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Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let
heart be light
now on,
Our troubles
be
of sight
Have
a
little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From
on,
Our troubles
be
Here we are as in olden days,
golden days of
Faithful
who
dear to us
Gather near to us
the
we
will be together
If the Fates allow
a shining star
the highest bough.
And have
a
now.
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k3lit0
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Dec 20th, 2008 at 04:40 GMT
0 points
Ohhh I couldn't spell the last word of the second-to-last line. Kept spelling it differently. :P
alisa11
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Dec 20th, 2008 at 13:17 GMT
5 points
Great Quiz! This is my favorite Christmas song :)
PhilSandifer
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Dec 20th, 2008 at 13:58 GMT
0 points
Of course, these aren't the correct lyrics. The song was originally from Meet Me in St. Louis, sung by Judy Garland. The situation is a family who is separated for Christmas. Hence the line is "In a year we all will be together," since this year they will not, in fact, all be together. Furthermore, the line is not "Hang a shining star upon the highest bough," but "until then we'll have to muddle through somehow." These lyrics are for the largely bowdlerized version Frank Sinatra worked up because the Judy Garland version was depressing.
nicalobe
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Dec 20th, 2008 at 14:13 GMT
6 points
So you're angry because this isn't depressing?
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PhilSandifer
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Dec 20th, 2008 at 14:32 GMT
-6 points
nicalobe - No, I'm annoyed that they picked a set of lyrics that aren't the correct or original lyrics to the song. :)
davidr
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Dec 20th, 2008 at 15:08 GMT
16 points
@Phil S.: So there are two versions of the song. I'm not sure that necessarily means that the first version is somehow more "correct" than the other. Is it "incorrect" to sing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" because it uses the same tune as "God Save the Queen"?
AeroE:
Dec 20th, 2008 at 16:02 GMT
17 points
This version may not be the original lyrics, but it is the more well known and more performed set of lyrics.
whysoserious
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Dec 20th, 2008 at 17:00 GMT
4 points
Yes these aren't the "correct", or original lyrics, but they are the lyrics of this song none the less. After all you should be happy, this song was made as a form of flattery to Judy Garland. You know what they say imitation is the highest form of flattery. Besides the people who later performed it can't just steal the original lyrics, that would be unfair, so they had to switch it up. I also like the song "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby as well as this song.
Kat:
Dec 20th, 2008 at 19:17 GMT
4 points
The Judy Garland version wasn't depressing, it was more reflective. Still, it is the original lyrics. At least James Taylor sang it how it was written. Also, the 'hanging' lyric just doesn't fit into the rest of the song. If you want depressing listen to that 'Christmas Shoes' song.
cka93094
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Dec 21st, 2008 at 19:33 GMT
4 points
Love the song...who cares if the're the original lyrics!!!
jkd:
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 17:46 GMT
4 points
As I heard it, Frank Sinatra went back to the original lyricist (Sammy Kahn, perhaps?) and asked for more cheerful lyrics. So, they may not be the original lyrics, but they are certainly correct and legitimate.
jkd:
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 17:50 GMT
-1 points
@Karunya: Actually, any performer who changes the lyrics to a song without permission could be in trouble with the original copyright holder. Case in point: George Harrison - He's So Fine / My Sweet Lord.
delorean1985
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Dec 9th, 2009 at 01:03 GMT
2 points
these arent the original lyrics i like judy garlands version better
nittanybluehen
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Dec 10th, 2009 at 23:44 GMT
0 points
the lyrics are wrong. just saying.
kagomeshuko
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Dec 14th, 2009 at 19:48 GMT
-1 points
I, too, have a Christmas game. I know I'm not supposed to advertise in comments, but how else do I get the word to the sporcle community being that my online friends don't play sporcle? Please, come play, comment, rate, nominate if you think it is good. http://www.sporcle.com/games/kagomeshuko/christmascarolinitials Thanks so much!
ilovebandkids
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Dec 23rd, 2009 at 08:26 GMT
1 point
i liked it... it just took me a while to remember... was it supposed to be warm and not light?
Todd1952SF
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Jun 13th, 2010 at 23:25 GMT
4 points
@PhilSandifer and others - the 1944 version used in the film "Meet Me in St. Louis" was tailored to the melancholy situation in which Judy Garland's character found herself. Those weren't even the original lyrics -- Vincente Minelli had them changed for the film because the original lyrics were even more depressing. In 1957, Frank Sinatra asked Hugh Martin, the original lyricist, to make some revisions for a Christmas album he was recording. Hugh Martin did so and that's the version used here, and it became far more popular than the revisions used in the film because the 1957 lyrics are more universally applicable to celebrating Christmas. Me, I've always preferred the 1957 lyrics for general Christmas use -- they're not as specifically sad -- and since Hugh Martin wrote all three versions, original, 1944 film-revision and 1957 Sinatra-revision, they're all legitimate versions in my humble opinion.
flab_packer
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Sep 30th, 2010 at 07:22 GMT
2 points
I get a kick out of these comments sometimes. Like @PhilSandifer's comment. I don't think he meant to complain, just meant to seem smarter than someone else. Thank you Todd1952SF for proving he is not. (I'm assuming he's a "he" because I don't know many female "Phil"s. But you never know. God save the Queen!
oh_Neville
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Mar 18th, 2011 at 20:23 GMT
2 points
My favorite all-time Christmas song. Whichever version of the lyrics these are.
Maherdabum
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Oct 12th, 2011 at 05:23 GMT
0 points
Wierd Lyrics!!!
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