov 00 - 01:10 AM (#339540) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: My Dad used to sing this From: John in Brisbane Here's Lehrer's 'A Christmas Carol' - I must admit I didn't check the DT, it could well be in there. Apologies that this is not what you were seeking. If you are unsuccessful may these be an appropriate substitute. Regards, John
A Christmas Carol
One very familiar type of song is the Christmas carol. Although it is perhaps a bit out of season at this time. However, I'm informed by my "disk jockey" friends - of whom I have none, that in order to get a song popular by Christmas time, you have to start plugging it well in advance. So here goes. It has always seemed to me after all. That Christmas, with its spirit of giving, offers us all a wonderful opportunity each year to reflect on what we all most sincerely and deeply believe in. I refer of course, to money. And yet none of the Christmas carols that you hear on the radio or in the street, even attempt to capture the true spirit of Christmas as we celebrate it in the United States. That is to say the commercial spirit. So I should like to offer the following Christmas carol for next year, as being perhaps a bit more appropriate.
Christmas time is here, by golly,
On Christmas Day you can't get sore,
Relations, sparing no expense'll
Hark the Herald Tribune sings,
So let the raucous sleigh bells jingle,
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