Lyrics to
Christmas Time’s A-Coming

This version of Christmas Time’S A-Coming was released by Emmylou Harris in 1979.

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Holly’s in the window
Home where the wind blows
The cane foam’s a-runnin’
Christmas Time’s A-Comin’.

Can’t you hear them bells ringin’, ringin’
Joy, don’tcha hear them singin’
When it’s snowin’, I’ll be goin’
Back to my country home.

Christmas Time’s A-Comin’
Christmas Time’s A-Comin’
Christmas Time’s A-Comin’
And I know I’m goin’ home.

White candle’s burnin’
My old heart’s a-yearnin’
For the folks at home when
Christmas Time’s A-Comin’.

Snow flake’s a-fallin’
My old heart’s a-callin’
Tall pine’s a-hummin’
Christmas Time’s A-Comin’.

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About Lyrics and Christmas Time’S A-Coming by Emmylou Harris

The lyrics to Christmas Time’S A-Coming are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Emmylou Harris used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Christmas Time’S A-Coming have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Emmylou Harris and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Christmas Time’S A-Coming by Emmylou Harris. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Christmas Time’S A-Coming" means the words set to the music of Christmas Time’S A-Coming, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Emmylou Harris. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Christmas Time’S A-Coming and the lyrics to Christmas Time’S A-Coming are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Emmylou Harris who came here looking just for the lyrics to Christmas Time’S A-Coming, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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