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chriStMaS iS here
Verse Chorus
Gran and granddads So come on everybody put your blues away,
on the cheese and wine, That time is here it’s Christmas Day,
The family’s here Get the old tunes playing on the stereo,
because its Christmas time, We all know the words
Lights and baubles hanging from the tree, we’ve heard them all before
And the mistletoe’s there
just for you and me Verse
The icing on the cake
Verse is when the snow falls down,
Santa’s been and had his sweet mince pie, And a snowman grows
He came in the night and we all know why, right up from the ground,
Down the chimney with his big red sack, In your hats and coats
Put presents by the tree and went right back having snowball fights,
Just having fun in the winter night
Chorus
So come on everybody put your blues away, Chorus
That time is here it’s Christmas Day, So come on everybody put your blues away,
Get the old tunes playing on the stereo, That time is here it’s Christmas Day,
We all know the words Get the old tunes playing on the stereo,
we’ve heard them all before We all know the words
we’ve heard them all before
Verse
We got Slade and Wham and Wizzard to,
Grab the one you love Here is my attempt at lyrics for a Christmas song, I decided to go for something which when melody
dance the whole night through, and music are added will be along the lines of classic up beat songs like those by Slade, Wizzard and
the ilk.
There’s a twinkle there in your granddads
eye, How the lyrics for my Christmas song came about is quite simple. Over the last few years a number of
As the songs take him back to years gone by the No1 Christmas songs really have had nothing to do with the festive season mainly due to X-Fac-
tor so I thought it would be a good idea to write something traditional with an up beat feel but also an
important message which I hope the lyrics convey.
Bridge
Ain’t about the turkey I also write and am vocalist for the ‘4 Owld Codgers’ country band and all of the members have been
the roasties or the sprouts, friends and known each other since school (we are now all over 60 years of age) but only been
Spreading love is what it’s all about, performing for the last few years. We have had airplay with stations in America and done well in
Time for family having fun with friends, International song writing competitions (4th and 7th). I collaborate with other artists too. Mainly
Susanne Waldbrunner from Germany,but also Knoll Buddy an artist in America.
Such a good time hope it never ends
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