Come Ye Thankful People, Come - Christopher Stokes, Huddersfield Choral Society & Gregory Batsleer

Come people, come now people Round and round we go again Spirit quest for enlightenment The rise and fall of things revealed of sacredness and woundedness to heal Time to time she chimes in phrases from the internet Of planetary alignment and the energetic push and pull we share Who will hide and who will seek? The suffering beneath your feet has been neglected through the ages And I held that little girl she was a message in my dreaming I bring my hands and I must stay and I will graciously set you free Come people, come now people Come fire clean these people Come people, come now people Feel the touch of a gentle rain and we pull together when the Earth she breaks So why are we so divided? Grandmother pull us out Grandmother can you tell me how we have been so mistaken? And I held that little girl she was a message in my dreaming I bring my hands and I must stay and I will graciously set you free Come people, come now people Come Spirit through these people Come people, come now people And I believe we are one and we are sacred I will hold you close

For the love of your fellow man Come ye who still have hope That we can still survive Start hard-working together as we should love And fight to stay alive Come ye who have no fear All the work tomorrow brings Start praying for a better world Of peace 'cause that's what he died for And all good things Come ye who would have love It's time to take a stand Don't mind the deuce that must be paid Who would have peace And hear me Hear me every word that I've said Come ye Who would have peace 'Cause it's time for us to learn how to pray Come ye who would have love For the love of your fellow man

O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel O come all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem Come and behold Him Born the King of angels O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem, to Bethlehem Come and behold Him, born the King of angels, yeah Come let us adore Him, come let us adore Him Come let us adore Him, let us adore Him Come let us adore Him, come let us adore Him Come let us adore Him, let us adore Him Gonna lift, gonna lift, His name on high His name, His name on high Gonna lift, gonna lift, His name on high Our Savior's born tonight O sing (o sing), choirs of angels (choir of angels), O sing (o sing) in exaltation O sing (o sing), all ye bright hosts (all ye bright host) of Heaven above Glory to God, sing Come let us adore Him, come let us adore Him Come let us adore Him, let us adore Him Come let us adore Him, come let us adore Him Come let us adore Him, let us adore Him Gonna lift, gonna lift, His name on high His name, His name on high Gonna lift, gonna lift, His name on high Our Savior's born tonight, tonight Break, break, break, break, break Break, break, break, break To the break of dawn, we're gonna sing this song (sing this song) Celebrate the day that our Savior's born (Savior's born) When love reached down to all of mankind Born of a virgin on a starry night (starry night) So I'll set the clock back, so we can go long 'Cause you and you and you, we all belong To the one King, the real thing, we sing (sing) Come let us adore Him, come let us adore Him Come let us adore Him, let us adore Him, uh Come let us adore Him, uh, come let us adore Him, oh Come let us adore Him, let us adore Him! Oh Come let us adore Him, come let us adore Him Come let us adore Him, let us adore Him (we worship you, we worship you) Come let us adore Him, come let us adore Him (I sing) Come let us adore Him, let us adore Him Our Savior's born tonight, our Savior's born tonight (our Saivour's born tonight) Gonna lift His name on high, gonna lift His name Our Savior's born tonight, our Savior's born tonight (our Saivour's born tonight) Gonna lift His name on high, gonna lift His name We adore You, we adore You (our Saivour's born tonight) Gonna lift Your name on high, gonna lift Your name on We adore You, we adore You (we adore you) Gonna lift Your name on high, gonna lift Your name It's a merry Christmas A merry Christmas, oh-oh, oh-oh Our Savior's born tonight

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead Mama, life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, ooo Didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine Body's aching all the time Goodbye everybody I've got to go Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth Mama, ooo (anyway the wind blows) I don't want to die I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo Figaro - magnifico But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me He's just a poor boy from a poor family Spare him his life from this monstrosity Easy come easy go will you let me go Bismillah! No we will not let you go - let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go let me go Will not let you go let me go (never) Never let you go let me go Never let me go ooo No, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me For me For me So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye So you think you can love me and leave me to die Oh baby can't do this to me baby Just gotta get out just gotta get right outta here Ooh yeah, ooh yeah Nothing really matters Anyone can see Nothing really matters nothing really matters to me Anyway the wind blows

Once in a year, it is not thought amiss To visit our neighbors and sing out like this We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas And a happy New Year We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Good tidings we bring to you and your kin We wish you a Merry Christmas And a happy New Year We all want some figgy pudding We all want some figgy pudding We all want some figgy pudding And a cup of good cheer And we won't go until we get some We won't go until we get some We won't go until we get some So bring it right here Good tidings we bring to you and your kin We wish you a Merry Christmas And a happy New Year A happy New Year Once in a year, it is not thought amiss To visit our neighbors and sing out like this Of friendship and love, good neighbors abound And peace and goodwill the whole year around Pace! Shanti! Salud! Shalom! The words mean the same, whatever your home Why can't we have Christmas the whole year around? Why can't we have Christmas the whole year around? We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas And a happy New Year We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas And a happy New Year