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What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: dstaats (---.lax.untd.com)
Date: December 17, 2005 06:21PM

Jingle Bell Rock

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Fairytale of New York

Jingle Bells

Silent Night

O Come All Ye Faithful

O Christmas Tree

Deck the Halls

Away in a Manger

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Joy to the World

I saw Mama kissing Santa Claus

Rudolph The Red Nose Raindeer

O Holy Night

What Child Is This

Do You Hear What I Hear

Angels We Have Heard on High

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

O Tannenbaum

Grandma got run over by a Raindeer (giggle)))


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Re: What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: dstaats (---.lax.untd.com)
Date: December 17, 2005 06:37PM

One of my all time favorite Christmas songs is, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing."

I spent the week gathering xmas harp tabs and printin' 'em out... and as I stated on a different thread, I'm having alot of fun playing, "O Holy Night."

But, the other 2 I'm playing over & over again (because I like 'em soo much) is "Do you hear what I hear" and "It came upon a midnight clear."

~always Maria.


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Re: What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: djlactose (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: December 17, 2005 07:01PM

My favorite song changes depending on my mood, sometimes I am a Rudolph man other times give me some Dominick the Christmas Donkey, or when it is snowing I like "I am dreaming of a white christmas".


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Re: What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: pharpy (---.mob.bellsouth.net)
Date: December 17, 2005 09:03PM

As far as to actually play, well...in no particular order:

O Holy Night
Silent Night
Silver Bells
Away in a Manger
Joy to the World
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
O Little Town of Bethlehem


I can play others, but those tend to be the ones I play the most.

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Re: What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: gsatgdo (---.234.48.174.Dial1.Miami1.Level3.net)
Date: December 19, 2005 11:38PM

Deck The Halls


P.S. There is a girls name mentioned in the song Jingle Bells, do know what it is?


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Re: What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: dstaats (---.lax.untd.com)
Date: December 20, 2005 01:01AM

Of course I couldn't leave this one alone... The gal's name is 3rd verse into the song. lol... and this is what I discovered about Jingle Bells:

Believe it or not Jingle Bells, one of the most famous American Christmas songs, was originally written for Thanksgiving! The author and composer of Jingle Bells was a minister called James Pierpoint who composed the song in 1857 for children celebrating his Boston Sunday School Thanksgiving. The song was so popular that it was repeated at Christmas, and indeed Jingle Bells has been reprised ever since.
The essence of a traditional Christmas is captured in the lyrics of Jingle Bells and the sound effects using the bells have become synonymous with the arrival of Father Christmas or Santa Claus to the delight of children of all ages!

Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
We got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh yeah

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh


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Re: What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: djlactose (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: December 20, 2005 04:09AM

That is a great history lesson.


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Re: What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: blueharpooner (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: January 24, 2006 01:49AM

I havent been playing long but id have to say deck the halls. Its so much happier than silent night or away in a manger.
Harpazoid


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Re: What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: aeharper (---.l3.c2.dsl.pol.co.uk)
Date: January 26, 2006 02:55PM

Hi,
My favorite Christmas song is Silent Night.

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Re: What's your favorite Christmas song to play on the Harmonica?
Posted by: IndianaZephyr (65.183.106.---)
Date: January 30, 2006 04:37AM

I love O Come O Come Emmanuel! It's just a beautiful melodie. I think that's how you spell it. lol

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