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Gettin' Ready for Christmas Day

from A Crash Bang Dulcimer Christmas by Butch Ross

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This is a tune from Paul Simon’s most recent CD. Simon built the song around a sermon from 1947, but when I added the party track I knew we were on to something. Then, Mark Holder came in with his National Resonator and just killed it.

lyrics

From early in November to the last week of December

I got money matters weighing me down

Oh the music may be merry, but it's only temporary

I know Santa Claus is coming to town
In the days I work my day job,
in the nights I work my night

But it all comes down to working man's pay

And I'm Getting ready, Hey, I'm getting ready, ready for Christmas Day

I got a nephew in Iraq, it's his third time back

But it's ending up the way it began

With the luck of a beginner, he'll be eating turkey dinner

On some mountain top in Pakistan

And I'm getting ready, Hey, I'm getting ready,

For the power and the glory 
and the story of that is Christmas Day

And I'm getting ready, Hey, I'm getting ready,

For the power and the glory and the story of the Christmas Day


guitar solo

If I could tell my Mom and Dad that the things we never had

Never mattered we were always okay

And I'm getting ready, Hey, I'm getting ready,

For the power and the glory 
And the story of that is Christmas Day
For the power and the glory 
And the story of that is Christmas Day
For the power and the glory 
And the story of that is Christmas Day

I'm getting ready
I'm getting' ready

This time I'm ready
Hey, I'm getting ready, ready for Christmas Day
For the power and the glory 
And the story of that is Christmas Day

Ah, you'll shoot your eye out kid

credits

from A Crash Bang Dulcimer Christmas, released December 8, 2015
Amber Fults - Harmony Vocals
Mark Holder - Slide Guitar

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Butch Ross Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga multi-instrumentalist and mountain dulcimer maestro Butch Ross has tackled everything from Radiohead to Bach and come away with a renewed appreciation for what the humble dulcimer is capable of. His music is born from his respect for its abilities, a respect born from the years he's spent prying apart its pieces and discovering new sounds where none existed before. ... more

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