NEW  ZEALAND
FOLK * SONG

Christmas Begins With You
C
an You Tell It's Summer?
Christine Jordan, © 2006


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G                     C
Can you tell it's summer?
        G                    D

And do you feel the rain?
        G                          C          G
And have you heard that winter's gone,
        C          G        D
It's Christmas time again?
G                    Em
Lights begin to fill the trees
G        C    
Hustle everywhere
      G                 C       G
The only time for all mankind
      C          G       D
To show we really care,
               G

We really care...

Somewhere it's not summer
It's cold and grey with snow,
That no-sun place with short dark days
It's Christmas too, you know,
But the feeling's just the same for them
And the wishing's just as true
The love we have at Christmas time's
The same for me and you, hmmmm.

See the little baby,
Great, bright shining star
It's moving high, up in the sky
To be right where you are
And if the sheep and cows can understand
No need for hate and no fear
Can't we, the blind, get into mind
The world begins right here,
Right here with you.

So we'll welcome in the Summer
Please, don't bring on the rain
Let bells ring out, we'll sing and shout
Come, show the world what love's about
Let bells ring out, we'll sing and shout
Cos Christmas time is here...
Once again.

Greymouth's Forte on tour

This is a track from Christine's CD, one of three she and Arthur Toms released in 2007 - her CD, a solo one by Athur and one of NZ songs, mostly West Coast related, by both of them as an adjunct to a touring concert programme, under the duo name of "Forte".