Saturday 26 November 2011

For all you budding soloists an Advent song:


Christmas Time is Coming Once Again
(sung to “Winter Wonderland”)
Lyrics by Major William Clarke.

Hear the bells now a-ringing,
hear the songs we’re a-singing,
The glad happy sound tells those all around:
Christmas time is coming once again.

There’s the band serenading,
there’s St. Nick out parading,
Each in his own way proclaiming the day,
Christmas time is coming once again.

Listen to the children as they chatter;
Listen to the “Merry Christmas” call;
Listen to the shoppers as they clatter:
They’re buying pretty presents, one and all.

It’s a time filled with gladness,
cast away all your sadness;
Just lift up your voice in song, and rejoice:
Christmas time is coming once again.

Long ago angels told it,
Shepherds came to behold it,
Each year we reveal how happy we feel;
Christmas time is coming once again.

Every year, in December,
we take time to remember
The baby who came, Christ Jesus his name,
Christmas time is coming once again.

He who found his cradle in a manger
One day bore our sins upon the cross;
There to rid our souls from sin and danger,
He died to free our souls from guilt and loss.

Now to all tell the story,
stand and give God the glory!
Rejoice ever more, your Saviour adore:
Christmas time is coming once again.

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