SANTA & THE SOLDIER ON CHRISTMAS EVE
A Song about Our TROOPS Far away from home!
BARRY & THE BOOMERS
Chapter 1
Madison Square Garden 2015
Eighteen th
Story behind the song
I found these amazing words in a poem by Major W. Lovely on the Internet. I also found others that claimed the lyrics...Could never find the Author.
I made a song and a video about it. The poem was called "THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS"..Check out the Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-t2nMV6FdM&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-t2nMV6FdM&feature=youtu.be
Lyrics
SANTA & THE SOLDIER
Music by Barry David Butler
Words found as a Poem on the Internet
called “THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS....by
Major Bruce W. Lovely....I wasn’t able to find him.
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
HE LIVED ALL ALONE
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE
MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE
I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE
AND TO SEE JUST WHO
IN THIS HOUSE DID LIVE
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS
NOT EVEN A TREE
NO STOCKINGS BY THE MANTLE
JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND
ON THE WALLS HUNG PICTURES
OF FAR DISTANT LANDS
THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING
SILENT ALONE
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME
WHO WAS THIS HERO
OF WHOM I’D JUST READ
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO
THE FLOOR FOR A BED
I REALIZED THE FAMILY’S
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT
I COULDN’T HELP WONDER
HOW MANY LAY ALONE
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME
THE VERY THOUGHT
BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE
I DROPPED TO MY KNEE
AND I STARTED TO CRY
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE
“SANTA DON’T CRY
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE'”
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
I DON’T ASK FOR MORE
MY LIFE IS MY GOD
MY COUNTRY MY CORPS
THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP
I COULDN’T CONTROL IT
I CONTINUED TO WEEP
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS
SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
FROM THE COLD NIGHTS CHILL
I DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE
ON THAT COLD DARK NIGHT
THE GUARDIAN OF HONOR
SO WILLING TO FIGHT
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE
WHISPERED “CARRY ON SANTA
IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH
AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT
“MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND
AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
