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Sit and rest for a moment - cool off - and enjoy a brief respite from tennis as you peruse poems, shorts and other musings courtesy of Louise Vallas ... a Tennis Pensacola Mom. :-)

December '09

The Christmas Song
A Musical Changeover

He came in the way that good things come
with the light shining in his eyes.
And most people thought he was another little babe
that wrinkled up his face and cried.
And then one wise man, two wise men, three wise men
come afrom afar, and the many colored men knew
this was a special child
And that's why they followed that star.

He came east and west then he found himself
in forty day and forty night.
He gave a lot of love to everyone he met
and he told them that the way was right.
And then the people drew near, said they want
to hear what's all this talking about
and everybody loved that man so much that
they wanted to laugh and shout.

But a bunch of people said he had the wrong idea
so they told him to forget that thought.
So a secretive society came about
and they were looking for the love they sought.
And then the people in power said
we gave you an order: go back and be a carpenter.
But the shining in his face
told them he was right
and so they put him on a cross right there.

Now he's been gone for a mighty long time
we've forgotten what the man had said.
Look at your life in the right direction
and be sure to look inside your head.
And when you get around your Christmas tree
be sure to give all you can
because the more you're gonna give
the more you're gonna get, be you a woman or a gentleman.

Now Christmas and Easter ain't the only time
that we should be that way.
Love all the people and help your neighbor now
each and every single day.
And when you do that, you feel where it's at, and
you'll feel what I'm talking around.
And then the whole wide world is gonna live in peace
and everybody gonna be found.
Yeah, everybody go.... Yea!!

Shawn Phillips - 1970
AMS 819
written by Shawn Phillips
Produced by Jonathan Weston
for Philjo Music Inc
DICK JAMES

From Shawn's website: "The Christmas Song was written in a hotel room in Rome, in 1969. I can't remember what I was in Rome for, but it was close to Christmas, and I started thinking about that, and all that entailed, and I wanted to tell the story somewhat differently, and make it fun.

A few months later, when we were recording Second Contribution, I played the song for Jonathan Weston, and he didn't want to waste any of the studio time we had. I was determined to get it on tape. So when he and the engineer Robin Cable went out for a dinner break, I got on the phone, and gathered together 19 musicians, and I had everyone of them set up with microphones, and had the levels set, wed rehearsed it several times, and we were sitting in the studio, and then Jonathan, and Robin walked into the control room. I just told Robin to roll the tape. It was done in the first take."

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