Waves of Christmas

 

CD 2017

Track list (Click on a song title to see its lyrics.)
1.		Christmas Time Is Here	2:36
2.		The Star Carol	2:04
3.		I'll Be Home For Christmas	3:52
4.		The Christmas Song	2:04
5.		River	3:39
6.		A Cradle In Bethlehem	3:26
7.		Christmas Dreaming	3:02
8.		On Christmas Morning	2:31
9.		Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	3:42
10.		Christmas Island	2:27
11.		White Christmas/Silent Night	3:22
		Total Time:	32:45

 

 

 

Christmas Time Is Here

Lee Mendelson, Vince Guaraldi

Christmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all that children call
Their favorite time of year

Snowflakes in the air
Carols everywhere
Olden times and ancient rhymes
Of love and dreams to share

Sleigh bells in the air
Beauty everywhere
Yuletide by the fireside
And joyful memories there

Christmas time is here
Families drawing near
Oh, that we could always see
Such spirit through the year

Sleigh bells in the air
Beauty everywhere
Yuletide by the fireside
And joyful memories there

Christmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all that children call
Their favorite time of year
Fun for all that children call
Their favorite time of year

 

 

The Star Carol

Alfred Burt and Wihla Hutson

Long years ago, on a deep winter night
High in the heavens a star shone bright
While in the manger a wee baby lay
Sweetly asleep on a bed of hay

Jesus the lord was that baby so small
Lay down to sleep in a humble stall
Then came the star and it stood over head
Shedding its light 'round his little bed

Dear baby Jesus how tiny thou art
I'll make a place for thee in my heart
And when the stars in the heavens I see
Ever and always I'd think of thee

I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram

I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents by the tree
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

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

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram

I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents by the tree
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

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

 

The Christmas Song

Robert Wells, Mevin H. Tormé

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks, dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is going to spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
And so, I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you

 

River

Joni Mitchell

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I made my baby say goodbye
It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

A Cradle In Bethlehem

Alfred Bryan, Larry Stock

Sing sweet and low your lullaby
‘til angels say, "Amen."
A mother tonight is rocking
A cradle in Bethlehem
While wise men follow through the dark
A star that beckons them
A mother tonight is rocking
A cradle in Bethlehem

"A little child shall lead them, "
The prophets said of old.
In storm and tempest keep them
Until the bell is tolled
Sing sweet and low your lullaby
‘til angels say, "Amen."
A mother tonight is rocking
A cradle in Bethlehem

"A little child shall lead them, "
The prophets said of old.
In storm and tempest keep them
Until the bell is tolled
Sing sweet and low your lullaby
‘til angels say, "Amen."
A mother tonight is rocking
A cradle in Bethlehem
Yes, a mother tonight is rocking
A cradle in Bethlehem

Christmas Dreaming

Gordon Irving, Lee Lester

I'm doing
My Christmas dreaming
A little early this year
No sign of snow around
And yet I go around
Hearing jingle bells
Ringing in my ear

Your promise
Must be the reason
The happy season is here
So I'm doing
My Christmas dreaming
A little early this year

Your promise
Must be the reason
The happy season is here
So I'm doing
My Christmas dreaming
A little early this year
A little early this year

 

On Christmas Morning

Michael Lennon

As the seasons start to change
And the store fronts rearrange
My heart begins a bittersweet divide

It’s my favorite time of year
But I’m wishing you were here
To wrap your arms around me Christmas morning

Every other holiday you’re on my mind
But it's a different kind of blue
Something bout this holiday, this time of year
Oh I should be here with you

Load the car to buy a tree
We were one big happy family
Why do all those happy moments now make me cry?

You’re a star high on the tree
The perfect vantage to watch over me
While I relish in the love that lays before me
I’ll be wishing you were here on Christmas morning
Oh I always miss you most on Christmas morning

 

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bow
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bow
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
Merry Christmas to you

 

Christmas Island

Lyle Moraine

How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'd ya like to spend the holiday away across the sea?
How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'd ya like to hang your stocking on a great big coconut tree?

How'd ya like to stay up late, like the islanders do?
And wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe
If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island
You will never stray for everyday
Your Christmas dreams come true

How'd ya like to stay up late like the islanders do?
And wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe
If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island
You will never stray, for everyday
Your Christmas dreams come true
You will never stray, for everyday
Your Christmas dreams come true

 

White Christmas/Silent Night

Irving Berlin/ Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr

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

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