After a while he fell asleep…
After a while he fell asleep… a song by Carmen Dragon on
Archodia Music
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High above the city on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince…
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Oscar Wilde
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Bing Crosby
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Far away, far away in a little street there is a poor house…
by
Oscar Wilde
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Bing Crosby
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When day broke, he flew down to the river and had a bath…
by
Oscar Wilde
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Bing Crosby
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In the square below there stands a little Match Girl…
by
Oscar Wilde
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Bing Crosby
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So the swallow flew over the great city…
by
Oscar Wilde
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Bing Crosby
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Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the swallow picked off…
by
Oscar Wilde
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Bing Crosby
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Then the snow came…
by
Oscar Wilde
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Bing Crosby
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Early the next morning, the Mayor was walking in the Square below…
by
Oscar Wilde
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Bing Crosby
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'Bring me the two most precious things in the city,' said God to one of his angels…
by
Oscar Wilde
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Bing Crosby
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"God rest ye merry gentlemen" [Ebenezer Scrooge]
by
Ronald Colman
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Fred Mackaye
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Eric Snowden
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Victor Young
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Ken Darby
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"Quickly I made myself ready for bed" [Marley's Ghost]
by
Ronald Colman
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Lou Merrill
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Victor Young
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Ken Darby
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"There at my bedside" [First Spirit]
by
Ronald Colman
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Hans Conried
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Duane Thompson
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Victor Young
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Ken Darby
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"Wake up, man!" [Second Spirit]
by
Ronald Colman
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Cy Kendall
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Eric Snowden
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Heather Thatcher
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Barbara Jean Wong
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Victor Young
,
Ken Darby
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"And looking up, I beheld" [Third Spirit]
by
Ronald Colman
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Gale Gordon
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Fred Mackaye
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Ferdinand Munier
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Eric Snowden
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Stephen Muller
,
Victor Young
,
Ken Darby
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"I have the highest pleasure" [The Pickwickians set off to visit Mr. Wardle]
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Hanns Eisler
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Charles Laughton
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"But if they were cheerful and happy outside the house" [At the farm]
by
Hanns Eisler
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Charles Laughton
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"We're all ready, I believe" [The dance]
by
Hanns Eisler
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Charles Laughton
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The same winter sun that dances on the northern snow...
by
Victor Young
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Bing Crosby
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You see, Pablo, once upon a Christmas eve there was a small donkey…
by
Victor Young
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Bing Crosby
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Well, it was early afternoon when the small boy and his small donkey went through the town gates…
by
Victor Young
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Bing Crosby
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Well, the little boy and the little donkey left the marketplace, Pablo…
by
Victor Young
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Bing Crosby
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And so, Pablo, The Small One passed through the town gates…
by
Victor Young
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Bing Crosby
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Once upon a time of many, many years ago…
by
Charles Paul
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Loretta Young
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But at length and at last, he slowly approached the doorway…
by
Charles Paul
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Loretta Young
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And then in all those timeless days that followed…
by
Charles Paul
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Loretta Young
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The angels, dark angels, the seraphim, the cherubim…
by
Charles Paul
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Loretta Young
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A small, rough, unsightly box…
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Charles Paul
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Loretta Young
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The littlest angel wept hot, bitter tears…
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Charles Paul
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Loretta Young
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Then suddenly, the voice of God, like divine music, rose through Paradise..
by
Charles Paul
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Loretta Young
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This story is as old as Christmas…
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Carmen Dragon
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Yes, Ay-You was without the gift of speech…
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Carmen Dragon
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But the most stupendous and overwhelming thing of all, he'd be able to sing…
by
Carmen Dragon
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But morning after morning God disappointed him…
by
Carmen Dragon
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And then without the slightest warning of all came the dreadful day…
by
Carmen Dragon
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And so Ay-You tried to sing...
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Carmen Dragon
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After a while he fell asleep…
by
Carmen Dragon
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Then Ay-You knew why he had been born never to speak until this moment…
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Carmen Dragon
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