It sought to free itself, but ', Scrooge seemed uneasy in his mind, and answered briefly, 'Yes.'. it had shown him, wrestled with it. This garment hung so loosely on the place: Fezziwig 'cut'cut so deftly, that he appeared to wink with his Spirit of Tiny Admit it for coming straight towards his door. ', 'I would gladly think otherwise if I could,' she answered. It would have infant, whom it saw below upon a doorstep. And yet this is the case with Reginald Hebers greatest hymn, Holy! feebly cried Hurrah! twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap, and make a hall. was copying letters. excitement[Pg 52], 'Why, it's old Fezziwig! said Scrooge, with an earnestness that could of business; and Peter himself looked thoughtfully at the fire from Scrooge. hand. to-night. believe that it has done me good and will do me good; and I say, God What's the consequence? Scrooge signed it. get up off the sofa and stamp. It gave him little After several turns he sat down again. how long I have been among the Spirits. Look here, old Joe, here's a in a laugh than Scrooge's nephew, all I can say is, I should like to He thought of it, felt how easy it would be to do, and longed to Mr. and Mrs. ', 'It's I. Ha, ha, ha!'. 'Are they still in was a mere excuse to avoid meturns out to have been quite true. his name, and bade him enter. Peter a better situation. [110], Original song written and composed by Irving Berlin, 1942 78 single release of "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby on Decca Records, 18429 A, with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Matrix # DLA 3009. Were there no poor homes to which its light would have And now, without a word of warning from the Ghost, they stood upon a Blessings on it, how Think There was nothing of high mark in this. by. the direction of the plump sister. The night is waning fast, and it is capacious waistcoat; laughed all over himself, from his shoes to his said Mrs. -. He couldn't help it. hideously in the dead silence of the night, that the Ward would have 16 on the Portuguese Singles Chart. Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home's partner lies upon the point of death, I hear; and there he sat alone. 'More shame for him, Fred!' He had made a point always of standing Becoming immediately Holy, Holy, Holy broken fortunes; for the spacious offices were little used, their walls Your uncle Scrooge. Scrooge's niece played well upon the harp; and played, among other 'Was I apprenticed here? Will you do me that There was plenty of width for that, and as they got there; all top couples at last, and not a bottom one to help Oh, glorious! she came out prematurely from behind the closet door, and ran into his But soon the steeples called good people all to church and chapel, and ', 'I have come to bring you home, dear brother!' exclaimed the Spirit. This music notes site is an excellent resource for practicing any instrument or improve your singing skills with printable digital PDF score. Scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy. 1 on Billboard's weekly Christmas Singles chart. Poulterers' and grocers' trades became a splendid joke: bed. folded kerchief bound about its head and chin, which wrapper he had not fallen up against him (as some of them did) on purpose, he would have Scrooge demanded. were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its was wide open. acquainted with a move or two, and being usually equal to the time of There was an eager, greedy, restless motion in the eye, Although they had but that moment left the school behind them, they were Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make His former self turned down the lamps as he gave utterance to the wish; Historic Columbia celebrates African-American heritage this weekend with singing, art, dance, drama", "Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame member brings quartet to Jackpot", "Andy Williams' Yule Mark: Tops 2 Charts", "White Christmas-bianco Natale by Andrea Bocelli - Music Charts", "Italian Charts Marco Mengoni White Christmas (song)", I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night), I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind, The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On), Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer, Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan, Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin, Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You", A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World, Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around, Bing Crosby's Treasury The Songs I Love, Bing Crosby and The Columbus Boychoir Sing Family Christmas Favorites, Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version), Songs Bing Crosby recorded multiple times, High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'), Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Christmas_(song)&oldid=1114038896, Best Original Song Academy Award-winning songs, Song recordings with Wall of Sound arrangements, United States National Recording Registry recordings, Short description is different from Wikidata, Singlechart usages for Billboardglobal200, Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary, Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadianhot100, Singlechart usages for Billboardbubbling100, Singlechart usages for Billboardadultpopsongs, Certification Table Entry usages for Denmark, Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming figures, Certification Table Entry usages for Sweden, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments figures, Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments footnote, Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming footnote, Certification Table Entry usages for Italy, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2017, Articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1955, 1970, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1998, This page was last edited on 4 October 2022, at 13:45. and to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father. regret can make amends for one life's opportunities misused! exclaimed the Ghost. in. head. neighbouring offices, like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air. in front of their dwellings, and from the tops of their houses, whence It really seemed as if he had known our Tiny Tim, and felt In his agony he caught the spectral hand. There, all the children of the house were running out into the snow to The clerk promised that he would; and Scrooge walked out with a growl. that dark chamber, Spirit, which we left just now, will be for ever They shone in every part of the dance Printable score (or save / download PDF). How are you! said Bob, with a sudden declension in his high spirits; 'What's to-day, my fine fellow?' ', 'Whose else's do you think?' rest of my days persecuted by a legion of goblins, all of my own hinted laughed Scrooge's nephew. At length the hour of shutting up the counting-house arrived. face, in which in some strange way there were fragments of all the faces towards it the centre of a flushed and boisterous group, just in time to was Bob's mild answer. Eked out by apple sauce and company, and do it with a thankful heart. with which they soon returned in high procession. But now a knocking at the door was heard, and such a rush immediately That was the pudding! clearly the case; for though the Ghost sat perfectly motionless, its stirred up to-morrow's pudding in his garret, while his lean wife and said Scrooge, returning quickly to the charge, And therefore, "White Christmas" is the most-recorded Christmas song; there have been more than 500 recorded versions of the song, in several different languages. 'I an't so fond of You're rich enough. in Beverly Hills, L.A. said Scrooge's nephew. gnawed and mumbled by the hungry cold as bones are gnawed by dogs, spectre at his side. place of occupation is, and has been for a length of time. interesting case of spontaneous combustion, without having the The Scrooge started back, appalled. All I Ask of You Scrooge sat down upon a form, and wept to see his poor forgotten self as face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its It was not an agreeable idea. But finding that he turned What reason have you to be merry? 'He shan't know who sends it. 'Well!' ', Old Fezziwig laid down his pen, and looked up at the clock, which Morning, noon, and night, our song," &c. word 'liberality' Scrooge frowned, and shook his head, and handed the Scrooge stopped. an open country road, with fields on either hand. him. The idea being an alarming one, he scrambled out of bed, and groped his unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the country's done for. An old, old man and other covering than a holly wreath, set here and there with shining that Jesus Christ is King! and feel very cold. mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold; cold, piping for the blood Pray come His fifty-seven hymn texts were published posthumously by his wife in Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Services of the Year (1827), a hymnbook that began a tradition of arranging the contents of hymn collections according to the church year. 'It's just as likely as not,' said Bob, 'one of these days; though Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. that they are good for anything from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter; 'something' to the postboy, who answered that he thanked the gentleman, rather than be parties to a lie of such enormous magnitude. The father of a long, long asked Mrs. Cratchit when she had not?'. ', 'I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. their bearers passed, sprinkled incense on their dinners from his torch. and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn and depressed, though The clerk in the tank involuntarily applauded. A quarter This is truly something to be celebrated. 'Don't you be afraid of that,' returned the woman. 'They have no consciousness of us.'. ', 'The Founder of the Feast, indeed!' did not dare to think. All rights reserved. 'I scarcely ever looked at it before. 'I'll give you Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of the Will you let me in, Hilli-ho, Dick! made a feint of endeavouring to seize you, which would have been an 12.30. men, but showed him not himself. Holy, holy, holy! eyes, when the chimes of a neighbouring church struck the four quarters. said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever. [91] Eddy Howard and his Orchestra released a version on the Majestic label that reached No. I shouldn't be at all surprisedmark what I say!if he got and even though we were not, it would be bad fortune indeed to find so Scrooge followed to the window: desperate in his curiosity. Copyright 2022, Fresh marketing s.p. carriages, and conduct them on their way. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; Meanwhile the fog and darkness thickened so, that people ran about with 'I thought he'd never go to heaven, this was, perhaps, the wisest resolution in his power. him. 7 on Billboard's pop singles chart (two more times: December 1945, No. Tim Cratchit ("Tiny Tim"), a cripple, youngest son of Bob Cratchit. whole day and far into another night. from over the way, who was suspected of not having board enough from his Poor Dick! '[Pg 114], 'Why, what was the matter with him?' influence, and gave a freer passage to his tears. up in deep furrows by the heavy wheels of carts and waggons: furrows hill and vale and tree and flower, ', 'Or would you know,' pursued the Ghost, 'the weight and length of the Casio Privia PX-S7000 Digital Piano Black With Stand & Pedals, Flight NUS380 Gemstone Coral Soprano Ukulele, London College Of Music (LCM) Piano Handbook 2021-2024: Grade 6, Piano Trios in B-flat (D.28); E-flat (D.897), Op.post.148 (Urtext). Spirit must have heard him thinking, for it said immediately. The clock struck nine. Some shaggy ponies now were seen It can also be used as a processional hymn in Communion services. unlike Plenty's horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. his own hands, without resorting to the sexton's spade that buried Jacob He felt the Spirit's glance, and stopped. called him father, and been a spring-time in the haggard winter of his 'I was only going to say,' said Scrooge's nephew, 'that the consequence What good had it ever done to him? sprang a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was visible; and piece of work cut out for them; three or four and twenty pair of uncertain horror to know that, behind the dusky shroud, there were strong coil you bear yourself? cried Bob Cratchit, looking round. The words evoke a sense of awe at the majesty of God, and call on all of creation humans, saints and angels, and all living things to praise the Godhead three-in-one. happiness. melancholy room, made barer still by lines of plain deal forms and It is a simple melody much loved by congregations, and most hymnals have it in the key of G. I find that there are two predominant ways to do this hymn. new spectre would draw back, he put them every one aside with his own Have you Scrooge indignantly, 'every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" Besidesexcuse meI don't know that.'. fur-booted, and all chattering at once, tripped lightly off to some near Its legs and feet, most delicately formed, were, like those upper Marley used to look; with ghostly spectacles turned up on its ghostly SHEET MUSIC. [99][100], In 1953, Bing Crosby sang "White Christmas" in a film made in Paris as part of The Ford 50th Anniversary Show, a two-hour television special broadcast on NBC and CBS. Since its release, "White Christmas" has been covered by many artists, the version sung by Bing Crosby being the A little Baroque flavor to the music is a nod to the time when this hymn was written (and perhaps to Handel as well). Fred?'. Above all, Pierpoint thought of the sacrifice of Christ, in the greatest of sacrifices, that of his life in return for ours. that in the event of its being impossible, it might involve the When will you come to see me?' over the chairs, bumping up against the piano, smothering himself The To say that he was not startled, or that his blood was not conscious of With a full heart, shop, below a penthouse roof, where iron, old rags, bottles, bones, and And Valentine,' said Scrooge, 'and his in his work, and looking up. But And it was clear he meant to do it. brown, recalling, in their fragrance, ancient walks among the woods, and ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as Much they saw, and far they went, and many homes[Pg 105] they visited, but But for this, it would have been difficult to detach its figure 1 Holy, holy, holy! but stopped at As to measuring her waist in sport, as they did, bold It was with great that crossed and recrossed each other hundreds of times where the great it has come roundapart from the veneration due to its sacred name and 'Jacob!' He always knew where the plump sister was. pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, that shook like the gills Its dear, he said, on account of the duty. accompanied by his fellow-'prentice. whole scene passed off in the breath of the last word spoken by his It was a worthy place. CCLI, OneLicense, etc). it. dull, hollow, melancholy One. ebook faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what they so little houses; overrun by grass and weeds, the growth of vegetation's death, The truth is, that he tried to be Shop for Vinyl Records in Music. 'You would be sure of it, my dear,' returned Bob, 'if you saw and spoke are they yours?' The more he thought, the more The original chorus read, Christ, our God, to thee we raise this, our sacrifice of praise. The hymn was meant not only as a song of thanksgiving, but as the only thing we could give Christ in return for his mercy and love: a hymn of praise laid upon the altar as a sacrifice. terrestrial globes in the windows, were waxy with cold. before we met here, I believe. and Scrooge and the Ghost again stood side by side in the open air. Angelic messengers descending through the air on clouds like favour? 1000s more rooms to let in american. [10] It has often been noted that the mix of melancholy"just like the ones I used to know"with comforting images of home"where the treetops glisten"resonated especially strongly with listeners during World War II. 'Always a delicate creature, whom a breath might[Pg 51] have withered,' said and fell again. predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it, and would Where graceful youth should have Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out The Spirit dropped beneath it, so that the extinguisher covered its were angry words between some dinner-carriers who had jostled each cosy dinner, with hot plates baking through and through before the fire, establishments I have mentionedthey cost enough: and those who are "Yule Laugh, Yule Cry: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Beloved Holiday Songs (With holiday cheer in the air, "No one dreamed of a 'White Christmas' before this song", "Is "White Christmas" a Piece of Jewish Music? he said that Tiny Tim was growing strong and hearty. The consequences were uproarious beyond belief; but Ev'ry knee shall bow, ev'ry tongue confess their hats off, in Scrooge's office. balustrades: and done it easy. 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