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Bob's Carol

by Bob Bossin

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from Bob Bossin, The Roses on Annie's Table, 2005

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Bob’s Carol

Christmas again, who woulda thunk,
14 Christmases we've hung together, this Christmas.
Goyishe girl, yiddishe boy, the whole mishigas,
14 seasons of sorrow and joy,
And though there’s been no 5 gold rings,
Or shoes of Spanish leather-o,
My Christmas gift is, Christmas like this
Altogether-o.

14 years of Christmas gifts,
you'd think by now St. Nicholas would have thrown in the towel,
saying, "Oy! Christmas!"
But the candle’s lit, the lamps are low,
Gloria in Excelsis
on the stereo, and even though
I wouldn’t know a sugar-plum,
If one jumped up and bit me.
My Christmas gift is, a Christmas like this in 2020.

I'd like to write a Christmas carol,
bring joy to the world and make a barrel of money, every Christmas.
But I'd probably fuck it up somehow, wouldn't get the air-play,
and we'd be back where we are right,
where we are, right now.

Joy to the world.
Bim bom beri beri bom.

The star is hung, the gifts are wrapped,
the dishes are done, and there's almost 15 minutes left 'til Christmas.
Darlin’ Annie, call it a night. Come to bed.
You look so young in the candle …
I know I’m no shining knight,
Just an ordinary feller-o
My Christmas gift is, Christmases like this,
altogether-o.
Darlin’ Annie, call it a night.
Come to bed. You look so young in the candle,
In the candlelight.

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released October 1, 2005
produced by Veda Hille

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Stuart Mclean said, "Only a handful of song writers have created a body of work that constitutes a portrait of our country. Stan Rogers did that. So did Gordon Lightfoot. And so does Bob Bossin.”
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