WITH MY FAMILY

(Rita MacNeil (m & l) )

Lyrics as released by Rita MacNeil 1993 ‘Once Upon A Christmas’.

It’s that time of year again
Snow has fallen everywhere
It’s you and me and Christmas time
Can’t you hear the bells ringin’.

All I want under my tree
Peace and love and harmony
Wrap it with a ribbon please
I’ll share it with my family.

It’s that day I want to see
‘Cause it means so much to me
The greatest light within our reach
Can’t you hear the world singing.

All I want under my tree
Peace and love and harmony
Wrap it with a ribbon please
I’ll share it with my family.

(bridge)

Many now have come and gone
I’ve hung a star for everyone
The message, oh, the same old one
Don’t you know the child’s sleepin’.

All I want under my tree
Peace and love and harmony
Wrap it with a ribbon please
I’ll share it with my family.

All I want under my tree
Peace and love and harmony
Wrap it with a ribbon please
I’ll share it with my family.

NOTES:

Rita MacNeil, a Canadian from Big Pond on Cape Breton Island,
province of Nova Scotia, Canada composes music and lyrics 
together spontaneously before recording to tape and has 
over 200 BMI registrations in 38 years.

(Transcribed by David Story - December 2013)