A Christmas Carol (Tom Lehrer)

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• (Posted 2026-02-14)  CPDL #88340: 

Editor: Richard Shakeshaft (submitted 2026-02-14).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 4.25 MB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: This is a new edition based on the publicly available copies provided by Tom Lehrer. A preview is available, but name and email are required to download complete free licensed copies.

• (Posted 2024-08-06)  CPDL #81512:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2024-08-06).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 1 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: From Tom Lehrer Songs website by permission of the composer, copied August 2024.

General Information

Title: A Christmas Carol
Composer: Tom Lehrer
Lyricist: Tom Lehrer
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Tenor solo
Genre: Sacred, Unknown

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

Recorded 1959
Description: Christmas characterized by greed, gluttony, etc.

Original text and translations

English text Christmas time is here, by golly. Disapproval would be folly. Deck the halls with hunks of holly. Fill the cup and don't say when. Kill the turkeys, ducks, and chickens, Mix the punch, drag out the Dickens. Even though the prospect sickens, Brother, here we go again. On Christmas Day you can't get sore. Your fellow man you must adore. There's time to rob him all the more The other three hundred and sixty-four. Relations, sparing no expense, 'II Send some useless old utensil Or a matching pen and pencil. ("Just the thing I need! How nice!")

It doesn't matter how sincere it Is, nor how heartfelt the spirit, Sentiment wil not endear it. What's important is the price. Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things. God rest you merry, merchants, May you make the Yuletide pay. Angels we have heard on high Tell us to go out and buy! So let the raucous sleighbells jingle. Hail our dear old friend Kris Kringle, Driving his reindeer across the sky. Don't stand underneath when they fly by.