1. |
Spean
04:20
|
|||
|
Brightest and best are the suns of the morning,
Brighten our darkness and send us vine aid,
Start of the East the horizon adorning,
Guide where the slumbering infant he is laid.
CHORUS
Let them ring, let them ring,
Let the bells ring out upon the day,
Brightest and best are the suns of the morning,
Chasing the darkness and shadows all the way.
Cold on his cradle the dew drops are shining,
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall,
Angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Beautiful babe shines the brightest of them all.
CHORUS
Say, shall we offer in costly devotion,
Odours of Edom and offerings divine,
Gems of the mountain and pearls from the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest or gold that's from the mine.
CHORUS
Brightest and best are the suns of the morning,
Brighten our darkness and send us thine aid,
Star of the east the horizon adorning,
Guide where the slumbering infant he is laid.
CHORUS X2
|
||||
2. |
Glorious
05:10
|
|||
|
The trees hang low on this cold winter's evening,
Silence it falls underground,
And here I walk though I'm barely feeling,
The cold of this hard frozen ground.
CHORUS
Glorious, I was glorious,
Heart full of light, bright star of the night.
But that was before 'us'.
The sun it clings to this cold evenings evening,
It lights only half of this land,
My heart is in shade and though I'm barely feeling,
I remember the warmth of your hand.
CHORUS
Glorious, I was glorious,
Wings of love, I fell from above,
Glorious, I was glorious.
Heart full of light, bright star of the night.
But that was before 'us'.
These drops of grief on this cold winter's evening,
Can never repay unto you.
Your fierce proud love, which I cannot stop feeling.
Now I leave them behind with the dew.
CHORUS
Glorious, I was glorious,
Heart full of light, bright star of the night.
But that was before 'us'.
Let the spring take hold of this cold winter's evening,
And summer take hold of my heart,
Then autumn will come, my golden wings healing,
Unfurling, in time to depart.
CHORUS
Glorious, I was glorious,
Wings of love, I fell from above,
Glorious, I was glorious.
Heart full of light, bright star of the night.
But that was before 'us'.
|
||||
3. |
||||
|
It's the most wonderful time of the year,
With the kids jingle belling,
And everyone telling you be of good cheer,
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
It's the hap-happiest season of all,
With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings,
When friends come to call,
It's the hap-happiest season of all.
There'll be parties for hosting,
Marshmallows for toasting,
And carolling out in the snow,
There'll be scary ghost stories,
And tales of the glories,
Of Christmases long, long ago.
It's the most wonderful time of the year,
There'll be much mistltoeing,
And hearts will be glowing,
When loved ones are near,
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
It's the most wonderful time of the year,
With the kids jingle belling,
And everyone telling you be of good cheer,
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
There'll be parties for hosting,
Marshmallows for toasting,
And carolling out in the snow,
There'll be scary ghost stories,
And tales of the glories,
Of Christmases long, long ago.
It's the most wonderful time of the year,
There'll be much mistltoeing,
And hearts will be glowing,
When loved ones are near,
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful timeOf the year
|
||||
4. |
Rusby Shephards
04:40
|
|||
|
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the lord came down,
And glory shone around.
CHORUS
Upon this Christmas morning,
Upon this Christmas morning,
Voices are singing,
Upon this Christmas day.
"Fear not" said he, for mighty dread,
Had seized their troubled minds,
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring,
To you and all mankind."
CHORUS
To you in David's town this day,
Is born of David's line,
A saviour who is Christ the lord,
And this will be the sign.
CHORUS
All glory be to god on high,
And to the earth be peace,
Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men,
Begin and never cease.
CHORUS
While shepherds watched their flocks at night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the lord came down,
And glory shone around
CHORUS X2
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
Oh the moon shines bright and the stars give a light,
In a little while it will be day,
Now my song has begun, I will walk the journey long,
And I bid you awake and pray.
CHORUS
Awake, awake,
I bid you awake and pray.
Awake, awake good people all,
Awake and you will hear,
Instruct and teach your children well,
Oh and love them and hold them dear.
CHORUS
Awake, awake,
I bid you awake and pray.
Oh fair oh fair Jerusalem,
Oh when will I come to thee,
Where the fields are green, as green as can be,
And the heavenly dew will appear.
CHORUS
Awake, awake,
The heavenly dew will appear.
Oh the life of a man is but a span,
And cut down in it's flower,
We are here today and gone tomorrow,
We are creatures of an hour.
CHORUS
Awake, awake,
We are creatures of an hour.
Now my song it is done and I must be gone,
I can no longer here,
God bless you all both great and small,
And I wish you a joyful new year.
CHORUS
Awake, awake,
And I wish you a joyful new year.
|
||||
6. |
||||
|
Rockin' around the Christmas tree,
At the Christmas party hop,
Mistletoe hung where you can see,
Every couple tries to stop,
Rockin' around the Christmas tree,
Let the Christmas spirit ring,
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie,
And we'll do some carolling.
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear,
Voices singing, let's be jolly,
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree,
Have a happy holiday,
Everyone dancing merrily,
In the new old-fashioned way.
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too,
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling "Yoo Hoo!"
Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy and cosy are we,
We're snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be,
Let's take the road before us and sing a chorus or two,
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree,
At the Christmas party hop,
Mistletoe hung where you can see,
Every couple tries to stop,
Rockin' around the Christmas tree,
Let the Christmas spirit ring,
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie,
And we'll do some carolling.
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear,
Voices singing, let's be jolly,
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree,
Have a happy holiday,
Everyone dancing merrily,
In the new old-fashioned way.
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear,
Voices singing, let's be jolly,
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree,
Have a happy holiday,
Everyone dancing merrily,
In the new old-fashioned way.
|
||||
7. |
Nowell, Nowell
05:32
|
|||
|
Nowell, Nowell the angels did say,
To shepherds who there in their fields did lay,
Late in the night while watching their sheep,
On a dark winter's night both cold and bleak.
CHORUS
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the king of Israel.
And then there did appear a star,
Whose bring glory then did shine so far,
Unto the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued by day and by night.
CHORUS
The star drew near unto the north-west,
And over a stable it took it's rest,
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where the baby did lay.
CHORUS
Then entered in those wise men three,
With reverence they fell to their knee,
And offered up in his presence,
Their gifts of gold and frankincense.
CHORUS
|
||||
8. |
||||
|
Arrest these merry gentlemen and make them go away,
Arrest these merry gentlemen it may be Christmas Day,
But they’re singing and they’re shouting and they’re causing and affray,
So take tidings to Constable Joy, Constable Joy,
So take tidings to Constable Joy.
Arrest these merry gentlemen now messing in the street,
They’re dirty and they’re ragged now no shoes upon their feet.
They’re not the type of person who we really wish to meet,
So take tidings to Constable Joy, Constable Joy,
So take tidings to Constable Joy.
Arrest these merry gentlemen they’re rough unruly louts,
Now they’ve started arguing and loudly they do shout,
And soon I think we’ll see some Christmas boxing breaking out,
So take tidings to Constable Joy, Constable Joy,
So take tidings to Constable Joy.
Arrest these merry gentlemen who in their gutters crawl,
The good, the bad, the ugly, the long, the short, the tall.
We’d like to wish a miserable Christmas to them all,
So take tidings to Constable Joy, Constable Joy,
So take tidings to Constable Joy.
Arrest these merry gentlemen and make them go away,
Arrest these merry gentlemen it may be Christmas Day,
But they’re singing and they’re shouting and they’re causing and affray,
So take tidings to Constable Joy, Constable Joy,
So take tidings to Constable Joy, Constable Joy,
So take tidings to Constable Joy.
|
||||
9. |
||||
|
A spaceman came traveling on his ship from afar,
It was light years of time since his mission did start,
And over a village, he halted his craft,
And it hung in the sky like a star, just like a star.
He followed a light and came down to a shed,
Where a mother and child were lying there on a bed,
A bright light of silver shone round his head,
And he had the face of an angel and they were afraid.
Then the stranger spoke, he said "Do not fear,
I come from a planet a long way from here,
And I bring a message for mankind to hear,"
And suddenly the sweetest music filled the air.
And it went la la la la la la la la.......
Peace and goodwill to all men and love for the child.
This lovely music went trembling through the ground,
And many were wakened on hearing that sound,
And travellers on the road, that village they found,
By the light of that ship in the sky which shone all around.
Just before dawn at the paling of the sky,
The stranger returned and said "Now I must fly,
When two thousand years of your time has gone by,
This song will begin once again to a baby's cry."
And it went la la la la la la la la.......
This song will begin once again.
And it went la la la la la la la la.......
This song will begin once again.
|
||||
10. |
Nothin' For Christmas
03:48
|
|||
|
CHORUS
I'm getting nothin' for Christmas,
Mommy and Daddy are mad,
I'm getting nothin' for Christmas,
Cos I ain't been nothin' but bad.
I broke my bat on Johnny's head,
Somebody snitched on me,
I hid a frog in sister's bed,
Somebody snitched on me.
I spilled some ink on mummy's rug,
I made Tommy eat a bug,
Bought some gum with a penny slug,
Someone snitched on me.
CHORUS
I put a tack on teacher's chair,
Someone snitched on me,
I tied a knot in Susie's hair,
Someone snitched on me,
I did a dance on mummy's plants,
Climbed a tree and tore my pants,
Filled that sugar bowl with ants,
Somebody snitched on me.
CHORUS
I won't be seeing Santa Claus,
Someone snitched on me,
He won't come visit me because,
Someone snitched on me,
Next year I'll be going straight,
Then I'll be good you just wait,
I'd start this year but it's too late,
Someone snitched on me.
CHORUS XS
|
||||
11. |
Joseph
04:17
|
|||
|
As Joseph was a walking he heard the angels sing,
He listened to them talking of good news that they bring,
A babe is born to thee this night, but not in a house nor hall,
When Joseph was a walking he heard the angels call.
His mother will not dress him in purple nor in pall,
But all in fair white linen just like the sweet babes all,
A babe is born to thee this night but not in house nor hall,
When Joseph was a walking he heard the angels call.
He will not lay his head down on silver nor on gold,
But in a wooden cradle that rocks there on the mould,
A babe is born to thee this night but not in house nor hall,
When Joseph was a walking he heard the angels call.
He neither shall be christened in red wine nor in white,
But with the fair spring water awash with warm starlight,
A babe is born to thee this night but not in house nor hall,
When Joseph was a walking he heard the angels call.
As Joseph was a walking he heard the angels sing,
He listened to them talking of good news that they bring,
A babe is born to thee this night, a babe who shall be king,
When Joseph was a walking he heard the angels sing,
When Joseph was a walking he heard the angels sing.
|
||||
Kate Rusby England, UK
Forever proud to call herself a folk singer, Kate celebrates her own 50 yrs with her 'Established 1973'
tours.
2022 marked 30 yrs as a professional musician with the album 30:Happy Returns
Hand Me Down (2020) was her highest-charting album.
Named in the Top 10 Folk Voices of the Century and a Mercury Prize in 1999
Yorkshire roots the carols in her Christmas tour.
... more
If you like Kate Rusby, you may also like:
supported by 12 fans who also own “Light Years”
Dystopia was my introduction to Talisk when the live version of it was out on youtube. Between the energy and life not just by the music itself, but the people playing it being so engrained into the songs themselves, Talisk has become a foot-stomper, and an absolute jam of a band to put on full volume.
go to album
supported by 12 fans who also own “Light Years”
I did find this band in Youtube, Live at Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2023. For me it was so good, can't find words, it blew me away and still does.
go to album
Still As Your Sleeping
by Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
supported by 12 fans who also own “Light Years”
Thanks for the beautiful music Karine and Dave. it's been a while since I've felt so emotional listening to a new album. Every lyric is so beautifully supported by the piano parts.
go to album
Mind, Man, Medicine
by The Secret Sisters
The Alabama duo's fifth album exults in dusty Americana, showcasing rich vocal harmonies alongside blissful folk instrumentation.
go to album
The haunting new record from Canadian folk artist Avi C. Engel bridges old and new traditions with a minimalist approach.
go to album
The King Of Misery
by Daudi Matsiko
featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 7, 2023
go to album
Serpent's Tears
by Richard Thompson
supported by 10 fans who also own “Light Years”
There's a similarity in song writing between Richard Thompson and Hugh Cornwell which maybe isn't surprising as they went to the same school at the same time, although Thompson is older. Due to Thompson's association with John French of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band I searched for his work on the Bandcamp app. French, Thompson and Cornwell all have albums on the app which I'm very pleased about. Only Thompson has released contemporary albums, much to his credit.
go to album
