That "Reason for the Season" song...

[capri0mni]

This is the song I've threatened I said I'd write based on the essay here.

I'm also using this opportunity to learn more of the nuances of ABC musical notation (the stuff in bold, below)

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This year is quickly fading in the night
With all the joy and sorrow that we knew.
A new year comes with promises so bright
And so, with hope, I give this gift to you.

I give this gift to you: a simple little thing.
And yet, I hope you feel the love that I've wrapped up in string.

There is a new light shining in the dark
As fragile as a candle in the snow
Yet one small flame can light ten thoussand sparks;
When passed from hand to hand, the Light will grow.

I give this gift to you: a simple little thing.
And yet, I hope you feel the love that I've wrapped up in string.

So when I fear the cold and darkness, too,
And sorrows seem to gather 'round my door
I'll open up my heart to love from you
And it shall strengthen me forevermore

You give this gift to me, a simple little thing
Yet, most of all, I feel the love that you've tied up with string

So hang your shining garland in the hall,
And let your candle burn against the night
And celebrate the gifts from one and all
Each tied with string, and wrapped with paper bright.

And so, we give our gifts, such simple little things
Yet what we're really giving is our love tied up with string.

This year is quickly fading in the night
With all the joys and sorrows that we knew.
A new year comes; with promises so bright;
Our courage and our love will see us through.

And so, we give our gifts, such simple little things
Yet what we're really giving is our love tied up with string.


X:1
T:Simple, Little Things
C: Ann Magill
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q=240
K:C
EE2GG2|FE2DC2|DE4z|
w:This year is quick-ly fad-ing in the night
EE2DC2|DF2ED2|CD4z|
w:With all the joys and sor-rows that we knew.
GG2EE2|DC2DE2|AG4z|
w:A new year comes with prom-is-es so bright
FF2DD2|ED2DC2|B,C4z|
w:And so, with hope, I give this gift to you.
GG2EE2|DC3zC|D2EF2A|G4zG|
w:I give this gift to you: a sim-ple lit-tle thing, and
F2FE2D|C2B,C2D|F2DE2B,|C6||
w:yet, I hope you feel the love that I've tied up in string.

To hear the tune, copy the bold text, and paste it into the window here:CONCERTINA.net's Tune-O-Tron: Converter, turn off any pop-blockers (or it won't work), and hit [submit].