WINTER HOLIDAY TEXTS - FALL 2015
Good Cheer
African Noel
Welcome, welcome from far and near,
We welcome you with all good cheer!
Join with us on this festive night,
With merry hearts and spirits bright.
Sing we now most joyfully,
Delighting in your company.
Welcome, welcome from far and near,
We welcome you with all good cheer!
Sing Noel, sing Noel, Noel, Noel! (4x)
Sing we all Noel! Sing, sing!
Continue singing these words
In varying part combinations.
May this musical feast begin
For all good souls who enter in.
Make we merry, and sing on high
As gladsome instruments then reply.
Sing we now most joyfully,
Delighting in your company.
Wishing peace and good will
To all who celebrate within this hall.
Welcome, welcome from far and near,
We welcome you with all good cheer!
Join with us on this festive night
With merry hearts and spirits bright.
Sing we now most joyfully,
Delighting in your company.
Welcome, welcome from far and near,
We welcome you with all good cheer,
We welcome you with all good cheer, good cheer!!
A Winter Carol
(partner song with Huron Carol)
Part 1
Hear the drum; it tells a tale,
Sounding over the hill and vale.
“Be joyful, my people!”, it seems to say.
“For unto us a baby boy is born this Christmas day.
In excelsis Gloria.”
Part 2
“Twas in the moon of wintertime when
All the birds had fled;
The mighty Gitchi Manitou sent angel choirs instead.
Before their light the stars grew dim
And wond’ring hunters heard the hymn,
“Welcome, Thous, baby boy.
Come, Christmas Child. In excelsis Gloria.”
Repeat 1st 2 verses together, w/ sopranos
on Part 1 & altos on Part 2.
Clap Your Hands
Part 1 - ALL
Clap your hands all ye mighty people.
Shout, shout, shout unto the earth.
Clap your hands all ye mighty people.
Sing out with joy, sing out with joy,
Sing out and clap your hands.
Part 2 - ALL
Clap your hands ye people.
Shout, shout, shout unto the earth.
Clap your hands ye people.
Sing out with joy, sing out with joy,
Sing out and clap your hands
Let the seas roar, let the rivers clap their hands,
Let the mountains sing out for joy!
Let the seas roar, let the rivers clap their hands,
Let the mountains sing out for joy, for joy!
SOPS SING Part 1 while ALTOS sing Part 2
ALTO (start 1st - 6x)
Clap your hands, all ye people.
Clap your hands, all the earth.
SOP 2 (start 2nd - 4x)
Shout, clap your hands,
Sing out with joy all the earth.
SOP 1 (start 3rd - 2x)
Shout, shout, clap your hands
And shout, shout all the earth.
SOPS2 sing Part 1 while ALTOS sing Part 2
While SOPS 1 sing:
Clap ye mighty people.
Shout unto all the earth.
Clap ye mighty people.
ALL:
Sing out with joy, sing out with joy,
Sing out and clap your hands.
Clap your hands.
Clap your hands.
Dona Nobis Pacem
(Grant Us Peace)
Dona nobis, dona nobis,
Dona nobis pacem.
Dona nobis, dona nobis,
Dona nobis pacem…
Chapua Kali Desemba
(Chasing the Wild Winds of December –
Swahili)
He’s makin’ a list. He’s checkin’ it twice.
Gonna find out who’s naughty and ni-yice.
Santa Claus is comin’ to town!
(Baridi Desemba!) Baridi Desemba!
(Kali Desemba!) Kali Desemba!
(Upepo Desemba!) Upepo Desemba!
(Chapua!) Chapua!
He sees you when you’re sleeping.
He knows when you’re awake.
He knows if you’ve been bad or good,
So be good, for goodness sake!
Chapua! Chapua! We run so fast
Up the side of Kilimanjaro!
Chapua! Upepo kali Desemba!
Chasing the wild, wild winds of December!
(repeat this chorus)
You better watch out, you better not cry.
You better not pout, I’m tellin’ you why.
‘Cause Santa Claus is comin’ to town!
Ho, ho, ho (part 1 – repeat 4 sequences)
Up on the roof, baby! (part 2 – repeat 3
sequences)
Jolly old St. Nicholas! (part 3 – repeat 2
sequences)
S-A-N-T-A! (part 4 – 1 sequence only)
(Let all the work be done so that my feet run
free)
Hmm…. Oh, Chapua! Chapua! Bi Desemba!
Hmm… Oh, Chapua! Chapua!
(over the river, just rafiki and me.)
Kali Desemba! Baridi Desemba!
Kali Desemba! Upepo Desemba!
Chapua!
Hmm…. Oh, Chapua! Chapua! Bi Desemba!
(See the mountaintop so white with snow.)
Hmm…. Oh, Chapua! Chapua! Kali Desemba!
(Come on, rafiki, it is time to go!)
Chapua! Chapua! We run so fast
Up the side of Kilimanjaro!
Chapua! Upepo kali Desemba!
Chasing the wild, wild winds of December!
Chapua! Upepo kali Desemba!
Chasing the wild, wild winds of December!
Chapua!
Stars I Shall Find
There will be rest, and sure stars shining,
There will be rest, and sure stars shining
Over rooftops crowned with snow,
A reign of rest, serene forgetting,
The music of stillness holy and low.
I will make this world of my devising,
Out of a dream in my lonely mind,
I shall find the crystal of peace, above me,
Above me, stars I shall find, stars I shall find.
Santa’s On His Way Medley
Can you hear him? I can hear him!
Is he here? Santa’s here!
Part 2:
Up on the house top reindeer pause,
Out jumps good old Santa Claus!
Down through the chimney with lots of toys,
All for the little ones, Christmas joys!
Part 1:
Shoo-bie-doo-wah (3x) Santa Claus!
Shoo-bie-doo-wah (3x) Christmas joys!
So you better watch out,
you better not cry-eeyi.
Better not pout, I’m tellin’ you why!
Santa Claus is comin’ (repeat 3x)
To town!
Comin’ to town! Comin’ to town!
Jolly old St. Nicholas! Here he comes!
Steppin’ Out with Santa
Santa Claus is comin’, soon he will be here.
No more ho-ho-hummin’,
Have some Christmas cheer.
Shine your patent leather
And put a top hat on your head.
Get yourself together.
We’re gonna paint the town green and red!
Christmas Eve is coming soon,
Santa’s on his way.
Are you ready for St. Nick?
Hear these words I say!
Chorus:
Steppin’ out, steppin’ out,
Steppin’ out with Santa Claus.
Steppin’ out, steppin’ out,
Steppin’ out with Santa Claus.
You better watch out, you better not cry-eeyi.
Better not pout, I’m tellin’ you why.
Santa Claus is comin’ to town!
He’s comin’ to town!
Santa Claus looks dashing.
Gents look debonair.
All the dames look smashing,
Style is ev’rywhere.
Christmas is the season
To have a big black tie affair.
There’s no better reason
To show a little bit o’ savoir faire!
Repeat chorus –
Spoken dialogue between parts 1 & 2:
Steppin’ out with Santa on the town.
Steppin’ out with Santa Claus up and down.
Steppin’ out with Santa Claus left and right.
Steppin’ out with Santa Claus, what a night!
Steppin’ out, steppin’ out,
Steppin’ out with Santa Claus (spoken part1).
Steppin’ out with Santa Claus (spoken part 2).
(repeat these 3 lines)
Kiss you once and then some more
And wish you a Merry Christmas, baby
Wish you a Merry Christmas, baby.
And such happiness in the comin’ year.
Oh baby,
Let’s deck the halls with holly,
Sing sweet silent night
Fill the tree with angel hair,
And pretty, pretty lights.
Go to sleep and wake up just before daylight.
All these things and more, baby,
All these things and more, baby.
That’s what Christmas means to me, my love.
That’s what Christmas means to me, my love.
Steppin’ out, stepping out.
Come on ev’rybody, we’re steppin’ out! (spoken)
While the band is swingin’
We’re gonna jive and jitterbug.
Santa will be singin’.
So, ev’rybody cut a rug!
Candles burnin’ low,
Lots of lights and snow.
Christmas choirs singin’
Right outside my door.
That’s what Christmas means to me, my love.
That’s what Christmas means to me, my love.
My love!
Repeat chorus –
A Holly Jolly Christmas
We’re steppin’ out with good ol’ Santa Claus,
Santa Claus, Santa Claus! Santa Claus!
Steppin out with Santa Claus (spoken).
Yeah!
What Christmas Means to Me
Oh, candles burnin’ low,
Lots of mistletoe
Lots of snow and ice, everywhere we go.
Choirs singin’ carols, right outside my door.
All these things and more.
All these things and more, baby.
That’s what Christmas means to me, my love.
That’s what Christmas means to me, my love.
(Oooo…) I see your smilin’ face
Like I never seen before.
Even though I love you madly,
It seems I love you more.
And little cards you give me
Will touch my heart for sure.
All these things and more, darling.
All these things and more, darling.
That’s what Christmas means to me, my love.
That’s what Christmas means to me, my love.
I feel like runnin’ wild
As anxious as a little child
To greet you ‘neath the mistletoe
Holly, jolly, holly, holly, jolly…
Have a holly, jolly Christmas,
It’s the best time of the year.
I don’t know if there’ll be snow
But have a cup of cheer.
Have a holly, jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street,
Say “Hello” to friends you know
And ev’ryone you meet.
Oh, ho, the mistletoe
Hung where you can see.
Somebody waits for you, Kiss him once for me.
Have a holly, jolly Christmas
(holly, jolly, holly, holly, jolly…)
And in case you didn’t hear,
Oh, by golly, have a holly, jolly, Christmas this year!
Repeat “holly, jolly, holly, holly, jolly…
with kazoos “singing” the 1st verse
melody.
Oh, ho, the mistletoe
Hung where you can see.
Somebody waits for you, Kiss him once for me.
Have a holly, jolly Christmas
(holly, jolly, holly, holly, jolly…)
And in case you didn’t hear,
Oh, by golly, have a holly, jolly, Christmas this year!
(Holly, jolly,) holly, holly, jolly!