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capri0mniWhen I was six or seven, we had this Folk music Christmas album, and it had one track that I always looked forward to. It was my favorite, and always made me smile. But that album was the only place I'd heard it. I'd never heard it played on the radio, or covered by any other artists. And I haven't heard it in decades.
Just now, I decided to do a YouTube search, and Lo! and Behold! It was there. And I couldn't help dancing in my seat, a bit, as I played it:
Huddy Ledbetter (AKA "Lead Belly") Strumming guitar and speaking:
Little children all get so happy on a Christmas Day.
When they gets Christmas coming, they have their own way.
I had a little boy that come to see me on a Christmas Day,
And I heard my mama say: "Son, Christmas is coming!"
So I grabbed the little boy by the hand, went out to my papa's field on the highest hill he had in his field, and I said: "Listen, I don't see no Christmas. Do you?"
And he said: "No. I don't see no Christmas."
We come back to the house and told my mama, says: "Mama, we don't see no Christmas."
She said: "Well, it's coming!"
[Singing]:
Children all get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children all get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Think I heard my mama say that it's Christmas Day!
Think I heard my mama say that it's Christmas Day!
Think I heard my papa say that it's Christmas Day!
Think I heard my papa say that it's Christmas Day!
Old Santa Claus is moving in on a Christmas Day!
Old Santa Claus is moving in on a Christmas Day!
Chicken crows at midnight on a Christmas Day!
Chicken crows at midnight on a Christmas Day!
Children all get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children all get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children get out in the yard and swing on a Christmas Day!
Children get out in the yard and swing on a Christmas Day!
Children get out in the yard and swing on a Christmas Day!
Children get out in the yard and swing on a Christmas Day!
Children all so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children all so happy on a Christmas Day!
Everybody gets happy on a Christmas Day!
Everybody gets happy on a Christmas Day!
[strumming] [Speaking]: I see that Santa Claus coming! Here he comes right now! Look out, Santa Claus! [strumming] [Speaking]: Yeah!
[Singing]:
All children is a'walkin' on a Christmas Day!
Children is a'walkin' on a Christmas Day!
All children is a'talkin' on a Christmas Day!
All children is a'talkin' on a Christmas Day!
Children all be so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children all be so happy on a Christmas Day!
Good Lord, I get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Good Lord, I get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Just now, I decided to do a YouTube search, and Lo! and Behold! It was there. And I couldn't help dancing in my seat, a bit, as I played it:
Huddy Ledbetter (AKA "Lead Belly") Strumming guitar and speaking:
Little children all get so happy on a Christmas Day.
When they gets Christmas coming, they have their own way.
I had a little boy that come to see me on a Christmas Day,
And I heard my mama say: "Son, Christmas is coming!"
So I grabbed the little boy by the hand, went out to my papa's field on the highest hill he had in his field, and I said: "Listen, I don't see no Christmas. Do you?"
And he said: "No. I don't see no Christmas."
We come back to the house and told my mama, says: "Mama, we don't see no Christmas."
She said: "Well, it's coming!"
[Singing]:
Children all get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children all get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Think I heard my mama say that it's Christmas Day!
Think I heard my mama say that it's Christmas Day!
Think I heard my papa say that it's Christmas Day!
Think I heard my papa say that it's Christmas Day!
Old Santa Claus is moving in on a Christmas Day!
Old Santa Claus is moving in on a Christmas Day!
Chicken crows at midnight on a Christmas Day!
Chicken crows at midnight on a Christmas Day!
Children all get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children all get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children get out in the yard and swing on a Christmas Day!
Children get out in the yard and swing on a Christmas Day!
Children get out in the yard and swing on a Christmas Day!
Children get out in the yard and swing on a Christmas Day!
Children all so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children all so happy on a Christmas Day!
Everybody gets happy on a Christmas Day!
Everybody gets happy on a Christmas Day!
[strumming] [Speaking]: I see that Santa Claus coming! Here he comes right now! Look out, Santa Claus! [strumming] [Speaking]: Yeah!
[Singing]:
All children is a'walkin' on a Christmas Day!
Children is a'walkin' on a Christmas Day!
All children is a'talkin' on a Christmas Day!
All children is a'talkin' on a Christmas Day!
Children all be so happy on a Christmas Day!
Children all be so happy on a Christmas Day!
Good Lord, I get so happy on a Christmas Day!
Good Lord, I get so happy on a Christmas Day!
