Una canzone popolare per Natale? Un esempio su tutti è rappresentato da A Christmas Folk Song, intramontabili e assolutamente popolare. Ecco il testo:
A Christmas Folk Song
Canzone Tradizionale Natalizia
DE win’ is blowin’ wahmah,
An’ hit’s blowin’ f’om de bay;
Dey’s a so’t o’ mist a-risin’
All erlong de meddah way;
Dey ain’t a hint o’ frostin’
On de groun’ ner in de sky,
An’ dey ain’t no use in hopin’
Dat de snow’ll ‘mence to fly.
It’s goin’ to be a green Christmas,
An’ sad de day fu’ me.
I wish dis was de las’ one
Dat evah I should see.
Dey’s dancin’ in de cabin,
Dey’s spahkin’ by de tree;
But dancin’ times an’ spahkin’
Are all done pas’ fu’ me.
Dey’s feastin’ in de big house,
Wid all de windahs wide–
Is dat de way fu’ people
To meet de Christmas-tide?
It’s goin’ to be a green Christmas,
No mattah what you say.
Dey’s us dat will remembah
An’ grieve de comin’ day.
Dey’s des a bref o’ dampness
A-clingin’ to my cheek;
De aih’s been dahk an’ heavy
An’ threatenin’ fu’ a week,
But not wid signs o’ wintah,
Dough wintah’d seem so deah–
De wintah’s out o’ season,
An’ Christmas eve is hyeah.
It’s goin’ to be a green Christmas,
An’ oh, how sad de day!
Go ax de hongry chu’chya’d,
An’ see what hit will say.
Dey’s Allen on de hillside,
An’ Marfy in de plain;
Fu’ Christmas was like springtime,
An’ come wid sun an’ rain.
Dey’s Ca’line, John, an’ Susie,
Wid only dis one lef’;
An’ now de curse is comen’
Wid murder in hits bref.
It’s goin’ to be a green Christmas–
Des hyeah my words an’ see:
Befo’ de summah beckons
Dey’s many’ll weep wid me.Bells over Bethlehem pealing
God’s sacred presence revealing
There in a cradle resting
Jesus, the earth’s richest blessing
The bells
The bells of Bethlehem
Are ringing out the tidings,
“Good will to all men!”
Leave your sheep and come
O shepherds
Presents bring the Babe so lowly
Shepherds if you will but hasten
Mary the beautiful Virgin
May grant that you may be keeping
Watch o’er the dear Baby
Sleeping..
The bells
The bells of Bethlehem
Are ringing out the tidings,
“Good will to all men!”
Leave your sheep and come
O shepherds
Presents bring the Babe so lowly