Lyrics of The Christmas Waltze

It's time to all sing along!!! print your own copy and get learning :) we will be looking forward to you all singing along at upcoming gigs.

Here are the lyrics to The Christmas Waltze, written by Phil Jackson & Jan Pulsford.

The lyrics are an unveiling of long pining emotions and bittersweet memories of losing love and wishing for it to be the way it was, once... long, long ago.

The song was inspired initially by Jim Reeves, as this is what my Christmas' as a young boy always involved.. the sound of him was just Christmas to me. The other inspiration came from the authentic old time country waltz style of music, which was very dominant in early hillbilly, honky tonk and mountain music. Which I found a lot from listening to Jim Reeves, the Louvin Brothers and Jimmie Rodgers, to name a few of the pioneers.
The rest of it comes from just the classic heart wrenching feeling that Christmas brings me and others.. that hopefully you'll all recognise too.
None of this would have happened without Jan Pulsford lighting the touch paper, saying 'lets write a Christmas song for Nashville', giving my head, fingers and voice a direction to head in. With Jan co writing, we proceeded to form the story and song of the Christmas Waltze, molding it into something to warm the heart this Christmas and the next. We hope you enjoy! Look out for the story of the 'E'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L62LLuWjcoM&list=UU9EG0ltVDJ8B45vwr8Mou9Q

 

 

The Christmas Waltze

written by Phil Jackson & Jan Pulsford

© copyright Phil Jackson & Jan Pulsford 2014

After the autumn leaves

I put on my ole Jim reeves

Thinkin' of Christmas gone by

I promise this year I wont cry

Cos all I remember at Christmas

Was dancing the waltze with you

Spinning around like two kids in love

when Christmas was made for us two

Step, two, three. Right, two, three

I'm left with memories

Dancing the waltze with you

Lighting the lights

Dipping the Cinnamon pine

That we used to love

Snowflakes are falling

Hanging the stars

I thought we'd always be here

Now all I remember at Christmas

Is dancing the waltze with you

spinning around like two kids in love

when Christmas was made for us two

Step, two, three. Right, two, three

I'm left with memories

Dancing the waltze with you

This old record skips like my heart

When I think of you and I being apart

(carol singers)

Ahhhhh Ahhhh

Now all I remember at Christmas

Is dancing the waltze with you

spinning around like two fools in love

when Christmas was just for us two

Now all I remember at Christmas

Is dancing the waltze with you

spinning around like two kids in love

when Christmas was made for us two

Step, two, three. Right, two, three

I'm left with memories

Dancing the waltze with you

Dancing the waltze with you