《Christmas》歌词

歌曲： Christmas

所属专辑：Sir John Betjeman’s Varsity Rag

歌手： Sir John Betjeman

时长： 05:26

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Christmas - Sir John Betjeman[00:00:00]

The bells of waiting Advent ring[00:00:46]

The Tortoise stove is lit again[00:00:50]

And lamp oil light across the night[00:00:54]

Has caught the streaks of winter rain[00:00:58]

In many a stained glass window sheen[00:01:01]

From Crimson Lake to Hookers Green[00:01:05]

The holly in the windy hedge[00:01:10]

And round the Manor House the yew[00:01:13]

Will soon be stripped to deck the ledge[00:01:16]

The altar font and arch and pew[00:01:20]

So that the villagers can say[00:01:24]

'The church looks nice' on Christmas Day[00:01:27]

Provincial Public Houses blaze[00:01:47]

Corporation tramcars clang[00:01:51]

On lighted tenements I gaze[00:01:54]

Where paper decorations hang[00:01:58]

And bunting in the red Town Hall[00:02:01]

Says 'Merry Christmas to you all'[00:02:05]

And London shops on Christmas Eve[00:02:08]

Are strung with silver bells and flowers[00:02:12]

As hurrying clerks the City leave[00:02:16]

To pigeon haunted classic towers[00:02:20]

And marbled clouds go scudding by[00:02:24]

The many steepled London sky[00:02:29]

And girls in slacks remember Dad[00:02:33]

And oafish louts remember Mum[00:02:37]

And sleepless children's hearts are glad[00:02:41]

And Christmas morning bells say come[00:02:46]

Even to shining ones who dwell[00:02:50]

Safe in the Dorchester Hotel[00:02:53]

And is it true[00:03:24]

And is it true[00:03:25]

This most tremendous tale of all[00:03:27]

Seen in a stained glass window's hue[00:03:31]

A Baby in an ox's stall[00:03:35]

The Maker of the stars and sea[00:03:39]

Become a Child on earth for me[00:03:42]

And is it true[00:03:52]

For if it is[00:03:54]

No loving fingers tying strings[00:03:56]

Around those tissued fripperies[00:04:00]

The sweet and silly Christmas things[00:04:02]

Bath salts and inexpensive scent[00:04:06]

And hideous tie so kindly meant[00:04:10]

No love that in a family dwells[00:04:14]

No carolling in frosty air[00:04:18]

Nor all the steeple shaking bells[00:04:22]

Can with this single Truth compare[00:04:25]

That God was man in Palestine[00:04:30]

And lives today in Bread and Wine[00:04:33]