While the yuletide is over, a hobbity yuletide song is never wrong. So here is one of those. Enjoy!
About the song
Written for the Brandy Badgers and their yule performances in 2014, this is the result of me wanting a yule song based on a melody that is not really that yule-ish. I had been listening quite a bit to Johnny Cash when I started writing, and I soon "hooked" on to "Sunday Morning Coming Down". Which is not really a Johnny Cash song, in the sense that it was written by Kris Kristofferson and first performed by Ray Stevens. Johnny's version kicks the others into the water or somet, though, he's really that grand. Yer can listen to that version below.
So a yule song set to a melody which originally told the story of a hungover lonely lad who wishes he was stoned on a Sunday? Well, why not!
Yer can see me other song lyrics in me songbook!
Lyrics: The Hobbit Yuletide Song
Oh, the days are dark and dusky And the northern wind brings news of coming cold All the birds have left our land and headed south With only crows left in our foldBut my mood is light and merry and I smile I think of happy days ahead For the yule is getting closer now There are things to do to be prepared
The plumpest pig in farthings four Will be ham and sausage, even bacon And I surely need some pails of butter For all the baking to be undertaken
In the cellar rest my kegs There's one with brandy and a large where my ale is brewing And oh me shelves are filled with biscuits Jars all good and ready for me chewing
So be welcome lovely yuletide Bring light and joy to hobbits here We will cherish time together We'll think of friends both far and near
Let us sing this song together A mighty chorus for the yule Though the days are dark and dusky Our song will chase away the cool
It is time to clean the burrow Bring a broom and chase the dust out of yer comfy home Find yer special yuletide clothes and fill the bathing tub Splash around in soaking foam
Light the candles, pour some wine Then call yer loved-ones in and soon they are beside yer And yer mood is light and lovely Like the song of spring-time warblers fly through the air
So be welcome lovely yuletide Bring light and joy to hobbits here We will cherish time together We'll think of friends both far and near
Let us sing this song together A mighty chorus for the yule Though the days are dark and dusky Our song will chase away the cool
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Here is the Johnny Cash version of the song!
[tvideo type="youtube" clip_id="ED5s1-Fe9FA"] Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down