Bill Payne: Music

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Recorded live in my "stone room", this wonderful carol is destined to become a classic. After all, when was the last time you heard a new Christmas Carol?

Welcome all you friends and family - gather 'round the tree
Merry men and gentle ladies - join the jubilee
The children all are being good and happy in their play
Christmas time is finally here - 'o' joyful holiday


All the gifts are wrapped with bows - the cider smells sublime
The lights are strung around the house - in just the nick of time
Parents choose to be amused by children's playful pranks
Christmas time is finally here - let us all give thanks


Thanks for blessings so divine, thanks for life to live
Thanks for health and thanks for wealth, thanks for love to give
Thanks for Mother Earthly treasures, thanks for all you've done
With grateful love to God above we thank you for your Son


Often in this madcap rush of buying presents grand
We go astray and turn away and fail to understand
The reason for the season isn't gifts, or food or play
Jesus Christ was born this day to show us all the way


So let us now recall his birth and celebrate anew
The king of kings was born today - the prophecy is true
Let's all join in and sing a song to thank the Lord again
For sending us his loving Son to save us from our sin


Thanks for blessings so divine, thanks for life to live
Thanks for health and thanks for wealth, thanks for love to give
Thanks for Mother Earthly treasures, thanks for all you've done
With grateful love to God above we thank you for your Son