I like Santa Baby - cause it's cheeky ;)
and
Happy Christmas - War is Over. Cause it has a great meaning to it
Whats yours?
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I like Santa Baby - cause it's cheeky ;)
and
Happy Christmas - War is Over. Cause it has a great meaning to it
Whats yours?
War is Over. It makes me cry every time.
Do you hear what I hear and little drummer boy and less traditional Santa baby
Orana Orana (The Carol Of The Birds) its an australian one!
Out on the plains the brolgas are dancing
Lifting their feet like war horses prancing
Up to the sun the woodlarks go winging
Faint in the dawn light echoes their singing
Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day
Down where the tree ferns grow by the river
There where the waters sparkle and quiver
Deep in the gullies bell-birds are chiming
Softly and sweetly their lyric notes rhyming
Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day
Friar birds sip the nectar of flowers
Currawongs chant in the wattle tree bowers
In the blue ranges lorikeets calling
Carols of bushbirds rising and falling
Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day
O Holy Night ... absolutely love it!
I forgot about this one!!! It's a good one too!! :dance::
A child is born.....downloading it from ITUNES right now actually as I couldn't find it on my IPOD.
this is my all time favourite!!
i used to love playing it on the piano!!
Australian Christmas Carol
The North Wind is tossing the leaves,
The red dust is over the town,
The sparrows are under the eaves,
And the grass in the paddock is brown;
As we lift up our voices and sing
To the Christ-Child the Heavenly King.
The tree-ferns in green gullies sway;
The cool stream flows silently by;
The joy bells are greeting the day,
And the chimes are adrift in the sky,
As we lift up our voices and sing
To the Christ-Child the Heavenly King.
Same! They are beautiful songs.:
I have to say I love Away in a Manger as well.
AND this one too!:
Who am I kidding I love them all!
I love O Holy Night, & Silent Night but also What Child is This (its to the tune of greensleeves)
I just hate it when they are too high to sing! Its not as enjoyable when I have to get my opera on :lol:
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I just hate it when they are too high to sing! Its not as enjoyable when I have to get my opera on :lol:[/QUOTE]
:rofl: this just reminded me of MIL - I rarely go to church but went to the family service the other week when DH was playing and MIL sang sooo out of key that I couldn't help but giggle - especially the high notes.... not that I am any better :redface:
This is my favourite also.:
DS1 likes Six white boomers..ooh and thanks for the reminder, I neeed to find the lyrics for him.
Oh Come All Ye Faithful - I absolutely LOVE belting out the second soprano harmony when I'm pushing my trolley in the supermarket and I hear it over the music system! :D
:yeahthat: :lol::
Little Drummer boy...the first time i hear it for the year it gives me goose bumps :redface:
I love the Australian versions of Christmas songs, like Jingle Bells. I love Six White Boomers as well.
My other favourites are Jingle Bell Rock, War is over, and Away in a Manger.
In grade 5 we were taught ONLY Australia christmas carols, and this was my favourite one. I cant find the music anywhere now though which is a shame becuase it was nice.
:
Boomerang of flowers
Music: Leigh Newton Words: Mary Philip & Leigh Newton 1983
A child is lying cradled here,
Beneath the slender gum;
The god of might has left his home,
And to Australia come.
The kookaburra laughs with glee,
The shy koala peeps,
The magpie carols blissfully,
As little Jesus sleeps
Chorus
What shall we give our infant king?
A boomerang of flowers?
To say come back and stay with us
And be forever ours.
(repeat)
One day a cross will hold him fast,
And lest we should forget,
Above him in the sapphire sky
A cross of stars is set.
But there'll be no pain for today,
But peace and joy and love.
Beneath the slender gum he sleeps,
And magpies sing above.
Oooh I like them all too! I love O Come All Ye Faithful and O Holy Night. And We Three Kings - OhhhhhhhOHHHHHHHHHH.
I love love love Santa Baby but am also loving 12 days of Christmas (Aussie version) but can't find the version master J sang at his daycare christmas party! i know there was 1 kokkaburra in a gum tree, and 5 kangaroos but can't remember the rest!
I cant just choose one i like them all!!!
O Holy Night for the traditional one and carol of the bells, or all I want for Christmas is you for non traditional.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - all time fave! Then again, I also adore Ding Dong Merrily On High for the "gloria in excelsis deo" bit. "Gloria" is just three syllables though and in the song it really isn't. Love singing that, it beats "five gold rings" for bits in a song everyone just has to join in with when they hear.
Non-religious favourites include The Happiest Christmas Tree and Buon Natale (DS also loves these). Saviour's Day, Little Drummer Boy (Aled and Terry), Last Christmas, Driving Home For Christmas, Winter Wonderland... for the most part, I love them all! Ooooh, the 12 days of Christmas song that the chap who was Father Jack on Father Ted did - it's the thank you (or not) letters for all the gifts. Most amusing.
I'm currently singing O Little Town Of Bethlehem as a lullaby for DS too.
Carol of the Bells aka (in this house anyway, and I'm guessing most Family Guy fans) Ding Fries Are Done
I love this one that my kids learnt at nursery
:
Hee-haw, hee-haw
does anybody care
There's a baby in my dinner
and its just not fair
Jesus in the manger
lying in the hay
far too young to realise
he's getting in the way
I don't blame the baby
not his fault at all
but his parents really should respect
a donkey's feeding stall
After all that journey
with my heavy load
did I ever once conplain
about that dreadful road
I can cope with the backache
and these swollen feet
all I ask is some respect
and one square meal to eat
"Be prepared", I told them
better book ahead
Joseph said "Don't be an ass"
and took a chance instead
Now they've pinched my bedroom
people are so rude
I can cope with that but not
a baby in my food