rwp@hogpc.UUCP (12/02/83)
I am sharing the following song lyrics in the hope that the sentiment
contained in it will spread this Christmas season. Permission for
making a copy is extended for all non-profit reproduction. The copyright
notice must be reproduced on any such copies.
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It Started In a Manger
Walking down the downtown streets,
I see the twinkling Christmas lights;
And the tinsel on the Christmas trees
Sparkles in the night.
There's a corner Santa advertising
The sale at the corner store,
And the streets are trimmed in red and green
With wreathes on every door.
But it started in a manger
One cold wintry night;
No tinseled trees,
No Santa Claus,
No twinkling Christmas lights;
And the Babe was born in a bale of hay
As the ox and ass looked on.
There were no presents under a tree
That first cold Christmas dawn.
Walking once again downtown,
Right after the day of thanks,
Shop windows display their Christmas specials,
>From department stores to banks.
And, "Buy before the Christmas rush,"
Is written between each line;
And the money flows like a waterfall
Over the fall line.
But it started in a manger
One cold wintry night;
No tinseled trees,
No Santa Claus,
No twinkling Christmas lights;
And the Babe was born in a bale of hay
As the ox and ass looked on.
There were no presents under a tree
That first cold Christmas dawn.
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Copyright 1982 by Richard W. Paul
All Rights Reserved
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Rick Paul
AT&T Information Systems Laboratories
Lincroft, New Jersey
(201) 576-3050
hogpc!rwprene@umcp-cs.UUCP (12/05/83)
A 'christmas song' a friend would sing all the time was (sung to the
tune of 'it came upon a midnight clear'):
It hangs down from the chandelier
Nobody knows quite what it does
Its color is odd and its shape is wierd
It emits a high-sounding buzz
It grows a couple of feet each day
and wriggles with kind of a twitch
Nobody bugs it 'cause it comes from
A visiting uncle who's rich!
--
"Peoles have feeelings, too"
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