IS CHRISTMAS ONLY A TREE?
(Mark Rebek)

as recorded by Bing Crosby
with Buddy Cole & his Orchestra
November 23rd 1955 Los Angeles


Is Christmas only tree,
Just only snow
And candle glow,
And dear old parlours hung with mistletoe?

Is Christmas only a tree,
Just frosted air
And angel hair,
And Christmas carols ringing everywhere?

I seem to see
Beyond the tree,
To where the angels sing.
Hosannas ring
To heaven's king,
And then at last my heart is answering.

Is Christmas only a tree?
The answer is from long ago;
Wherever there's a tree,
My heart'll know,
And when Christmas church bells ring,
My heart will know!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2013)