Silent Night,Let It Snow o Jingle Bells: quale canzone vi piace di più?

 

Qual è tra queste la vostra canzone di Natale preferita? Noi adoriamo Let it Snow, ma anche le altre sono belle e tipiche del periodo. Ecco i testi:

 

Silent Night

Silent night!  Holy night!

All is calm, all is bright,

Round yon Virgin Mother and Child.

Holy Infant, so tender and mild.

Sleep in heavenly peace,

Sleep in heavenly peace.

 

Silent night!  Holy night!

Shepherds quake at the sight;

Glories stream from heaven afar,

Heavenly host sing, Alleluia,

Christ, the Savior is born!

Christ the Savior is born!

 

Silent night!  Holy night!

Son of God, love’s pure light,

Radiant beams from Thy holy face,

With the dawn of redeeming grace,

Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,

Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.

 

Let It Snow

 

Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne (c) 1945

 

Oh, the weather outside is frightful,

But the fire is so delightful,

And since we’ve no place to go,

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

 

It doesn’t show signs of stopping,

And I brought some corn for popping;

The lights are turned way down low,

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

 

When we finally say good night,

How I’ll hate going out in the storm;

But if you really hold me tight,

All the way home I’ll be warm.

 

The fire is slowly dying,

And, my dear, we’re still good-bye-ing,

But as long as you love me so.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

 

Jingle Bells

James Pierpont. publ.1857

 

Dashing through the snow

On a one-horse open sleigh,

Over the fields we go,

Laughing all the way;

Bells on bob-tail ring,

making spirits bright,

What fun it is to ride and sing

A sleighing song tonight, O

 

Jingle bells, jingle bells,

jingle all the way!

O what fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh (repeat)

 

A day or two ago,

I thought I’d take a ride,

And soon Miss Fanny Bright

Was seated by my side;

The horse was lean and lank;

Misfortune seemed his lot;

He got into a drifted bank,

And we, we got upsot.O

 

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

o What fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh. (repeat)

 

A day or two ago,

the story I must tell

I went out on the snow

And on my back I fell;

A gent was riding by

In a one-horse open sleigh,

He laughed as there

I sprawling lie,

But quickly drove away, O

 

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

o What fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh. (repeat)

 

Now the ground is white

Go it while you’re young,

Take the girls tonight

And sing this sleighing song;

Just get a bob-tailed bay

two-forty as his speed

Hitch him to an open sleigh

And crack! you’ll take the lead, O

 

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

o What fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh.