Christmas Song lyrics for your enjoyment

[Cherchez la Femme]

Christmas Song

Once in Royal David's City stood a lonely cattle shed,
where a mother held her baby.
You'd do well to remember the things He later said.
When you're stuffing yourselves at the Christmas parties,
you'll just laugh when I tell you to take a running jump.
You're missing the point I'm sure does not need making
that Christmas spirit is not what you drink.

So how can you laugh when your own mother's hungry,
and how can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong?
And if I just messed up your thoughtless pleasures,
remember, if you wish, this is just a Christmas song.

(Hey! Santa! Pass us that bottle, will you?)



Living In The Past, 1972



Re: "when your own mother's starving" I've always taken to refer to Christ's admonitions
one such as 'when you clothed the naked, fed the hungry, visited in prison... you did this to me'
in so many words
If anyone has a better quote/scripture that would help explain this (although I would hope it's fairly self-evident) please share

[Brickbat]

1. One of my favorites. Fucking awesome.

[Ian David]

2. Once in Royal David's City / Jethro Tull - A Christmas Song

Once in Royal David's City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RC34N1TfCQ

Jethro Tull - A Christmas Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZPya731x_s

[Cherchez la Femme]

4. Thanks for posting the videos!

I have NO idea how to embed a video, heck I don't even know how to put it a photo that'll show up, just to put in the link!
I believe that sometimes when I've just added a link to the body of a post the actual picture did show up
but other times just the link/address will show...

Oh well, learning more HTML will have to wait until I get a nice new shiny ARoundTuIt :D

[MuseRider]

3. :-)

I have always loved that song. Thanks.

[HughBeaumont]

5. I was just listening to this song last night.

Says it all in the modern era of consumerism and decorations.

[Cherchez la Femme]

6. I saw Ian Anderson live beginning of November

none of the former Tull members were still playing with him -- but what a FANTASTIC show!
Luckily got 2nd row center seats and was able to watch him closely. The man is amazing, just for the fact that he engages his audience with direct eye contact constantly all across the rows, all throughout the show.

Well, to me that was amazing. I guess when I think of rock stars, even older ones, I think of people at least somewhat full of themselves
Perhaps with some justification; after all, the artist is famous and talented and the audience can simply be a sea of anonymous, non-important --after they paid their ticket price of course-- faces. Also, the artist(s) is/are paid to perform, not necessarily be concerned, caring or interested friend(s)...

However his concert tee shirts were $30!
I wasn't too happy, especially as my ticket cost just $49.50!
But I bought one of course -- how can one resist Ian Anderson in full color (with that long, gorgeous, curly hair! Nowadays he wears a scully) standing in his inimitable way?
Which, BTW, I understand he began doing that to hold the mic stand close enough to him -- and the rest is history.

But strangely at least a couple other past famous flautists also stood upon one leg!
No idea why -- couldn't have been for better access to a microphone stand! :shrug:

Oh, another couple tidbits I recently learned is that he was playing guitar & mandolin in his early bands, and as he wasn't getting the sound he envisioned put them down, picked up the flute and within a few months was completely self-taught and (IMHO) awesome!
Also, the name 'Jethro Tull', named after a 17th century English agrarian, was one of the many early names the band called themselves. They would change their name constantly because they wanted to --and did-- fool club owners into hiring them again because they weren't ever popular enough (to put it nicely : ) to be asked back a second time.

The first time they were invited back to the same club to play, they were then named Jethro Tull

and so the rest is moar history :D


Sorry if you knew any of this -- don't mean to bore you
I just found it all so fascinating :)