Archive for December, 2006

“Jest ‘Fore Christmas”

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Heavy metal Christmas song. The lyrics are by Eugene Field (1850–1895) and I wrote the music (and recorded the song). Merry Christmas and to all a good year!

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JEST 'FORE CHRISTMAS

Verse 1:
D#5.C5.D5....C5.Am5......D#5.C5.D5....C5.Am5..
Father calls me William, sister calls me Will,

D#5.C5.D5....C5.Am5.....D#5.C5..D5......C5......Am5..
Mother calls me Willie, but the fellers call me Bill!

Am.....C/A....Am......G......Am.....C/A.Am.G5
Mighty glad I ain't a girl---ruther be a boy,

Am...........C/A.....Am.........G......Am.....C/A.....Am.....G5..
Without them sashes, curls, an' things that's worn by Fauntleroy!

Verse 2:
Love to chawnk green apples an' go swimmin' in the lake---
Hate to take the castor-ile they give for bellyache!
'Most all the time, the whole year round, there ain't no flies on me,
But jest 'fore Christmas I'm as good as I kin be!

Chorus:
D#5........C5...D5....C5..Am5
But jest before Christmas,

D#5........C5...D5....C5..Am5
But jest before Christmas,

D#5........C5...D5....C5..Am5
But jest before Christmas,

Am5.....................
I'm as good as I kin be!

Verse 3:
For Christmas, with its lots an' lots of candies, cakes, an' toys,
Was made, they say, for proper kids an' not for naughty boys;
So wash yer face an' bresh yer hair, an' mind yer p's and q's,
An' don't bust out yer pantaloons, and don't wear out yer shoes;

Verse 4:
Say "Yessum" to the ladies, and "Yessur" to the men,
An' when they's company, don't pass yer plate for pie again;
But, thinkin' of the things yer'd like to see upon that tree,
Jest 'fore Christmas be as good as yer kin be!

[Chorus]