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Tall in the saddle, we spend Christmas Day, driving the cattle over snow
covered-plains. All of the good gifts given today, ours is the sky and the wide open range. Back in the cities they have different ways, football and eggnog and Christmas parades. I'll take my saddle, I'll take the reins, It's Christmas for cowboys wide-open plains. A campfire for warmth as we stop for the night, the stars overhead are Christmas tree lights. The wind sings a hymn as we bow down to pray, It's Christmas for cowboys, wide-open plains. Tall in the saddle we spend Christmas Day, driving the cattle over snow-covered plains. All of the good gifts given today, ours is the sky and the wide open range. It's Christmas for cowboys, wide open plains. |
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Christmas, Like A Lullaby
This song was first released on the Christmas, Like A Lullaby Album. It is the only album it has been released on. Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land A breeze upon the water, rainfall upon the sand We celebrate a baby born from spirit into man And Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land It's morning in Australia; In fact it's Christmas day And Colorado never seemed so very far away Back where night has fallen and it's still Christmas Eve And snow is on the mountains where I always hate to leave Here I am down under with a brand new family And Christmas bells are ringing And there's presents 'neath the tree I know that it's been said before and now I know it's true That home is where the heart is And Christmas lives there too And on this morning Peace on Earth Is still our fervent prayer And I can hear it being Whispered softly everywhere And guns are called to silence And anger called to still And brotherhood and sisterhood Surrounded by goodwill Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land A breeze upon the water, rainfall upon the sand We celebrate a baby born from spirit into man And Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land Words and music by John Denver |
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When I was just a wee little boy, full of health and joy.
One Christmas morning I received The Marvellous Little Toy. A wonder to behold it was with many colours bright And the moment I laid eyes on it, it became my heart's delight. It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped whirrrrr when it stood still I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will. The first time that I picked it up I had a big surprise. For right on it's bottom were two big buttons that looked like big green eyes. I first pushed one and then the other, then I twisted its lid. And when I set it down again, this is what it did. It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped whirrrrr when it stood still I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will. It first marched left and then marched right, then marched under a chair and when I looked where it had gone it wasn't even there. I started to cry but my Daddy laughed 'cause he knew that I would find. when i turned around my marvellous toy would be chugging from behind. It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and whirrrrr when it stood still I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will. The years have gone by too quickly it seems, I have my own little boy. And yesterday I gave to him my marvellous little toy His eyes nearly popped right out of his head and he gave a squeal of glee... Neither one of us knows just what it is but he loves it just like me. It still goes zip when it moves and bop when it stops, whirrrrr when it stands still I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will. |
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The season is upon us now
A time for gifts and giving And as the year draws to its close I think about my living The Christmastime when I was young The magic and the wonder But colors dull and candles dim And dark my standing under Oh little angel, shining light You've set my soul to dreaming You've given back my joy in life You' ve filled me with new meaning A savior king was born that day A baby just like you And as the Magi came with gifts I've come with my gift too That peace on earth fills up your time That brotherhood surrounds you That you may know the warmth of love And wrap it all around you It's just a wish, a dream I'm told From days when I was young Merry Christmas little Zachary Merry Christmas ev'ryone |
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You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer) Had a very shiny nose (like a light bulb) And if you ever saw it (saw it) You would even say it glows (like a glowworm) All of the other reindeer (reindeer) Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinochio) They never let poor Rudolph (Rudolph) Join in any reindeer games (like Monopoly) Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say (Ho Ho Ho) Rudolph with your nose so bright Won't you guide my sleigh tonight Then all the reindeer loved him (loved him) And they shouted out with glee (whooppee) "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer) You'll go down in history! (like Columbus)" Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer Had a very shiny nose And if you ever saw it You would even say it glows All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names They never let poor Rudolph Join in any reindeer games Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say Rudolph with your nose so bright Won't you guide my sleigh tonight Then all the reindeer loved him And they shouted out with glee "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer You'll go down in history!" |
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Away in a manger no crib for his bed.
The little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head. The stars in the sky looked down where he lay. The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes. But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes. I love thee Lord Jesus, look down from the sky. And stay by my side 'till morning is nigh. Be near me Lord Jesus, I ask thee to stay. Close by me forever and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in thy tender care. And fit us for heaven to live with thee there. Away in a manger no crib for his bed. The little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head. The stars in the sky looked down where he lay. The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. |
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This song was first released on the Whose Garden Was This? album. It is the only album it has been released on. The song also appears on the album Christmas - Like A Lullaby, but in it's original format.
Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O'er the fields where we go Laughing all the way Bells on bobtails ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle, Jingle ... Words and music adapted by John Denver |
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What child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: Haste, haste to bring him laud, The babe, the son of Mary. Why lies he in such mean estate Where ox and ass are feeding? Good Christian, fear: for sinners here The silent Word is pleading. This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: Haste, haste to bring him laud, The babe, the son of Mary. So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh, Come, peasant, king, to own him. the King of kings salvation brings, Let loving hearts enthrone him. This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: Haste, haste to bring him laud, The babe, the son of Mary. |
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A frosty Christmas Eve, when the stars where shining
I traveled for the home, where westward falls the hill And for many, many a village, in the darkness of the valley distant music reached me, peels of bells were ringing. Then spread my thoughts to olden times, to that first of Christmases when shepherds who were watching, heard music in the fields and they sat there and they marveled, and they knew they could not tell whether it were angels, or the bright stars a-singing But to me heard a far, it was starry music the singing of the angels, the comfort of our Lord words of old that come a traveling, by the riches of the times and I softly listened, as I stood upon the hill and I softly listened, as I stood upon the hill |
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Come they told me
pa rum pum pum pum Our new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum Our finest gifts we bring pa rum pum pum pum To lay before our King pa rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum So to honor Him pa rum pum pum pum, when we come. Little Baby pa rum pum pum pum pa rum pum pum pum I have no gift to bring pa rum pum pum pum That's fit to give our King pa rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum Shall I play for you! pa rum pum pum on my drum. Mary nodded pa rum pum pum pum The ox and lamb kept time pa rum pum pum pum I played my drum for Him pa rum pum pum I played my best for Him pa rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum Then He smiled at me pa rum pum pum pum me and my drum. |
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In Album: Rocky Mountain Christmas and Christmas Like A Lullabye
Oh Holy Night The stars are brightly shining It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth Long lay the world in sin and error pining 'Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn. Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices. Oh night divine, Oh night when Christ was born Oh night divine, Oh night Oh Holy night Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices Oh night divine, Oh night when Christ was born Oh night divine, Oh night Oh Holy night |
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Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads All my memories gather 'round her Miner's lady, stranger to blue water Dark and dusty, painted on the sky Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me The radio reminds me of my home far away And drivin' down the road, I get a feelin That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads Country roads, take me home to the place I belong West Virginia, Mountain Mama Take me home, country roads Take me home, (down) country roads Take me home, (down) country roads |
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You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again Come let me love you Let me give my life to you Let me drown in your laughter Let me die in your arms Let me lay down beside you Let me always be with you Come let me love you Come love me again Let me give my life to you Come let me love you Come love me again You fill up my senses Like a night in the forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again |
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To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean
To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm To work in the service of life and the living In search of the answers to questions unknown To be part of the movement and part of the growing Part of beginning to understand Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to The things that you've taught us, the stories you tell Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you so long and so well Like the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you To light up the darkness and show us the way For though we are strangers in your silent world To live on the land we must learn from the sea To be true as the tide and free as the wind swell Joyful and loving in letting it be Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to The things that you've shown us, the stories you tell Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you so long and so well Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to The things that you've shown us, the stories you tell Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you so long and so well |
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This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the higher ground album, and has also been released on the gift you are and the john denver collection - sunshine on my shoulder albu
R Thank you for this precious day These gifts you give to me My heart so full of love for you Sings praise for all I see Oh sing for every mother's child For every childhood tear Oh sing for all the stars above The peace beyond all fear This is for the refugees The ones without a home A boat out on the ocean A city street alone Are they not some dear mother's child Are they not you and i Are we the ones to bear this shame And they this sacrifice Or are they just like falling leaves Who give themselves away From dust to dust from seed to shear And to another day If I could have one wish on earth Of all I can conceive T'would be to see another spring And bless the falling leaves Thank you for this precious day These gifts you give to me My heart so full of love for you Sings praise for all I see Oh sing for every mother's child For every childhood tear Oh sing for all the stars above The peace beyond all fear Words and music by john denver |
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