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Jane Shields
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas singing to her child in the bedroom on Christmas
Eve, trying to get the child to sleep. I’m really not at
It’s Christmas time so lets all pray for peace all musically minded, but I kind of like the thought
Families together and all wars to cease of mixing a few Christmas Carols that might
Light up your candles for loved ones above compliment each other as a lullaby.
Share laughter and joy with those that you love
Likewise, Christmas Eve (Silent Night) is also a
As you sit together beneath the tree mixture, this time four verses with the chorus
Exchanging gifts wrapped in fine frippery constructed with the addition of the Christmas
The Christmas cheer begins to come through Carol Silent Night at the end of each line. In my
Remember each moment, it’s special to you mind I hear that part of the chorus sung by an
angelic voice. After the final chorus is the
remainder of the first verse of Silent Night, again I
Christmas is time for families to share ‘hear’ this sung by an angelic voice.
Drawing them closer to show that they care
Bringing smiles and laughter to young and old Merry Christmas is the very first Christmas lyric I
With family traditions for you to uphold attempted to write, in late 2017. I tried to end it
with a message to all, to remember those less
Please take a moment from your Christmas day fortunate than ourselves on Christmas Day,
To offer a prayer for the homeless today because there are so many people all across the
May they find some peace, world who are not and perhaps never will be as
and hope and good cheerAnd may C fortunate as we are. The least we can do is to look
hristmas be special for them next year out for each other over the Christmas period, and
perhaps a short visit or telephone call to someone
So here’s my own wish to one and to all who is spending it alone is a small way of
Christmas is joy for the great and the small brightening their day for them.
But for those on their own it’s a sad sad day
Perhaps you can brighten it in some small way Wherever you are in the world, I wish you all a safe
and happy Christmas day. xx
Merry Christmas everyone. x
Jane Shields (C)
Hi to all, I’m Jane Shields, and I have been
writing lyrics for three years now. I thought since
it’s a Christmas issue I would include three
different Christmas lyrics I’ve put together over the
years. None of them have, to my knowledge, yet
been recorded, as I am not a musician, and my
singing leaves much to be desired...
My first offering, Christmas Lullaby, is a bit of a
mash up of a couple of Christmas Carols, starting
off with two verses in which I imagined a mother
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