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Call for Additional Vocals!
This is a Christmas song that was written by my father 40 years ago. My family sings this every year. I thought it would be a great idea to have some of my fellow internet musicians contribute instrumental or vocal parts for this to be a complete song.
This was a gift for him during the 2004 holiday season. The following people were gracious to commit their time to this project: MissChaos, midi piano and string performance/arrangement (Milwaukee; WI) Joanna, vocals and "Oooohs" (Los Angeles, CA); SlimGirlFat, vocals (London; England); Ka-Klick, real (kapoed) guitars and vocals (West Des Moines, IA); PackOSmoke, vocals (Fremont, CA); Paul_T, real guitars and midi guitars (Brooklyn, CT); TK Tran, vocals (Washington, DC); Dadai, real recorder (Santa Barbara, CA); Al Ligammari Sr., lyrics/music and vocals (Niagara Falls, NY); Patricia Greiner, vocals (Niagara Falls, NY); Scorpjammer, sleigh bells and triangle (Reading, PA); Alimar, vocals, midi French Horns, midi piano and final mix (Niagara Falls, NY).
If anyone would like to participate in making the choral arrangement fuller, please download this mp3 and add your parts. I will give you my MobileMe iDisk log-in info to provide a vocal only track (AIFF, WAV or SD2) to add to the new version.
I will post the new version during this year's holiday season.
Thank you,
Alimar
This is a Christmas song that was written by my father 40 years ago. My family sings this every year. I thought it would be a great idea to have some of my fellow internet musicians contribute instrumental or vocal parts for this to be a complete song.
This was a gift for him during the 2004 holiday season. The following people were gracious to commit their time to this project: MissChaos, midi piano and string performance/arrangement (Milwaukee; WI) Joanna, vocals and "Oooohs" (Los Angeles, CA); SlimGirlFat, vocals (London; England); Ka-Klick, real (kapoed) guitars and vocals (West Des Moines, IA); PackOSmoke, vocals (Fremont, CA); Paul_T, real guitars and midi guitars (Brooklyn, CT); TK Tran, vocals (Washington, DC); Dadai, real recorder (Santa Barbara, CA); Al Ligammari Sr., lyrics/music and vocals (Niagara Falls, NY); Patricia Greiner, vocals (Niagara Falls, NY); Scorpjammer, sleigh bells and triangle (Reading, PA); Alimar, vocals, midi French Horns, midi piano and final mix (Niagara Falls, NY).
If anyone would like to participate in making the choral arrangement fuller, please download this mp3 and add your parts. I will give you my MobileMe iDisk log-in info to provide a vocal only track (AIFF, WAV or SD2) to add to the new version.
I will post the new version during this year's holiday season.
Thank you,
Alimar
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Lyrics
Christmas is for little kids
I certainly ought to know
Because I was a little kid
Not very long ago
Chorus:
We never tire of listening to the story
About the coming of the Christ child and his glory
And how he came to give us love
And peace from heaven above
The laughter in the falling snow
In joy they play along
As tots with bright red cheeks aglow
Sing of this joyous song
Repeat Chorus
Tots will dream of Santa Claus
And gifts that he will bring
But they will not forget I know
This glorious song we sing
Repeat Chorus
The joys of life this season brings
The many thanks we owe
And so to him this song we sing
For he has made it so
Repeat Chorus
(Music and lyrics Copyright ©1969, 2004, 2009 Al Ligammari Sr. – All Rights Reserved)
I certainly ought to know
Because I was a little kid
Not very long ago
Chorus:
We never tire of listening to the story
About the coming of the Christ child and his glory
And how he came to give us love
And peace from heaven above
The laughter in the falling snow
In joy they play along
As tots with bright red cheeks aglow
Sing of this joyous song
Repeat Chorus
Tots will dream of Santa Claus
And gifts that he will bring
But they will not forget I know
This glorious song we sing
Repeat Chorus
The joys of life this season brings
The many thanks we owe
And so to him this song we sing
For he has made it so
Repeat Chorus
(Music and lyrics Copyright ©1969, 2004, 2009 Al Ligammari Sr. – All Rights Reserved)
Ren-Tin-10
This tune is almost begging for a hammered dulcimer or a second recorder/pennywhistle part. I could send you an AIFF of each and let you decide where (or if) to place them.
I look forward to contributing, since it's my first MacJams Christmas. *wink*
Cheers,
Jim