It's Wonderful
Composer(s): Mitchell Parish; Stuff Smith; Robert Wells
Performer(s): Benny Goodman 
and multiple other artists



It's wonderful to look into your eyes
And realise you care a little bit
It's wonderful to know that you love me

It's glorious to feel that I'm a part of you sweetheart
To share your happiness
It's marvelous how lovely love can be

Who dreamed that I'd be allowed
Through the doorway of heaven
I'm drifting high on a cloud
You're an angel and this is heaven

It's wonderful to have your lips divine combined with mine
And dream forever more
It's wonderful to know that you love me

Who dreamed that I'd be allowed
Through the doorway of heaven
I'm drifting high, high on a cloud
You're an angel and this is heaven

Oh, it's wonderful to have your lips divine combined with mine
And dream forever more
It's wonderful to know that you love me

It's glorious
It's marvelous
Oh, Darlin', it's wonderful

Far, Far Away On Judea's Plains
Composer(s): John Menzies MacFarlane



Far, far away on Judea's plains
Shepherds of old
heard the joyous strains
Glory to God, Glory to God
Glory to God in the highest
Peace on earth
good-will to men
Peace on earth
good-will to men!

Sweet are these strains
of redeeming love
Message of mercy from heaven above
Glory to God, Glory to God
Glory to God in the highest
Peace on earth
good-will to men
Peace on earth

Lord, with the angels
we too would rejoice
Help us to sing with
the heart and voice
Glory to God, Glory to God
Glory to God in the highest
Peace on earth
good-will to men
Peace on earth
good-will to men!

Hasten the time when
from every clime
Men shall unite
in the strains sublime
Glory to God, Glory to God
Glory to God in the highest
Peace on earth
good-will to men
Peace on earth
good-will to men!

It’s Too Soon To Know
Composer(s): Chessler
Performer(s): Pat Boone



Does she love me? It’s too soon to know
Can I believe her when she tells me so?
Is she fooling? Is it all a game?
Am I the fire or just another flame?
A one-sided love would break my heart
She may be just acting and playing a part

If she won’t love me, let her tell me so
I can’t hold her if she wants to go
Though I’ll cry when she’s gone
I won’t die – I’ll live on
If it’s so, it’s too soon, way to soon, to know

If she won’t love me, let her tell me so
I can’t hold her if she wants to go
Though I’ll cry when she’s gone
I won’t die – I’ll live on
If it’s so, it’s too soon, way to soon, to know

Fall Softly Snow
Composer(s): Jean Surrey
Performer(s): Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius



Fall softly snow
Blanket everything with purest white
Fall softly snow 
Everything is holy here tonight
Shepherd boy upon the hill
Bid your flock be very still
Fall softly snow 
A child is born tonight

Shine brightly star 
Wisemen bringing gifts come from afar
Oh Holy light, brightest of them all, the Eastern Star
Herald angels from on high
Sing a tender lullaby
Fall softly snow 
A child is born tonight

The time is here 
Oh Holy Night, the angels sing
And from on high, heavenly hosts proclaim the King
In the manger by her side
Mary's eyes are filled with pride
Fall softly snow 
Fall softly snow

The Christ child has just arrived
..... Silent night

It's Too Late
Composer(s): Chuck Willis
First release by: Chuck Willis - 1956
Covered by multiple other artists



It's too late, she's gone
(Too late, too late)
It's too late, my baby's gone
(Too late, too late 
Doo-wop!)
Wish I had told her she was my only one
Lord, it's too late, she's gone

It's a weak man that cries
(Ooo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo)
So, I guess I better dry my eyes
(Ooo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo 
Doo-wop!)
Yes, I will miss her more than anyone
Lord, it's too late, she's gone
(Too late)

She's gone, oh, she's gone
She's gone, my baby's gone
She's gone, yes, she's gone
Where can my baby be?

I wonder does she know
(Too late, too late)
When she left me, it hurt me so?
(Too late, too late 
Doo-wop!)
I need your lovin'
Please don't make me wait
And tell me it's not too late

I need your lovin'
Please don't make me wait
And tell me it's not too late
(It's not too late) 

Fairytale Of New York
Composer(s): Shane MacGowan; Jem Finer
First release by: The Pogues - 1988
Covered by multiple other artists
Titles In Other Languages:
1996 - Weihnachtsnaach
2003 - Nieuwjaar In Brussel



It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
And I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars
Big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old

When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on the corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
And the bells were ringing
Out for Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Living there almost dead on a drip
In that bed

You scum bag
You maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God
It's our last

I could have been someone
So could anyone
You took my dreams
From me when I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you

It's Too Late
Composer(s): Carole King; Toni Stern
First release by: Carole King - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
There's something wrong here, there can be no denying
One of us is changing, or maybe we've stopped trying

And it's too late, baby, now it's too late

Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it

It used to be so easy living here with you
You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool

And it's too late, baby, now it's too late

Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide

And I just can't fake it

There'll be good times again for me and you
But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it too
Still I'm glad for what we had, and how I once loved you

But it's too late, baby, it's too late

Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it 

Everybody Knows The Claus
Composer(s): Isaac Hanson
Performer(s): Hanson



Don't you smell the cookies he's bakin
Can't you see that belly, it's shakin'
Don't you take a cookie off that pan
You don't want to mess with this man

You've never seen this side of him before
You know he wont be knockin' at your door

Here comes Santa Claus
Doin' all those good things 
Everybody knows the Claus
Here come Santa Claus
You know he's a big man
Don't mess with the boss

Ask Rudolph and he won't steer you wrong
Now, Santa wasn't this fat all along
Until he started cookin' one day
Now don't take that turkey away

You've never seen this side of him before
You know he won't be knockin' at your door

Here comes Santa Claus
Doin' all those good things
Everybody knows the Claus
Here comes Santa Claus
You know he's a big man
Don't mess with the boss

Ridin' down the air highway in his sleigh
Bringing all the presents for the next day
Don't forget the donuts

His cookies and his milk are his pride
Or anything that can be deep fried
Don't get me wrong now he's a nice guy
But you don't want to get on his bad side

You've never seen this side of him, you've never seen this side of... 

Here comes Santa Claus
Doin' all those things
Everybody knows the Claus
Here comes Santa Claus
You know he's a big man
Don't mess with the boss

Every Year, Every Christmas
Composer(s): Richard Marx; Luther Vandross
Performer(s): Luther Vandross; Patti LaBelle



I don't know how love could do this to me
I've waited and waited for someone I never see
But I'm so sentimental, and I'm so hopeful you'll be there
So, here I am every year, every Christmas

I've wished for you in my heart and in my head
And I got my answer that first moment that we met
And, oh yes, I believed you as you told me, as you said
You'd be here every year, every Christmas

There must be a lesson for me to learn
If you don't trust in love, you'll get nothing in return
Why should I be lonely, don't tell me it's right
I have my pride, but I'd rather be with you tonight

So much emotion, it's driving me mad
But I'll take my chances with these feelings that I have
And I'll come back to this same corner where we met
And I'll be here every year, every Christmas

Mere words can't explain the pain and the fear
'Cause oh, I wonder, yes, I wonder are you gonna leave me standing here
Today's almost over, but I don't want to leave
Has my heart made a fool out of me?

My friends gather round me with holiday cheer
They say to forget you, to let you go 'cause you're not here
Well, I can't keep explaining what they'll never understand
And why I'm here every year, every Christmas
I return every year, every Christmas
I come here every year, every Christmas

It's Today
Composer(s): Jerry Herman
Performer(s): Bobby Darin - 1966
and multiple other artists



Mame:
Light the candles
Get the ice out
Roll the rug up
It's today
Though it may not be anyone's birthday
And though it's far from the first of the year
I know that this very minute has history in it, we're here!

All:
It's a time for making merry
And so I'm for making hay

Mame:
Tune the grand up
Dance your shoes off
Strike the band up
It's today!

All:
And we're living
In the world game
So this whole game's
What we make

Mame:
Call the cops out
Raise the rockets
Pull the stops out

All:
Pull out the stops
It's today
Light the candles
Fill the punch bowl
Throw confetti
It's today

Girls:
Life can also be lived on a weekday
So don't depend on a holiday date
If you need New Year's to bubble
Then order a double and wait
Doo doo doo doo dah

All:
There's a "thank you" you can give life
If you live life all the way
Pull the stops out
Hold the roof down

Mame:
Fellows watch out
It's today

All:
It's a time for making merry
And so I'm for making hay
Tune the grand up
Call the cops out
Strike the band up
Pull the stops out
Hallelujah!
It's today!



Reprise:


Mame:
Light the sparklers
Crash the cymbals
Blow the bugle
It's today
Someone gave me a wonderful present
Something I needed and yet never knew
So start to whistling and clapping
'Cause under the wrapping was you!

All:
And we'll give life
Quite a tumble
And we'll live life
All the way
Call the cops out
Raise the rocket
Pull the stops out
It's today!

The Big Apple
Composer(s): Robert Emmerich - Buddy Bernier
Performer(s): Tommy Dorsey



Dorsey: Hiya fellahs, what's new?
The Band: Not much!
Dorsey: Not much? Well, hello Edythe, what's new with you?
Wright: I've got a new dance. I'd like to show it to you...

If you've got rhythm to burn
Here's a dance that's easy to learn
If you don't, then your name is mud
If you don't, you're a social dud

'Cause ev'rybody's learnin' how to do the Big Apple (The Big Apple?)
And it isn't very hard to do the Big Apple (The Big Apple?)
Ten can do it just as well as two, the Big Apple (The Big Apple?)
Ev'rybody's learnin' how to do that brand new Apple dance

They say an apple a day will keep the doctor away
Hey-hey, it's easy to dance your cares away
Ev'rybody's learnin' how to do the Big Apple (The Big Apple?)
Come on, learn to do that Apple dance

First you gather round, then you cover ground
To a bit of this, a bit of that, and then
Do a Fred Astaire and a ???? air
Truck around and then you start right in again

You must do anything that you know
The most important thing is just to let yourself go

Dorsey: Say, Edythe, what's that apple you're talkin' about?
Wright: It's a new dance they're all ravin' about...

You truck on down and Suzie Q
Then shag a bit, and some posin' too
A Lindy hop, you get the lot
Put 'em all together and what've you got
The Big Apple (The Big Apple?)
The Big Apple (The Big Apple)
(Well, my my, yes yes, my my!)

It's The Same Old Dream
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn; Jule Styne
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra
and multiple other artists



I can see a steeple - surrounded by people
Oh how real it all starts to seem
Just as the choir is singing - my alarm starts ringing
It's the same old dream

And then my thoughts inspire - a scene by the fire
In a cottage close by a stream
I know it all by heart now - we're about to part now
It's the same old dream

If you but knew
How many times I pretend - that I'm with you
I'm sure your heart would unbend - you'd see me through
Until my dream had a happy ending

And I can picture clearly - the things I love dearly
In the center you reign supreme
We kiss and I discover - I'm a lonesome lover
It's the same old dream

Es Kommt Ein Schiff Geladen
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Prinzen
and multiple other artists



Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen
bis an seinen höchsten Bord
Trägt Gottes Sohn voll Gnaden
des Vaters ewigs Wort

Das Schiff steht still im Triebe
es trägt ein teure Last
das Segel ist die Liebe
der Heilig Geist der Mast

Der Anker haft´auf Erden
und das Schiff ist am Land
Gottes Wort tut uns Fleisch werden
der Sohn ist uns gesandt

Zu Bethlehem geboren
im Stall ein Kindelein
gibt sich für uns verloren
gelobet muß es sein

Und wer dies Kind mit Freuden
küssen, umfangen will
der muß vor mit ihm leiden
groß Pein und Marter viel

darnach, mit ihm auch sterben
und geistlich auferstehn
ewigs Leben zu erben
wie an ihm ist geschehn

It's Time
Composer(s): G. Chadd; Jim Crichton; Ian Crichton; Steve Negus; Michael Sadler
Performer(s): Saga



Large and tall ones, short and small ones
Working 'round a frame
The pieces fit so perfectly
Like some large metal game
The time draws near, and with it fear
All senses a new kind
I'll not look back, on watered thoughts
Rearranging mine
It's time!
This time!
Make me now!
It's time!
This time!
Change me now!
The book has said, that all the plans
Would be well within my reach
And here things were
Even larger than I'd reamed
This metal gift, a perfect shift
From the art of being kind
I'll not look back, on tired thoughts
And all those changing minds
It's time!
This time!
Make me now!
It's time!
This time!
Change me now!

Es Ist Ein' Ros'
Composer(s): Johannes Brahms
Performer(s): Trinity College Choir, Cambridge



Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
aus einer Wurzel zart
wie uns die Alten sungen
von Jesse kam die Art
und hat ein Blümlein bracht
mitten im kalten Winter
wohl zu der halben Nacht

Das Röslein, das ich meine
davon Jesaia sagt 
ist Maria die reine
die uns das Blümlein bracht'
Aus Gottes ew'gem Rat       
hat sie ein Kind geboren    
und blieb ein reine Magd

Das Blümelein so kleine
das duftet uns so süß
mit seinem hellen Scheine
vertreibt's die Finsternis
Wahr' Mensch und wahrer Gott
hilft uns aus allem Leide
rettet von Sünd und Tod

It's The Talk Of The Town
Composer(s): Jerry Livingston; Marty Symes; Al J. Neiburg
First release by: Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orch. - 1933
Covered by multiple other artists



We were more than lovers
We were more than sweethearts
It's so hard to understand

Don't know why it happened
Don't know how it started
Why should we be strangers
After all we planned

I can't show my face
Can't go anyplace
People stop an' stare
It's so hard to bear
Everybody knows you left me
It's the talk of the town . . .
 
Every time we meet
My heart skips a beat
We don't stop to speak
'Though it's just a week
Everybody knows you left me
It's the talk of the town . . .
 
We send out invitations
To friends and relations
Announcing our weddin' day
Friends and our relations
Gave congratulations
How can you face them?
What can you say?
 
Let's make up sweetheart
We can't stay apart
Don't let foolish pride
Keep you from my side
How can love like ours be ended?
It's the talk of the town . . .
  
How can you face them?
What can you say?
 
Let's make up sweetheart
We can't stay apart
Don't let foolish pride
Keep you from my side
How can love like ours be ended?
It's the talk of the town . . . hmm
 
It's the talk of the town

Twee Rode Rozen
Performer(s): Tina Rosita



Twee rode rozen en twee gebroken harten 
Ja dat is alles wat bleef van jou en mij
Twee rode rozen en twee gebroken harten
Want onze liefde was veel te snel voorbij
 
Twee mooie jaren dat wij gelukkig waren
Jij gaf me al jouw liefde
Jij gaf me al je trouw
Toen moest je strijden 
Een ver vreemd land bevrijden
Je bent niet terug gekomen
Slechts een brief gehuld in 't zwart
Twee rode rozen en twee gebroken harten
Ja onze liefde was veel te snel voorbij

Twee rode rozen en twee gebroken harten 
Ja dat is alles wat bleef van jou en mij
Twee rode rozen en twee gebroken harten
Want onze liefde was veel te snel voorbij

It's The Same The Whole World Over (aka She Was Poor, But She Was Honest)
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Billy Bennett



She was poor, but she was honest
Though she came from 'umble stock
And an honest heart was beating
Underneath her tattered frock

'Eedless of 'er Mother's warning
Up to London she 'ad gone
Yearning for the bright lights gleaming
'Eedless of temp-ta-shy-on

But the rich man saw her beauty
She knew not his base design
And he took her to a hotel
And bought her a small port wine

Then the rich man took 'er ridin'
Wrecker of poor women's souls
But the Devil was the chauffeur
As she rode in his Royce Rolls

In the rich man's arms she fluttered
Like a bird with a broken wing
But he loved 'er and he left 'er
Now she hasn't got no ring

It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Ain't it all a bloomin' shame?

Time has flown, outcast and helpless
In the street she stands and says
While the snowflakes fall around 'er
"Won't you buy my bootlaces?"

See him riding in a carriage
Past the gutter where she stands
He has made a stylish marriage
While she wrings her ringless hands

See him there at the theatre
In the front row with the best
While the girl that he has ruined
Entertains a sordid guest

See 'er on the bridge at midnight
She says "Farewell, blighted love"
There's a scream, a splash......Good 'eavens!
What is she a-doing of?

So they dragged 'er from the river
Water from 'er clothes they wrung
They all thought that she was drownded
But the corpse got up and sung

It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Ain't it all a bloomin' shame?

Tu Sens La Menthe
Composer(s): Eugène Joullot - Félix Mortreuil - Charles Borel-Clerc
Performer(s): Dranem



D'chez l'coiffeur sortant l'autre semaine
Où je m'étais fait raser le menton
Dans la rue je rencontre une ancienne
Qui m'embrasse et me dit tu sens bon
Moi très flatté du compliment
Je lui réponds fort galamment

Pétronille tu sens la menthe
Tu sens la pastille de menthe
Tu sens la menthe pastillée
Entortillée dans du papier

Papier papier papier mâché

Le soir même de mon hyménée
Quand l'cérémonial fut fini
Ma femm' me dit très emballée
Une heure avant de se mettre au lit
Je sens que j't'adore mon gros chéri
C'est pas ça qu' tu sens que j'y dis

Pétronille tu sens la menthe
Tu sens la pastille de menthe
Tu sens la menthe pastillée
Entortillée dans du papier

Papier papier papier vergé

Sous le balcon de son idole
Guitare en mains plume au chapeau
Plein d'une insouciance folle
Soupirait le beau Roméo
Le tendre amant qui s'emballait
Comme une baleine lui gueulait

Pétronille tu sens la menthe
Tu sens la pastille de menthe
Tu sens la menthe pastillée
Entortillée dans du papier

Papier papier papier graissé

Ce matin j'rencontre ma cousine
Elle avait un air tout changé
Je lui dis tu n'as pas bonne mine
Elle me répond je viens de me purger
Je dois sentir les pois d'senteur
Non j'lui réplique mon joli cœur

Pétronille tu sens la menthe
Tu sens la pastille de menthe
Tu sens la menthe pastillée
Entortillée dans du papier

Papier papier papier percé

It's The Same Old Song
((French Version: C'est La Même Chanson (Claude François) - 1971))
Composer(s): Lamont Dozier - Brian Holland - Eddie Holland
First release by: Four Tops - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



You're sweet as a honey bee
But like a honey bee stings
You've gone and left my heart in pain
All you left is our favourite song
The one we danced to all night long
It used to bring sweet memories
Of a tender love that used to be

Now it's the same old song
But with a different meaning
Since you been gone
It's the same old song
But with a different meaning
Since you been gone

A sentimental fool am I
to hear a old love song
And want to cry
But the melody keeps haunting me
Reminding me how in love we used to be
Keep hearing the part that used to touch my heart
Saying together forever
Breaking up never

It's the same old song
But with a different meaning
Since you been gone
It's the same old song
But with a different meaning 
Since you been gone

Precious memories keep lingering on
Every time I hear our favourite song
Now you're gone
Left this emptiness
I only reminiscence
The happiness we spent
We used to dance on the music
Make romance through the music

It's the same old song
But with a different meaning
Since you been gone
It's the same old song
But with a different meaning
Since you been gone

It's the same old song
But with a different meaning
Since you been gone
It's the same old song
But with a different meaning
Since you been gone