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Kris Kringle

from While Mortals Sleep by Kate Rusby

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    England's finest Folk singer and interpreter of classic material presents her second volume of South Yorkshire inspired songs and carols, following on from Sweet Bells. Features the Kate Rusby Band: Ed Boyd (guitar), Damien O'Kane (tenor guitar, banjo, guitar), Duncan Lyall (double bass) plus The Brass Quintet Boys.

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about

Wm B Bradbury/arr.Kate Rusby

This was written by an American Wm B Bradbury and features in his book 'Fresh Laurels for the Sabbath School' published in 1867. I have known this since childhood and it is part of the South Yorkshire Carol Tradition.

lyrics

Who comes this way so blithe and gay,
upon a merry Christmas Day?
So merrily, so cheerily,
with his peaked hat and his reindeer sleigh,
With lots of toys for girls and boys,
as pretty as you ever did see?
O, this is Santa Claus's man,
Kris Kringle with his Christmas tree.

Ho ho, ho ho, ho ho ho ho ho ho....

Chorus:
Then jingle, jingle, jing-a-jing-a-jing,
Right merry we shall be,
Oh, jingle, jingle, come Kris Kringle,
Come with your Christmas tree,
And welcome, welcome, welcome Kris,
Right welcome you shall be,
Oh here he is, yes, yes, 'tis Kris,
'Tis Kris with his Christmas tree,
The Christmas tree, the Christmas tree,
The Christmas tree.

His sleigh bells ring with a merry jing,
as of its reefs the reindeer springs,
Gee up! Gee ho! See how they go,
Away o'er ice and the drifts of snow.
For he must call one and all,
his master's pretty pets you see,
Oh, this is Santa Claus's man,
Kris Kringle with his Christmas tree.

Ho ho, ho ho, ho ho ho ho ho ho....

Chorus

With cakes and plums, trumpets and drums
And lots of pretty things he comes
So now be quick, your places take
And all a merry circle make,
For now he's near, he'll soon appear
And we, his merry face will see
Oh, welcome Santa Claus's man
Kris Kringle with his Christmas tree

Ho ho, ho ho, ho ho ho ho ho ho....

Chorus

credits

from While Mortals Sleep, released December 5, 2022
Vocals: Kate Rusby
Guitar: Damien O'Kane
Double Bass: Duncan Lyall
Diatonic Accordion: Julian Sutton
Cornet: Rich Evans

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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.
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