One Man And His Uke
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The Salvation Army band are a regular feature at Christmas time in towns and city centres, playing carols and other Christmas tunes, and raising money for those in need at the same time. I always love to hear them at this time of year. The Sally Ann is an affectionate nickname for The Salvation Army. German markets are another feature at Christmas time as well
The Sally Ann Were Playing “Hark The Herald Angels Sing”.
Mum took me to the German Christmas market.
We went by car but found we couldn’t park it.
The roads were jammed for miles n miles ahead.
So we abandoned it and walked a while instead.
The lights of town were twinkling in the distance
A homeless man said “Can you spare a sixpence?
For days I’ve hardly eaten anything”.
And the Sally Ann were playing “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”
Further down the road we saw a lady
She was struggling with 2 toddlers and a baby.
She said her man had left, oh how he’d tricked them.
And in a day or so the landlord would evict them.
They were on her way to stay with her parents,
It would give her time to think and get her bearings.
She was much too proud for handouts, or for pity.
And the Sally Ann were playing “Once in Royal David’s City”.
All along the way we met the ones for whom the season
Was just another time to struggle by.
The lonely and the hungry without rhyme without reason.
And there but for the grace of luck, go I.
By the time we reached the town the snow was falling
And a choir had joined the band and they were calling
For people of good will to play their part.
With their deeds, with their time, and with their heart.
So my mum took me aside and said “Now son,
We have more than our fair share while some have none.
We must do our bit to help because it’s right”
And the Sally Ann were playing “Oh Holy Night.”
what I saw and learnt that night still means everything
And the Sally Ann were playing “Hark The Herald Angels Sing”
The Sally Ann Were Playing “Hark The Herald Angels Sing”.
Mum took me to the German Christmas market.
We went by car but found we couldn’t park it.
The roads were jammed for miles n miles ahead.
So we abandoned it and walked a while instead.
The lights of town were twinkling in the distance
A homeless man said “Can you spare a sixpence?
For days I’ve hardly eaten anything”.
And the Sally Ann were playing “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”
Further down the road we saw a lady
She was struggling with 2 toddlers and a baby.
She said her man had left, oh how he’d tricked them.
And in a day or so the landlord would evict them.
They were on her way to stay with her parents,
It would give her time to think and get her bearings.
She was much too proud for handouts, or for pity.
And the Sally Ann were playing “Once in Royal David’s City”.
All along the way we met the ones for whom the season
Was just another time to struggle by.
The lonely and the hungry without rhyme without reason.
And there but for the grace of luck, go I.
By the time we reached the town the snow was falling
And a choir had joined the band and they were calling
For people of good will to play their part.
With their deeds, with their time, and with their heart.
So my mum took me aside and said “Now son,
We have more than our fair share while some have none.
We must do our bit to help because it’s right”
And the Sally Ann were playing “Oh Holy Night.”
what I saw and learnt that night still means everything
And the Sally Ann were playing “Hark The Herald Angels Sing”