Then every day would Christmas be
With lots of fun for Tommy 'n' me,
We'd hang our stockings every night
And Pa would fill them 'fore 'twas light.
With lots of fun for Tommy 'n' me,
We'd hang our stockings every night
And Pa would fill them 'fore 'twas light.
Then when I'd grow'd to be a man,
Just as my mother says I can,
I would be Santa Claus like him
And fill boys' stockings to the brim.
Just as my mother says I can,
I would be Santa Claus like him
And fill boys' stockings to the brim.
THE SUNBEAM AND THE SHADOW
A sunbeam from the source of light
Came flashing down to earth,
His face was fair, his eyes were bright,
His heart was full of mirth.
Came flashing down to earth,
His face was fair, his eyes were bright,
His heart was full of mirth.
Right joyfully the sunbeam came
To swell the perfect day,
Yet where he fell, it was a shame,
Dark shadows round him lay.
To swell the perfect day,
Yet where he fell, it was a shame,
Dark shadows round him lay.
"Why come you here?" a shadow cried,
And on him darkly frowned,
"This is our only place to hide
For many miles around."
And on him darkly frowned,
"This is our only place to hide
For many miles around."
"I come to cheer each lonely place
And turn the dark to day,
And turn the dark to day,
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