The Beatles' Seventh Christmas Record (Conversation; Christmas Record)
Author: The Beatles; Lead vocal: The Beatles

-"MAMA!"

-"NOW YOU LADS, HAVE YOU JUST SHOUT HAPPY CHRISTMAS ALL OF YOU
FOR THIS TAPE!"
-"HAPPY CHRISTMAS?"
-"YEAH. GO ON. ONE, TWO, THREE."
-"HAPPY CHRISTMAS!."
-"THANK YOU, SAME TO YOU, HA! HA! HAPPY CHRISTMAS!"

-"... CHRISTMAS, JOHN, AND I SEE YOU STROLLING IN
ASCOT GARDEN WITH YOUR WIFE YOKO, BUT WELL, DO YOU
HAVE ANY SPECIAL THOUGHTS AT, FOR CHRISTMAS?"
-"WELL, YOKO, IT IS CHRISTMAS AND MY SPECIAL THOUGHTS,
OF COURSE, TEND TOWARDS EATING."
-"HA! HA! HA! ALL RIGHT. SO, EATING. WELL WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO EAT?"
-"WELL, I'D LIKE SOME CORNFLAKES PREPARED BY PARISIAN
HANDS. AND I'D LIKE IT BLESSED BY HARE KRISHNA MANTRA."

-"WISH OF A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS HAVE A JOLLY NEW YEAR,
MAKE SURE THAT CHRISTMAS .. COMES ONCE A YEAR."
YES, HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL THE BEST.
THIS IS GEORGE HARRISON SAYING HAPPY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY
CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS. HAPPY. HAPPY ...

OOH, GOOD EVENING TO YOU LADIES,
GOOD EVENING TO YOU GENTLEMEN,
HAPPY TO BE HERE,
GOOD EVENING TO YOU GENTLEMEN,
I FEAR, I FEAR, I FEAR.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU ONE AND ALL
I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY
THE COMING SPORTSDAY OF YOUR LIFE
IS MAMA'S LITTLE BOY.

-"SO, HOW DO YOU LIKE THE GARDEN HERE?"
-"I THINK IT'S SIMPLY SPLENDID. I'M OVERWHELMED BY ITS SANCTUARY."
-"SO, YOU DON'T MIND THESE HIGH GATES AND THINGS AND THE WALLS.?"
-"OH, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE HIGH WALLS.
THE ELIZABETHAN HIGH WALL IS SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS LOVED, YOU SEE."
-"YES."
-"LADY."

THIS IS TO WISH YOU A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS,
THIS IS TO WISH YOU JUST A MERRY, MERRY YEAR.
THIS IS TO WISH YOU JUST A HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR,
THIS IS TO WISH YOU A MERRY, MERRY, MERRY NEW YEAR.

-"I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I HOPE EVERYBODY LISTENING TO THIS
HAS A VERY HAPPY TIME AT CHRISTMAS AND HAS A GOOD,
FORTUNATE, LUCKY NEW YEAR. AND A GOOD TIME TO BE HAD BY ALL."

-"MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

MM, THIS IS TO WISH YOU A ME-MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS,
THIS IS TO WISH YOU A HA-HA-HAPPY NEW YEAR.

-"HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR PLACE IN THE...EH..THE SEVENTIES TO COME?
WE'VE HAD THE SWINGING SIXTIES, AND I WAS WONDERING,
MRS. LENNON, HOW YOU SAW YOUR PLACE IN THE SEVENTIES?"
-"I THINK IT'LL BE A QUIET, PEACEFUL SEVENTIES, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW."
-"SO YOU THINK THERE'S GONNA BE PEACE, DO YOU?"
-"YES, AND FREEDOM."
-"I SEE."
-"FREEDOM OF MIND. AND EVERYTHING."
-"I SEE. REALLY NICE."
-"EVERYBODY WILL JUST BE FLYING AROUND, YOU KNOW."
-"AH, EVERYBODY WILL JUST BE FLYING AROUND, YOU SEE,
D'YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?"
-"THE AIR'S SO CRISP AND ALL THAT. AND JUST,
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT, VERY DELICATE ..."

DEEP AND CRISP AND EVEN,
BRIGHTLY SHONE THE MOON LAST NIGHT
ON THE MOSTY CRUEL.
GOOD KING WENCESLAS LOOK OUT
ON THE FEAST OF....

-"... AND IT'S SORT OF, AH, LIKE A STRANGE MAGIC, YOU KNOW,
JUST SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS OF OUR THINKING. ANYWAY,
IT'S JUST REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS - (Happy Christmas)
HAPPY CHRISTMAS - (Happy Christmas)
HAPPY CHRISTMAS - (Happy Christmas)
HAPPY NEW YEAR.

TAKE TWO!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS,
HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY CHRISTMAS - (Happy Christmas)
OH-OH-OH-OH-OH-OH, HAPPY CHRISTMAS - (hah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
OH-OH-OH-OH, HAPPY CHRISTMAS.

JOHN, YOKO,
JOHN, HAPPY CHRISTMAS
IT'S WARM AND NICE AND COMFEE IN ASCOT.
AC-DC LIGHTS.
LET'S PUT THE LIGHTS ON THE TREES.
ALRIGHT, DEAR, YOU PASS ME THE LIGHTS AND I'LL STICK IT TO THE TREE,
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA....

MERRY CHRISTMAS-MERRY CHRISTMAS-MERRY CHRISTMAS-
MERRY CHRISTMAS-MERRY CHRISTMAS-MERRY CHRISTMAS-
MERRY CHRISTMAS-MERRY CHRISTMAS-MERRY CHRISTMAS-
MERRY CHRISTMAS-MERRY CHRISTMAS-MERRY CHRISTMAS-
MERRY CHRISTMAS-MAGIC CHRISTIAN-MAGIC CHRISTIAN-
MAGIC CHRISTIAN-MAGIC CHRISTIAN-MAGIC CHRISTIAN-
MAGIC CHRISTIAN.

-"IT'S JUST A PLUG FOR THE FILM, KEN. TRY AND KEEP IT ON.
THIS IS RINGO SAYING MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EV'RYBODY
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR."

-"HA HA HA HA HA...."
-"I'D LIKE A BIG TEDDY!"
-"I'LL GET YOU A BIG, PINK TEDDY BEAR."
-"OH, THANK YOU, MOMMY."
-"AND BE A GOOD BOY, JOHN."
-"OH, YES, MOMMY, I WILL. AS LONG AS YOU GET ME A TEDDY BEAR."
-"A BIG, PINK TEDDY BEAR."
-"AND A TRAIN SET."
-"AMERICAN TRAIN SET THEN?"
-"AND A MAN ON THE MOON, THAT GOES ON THE MOON,
DANCE ON THE MOON."
-"AN ICE CREAM MOON THEN."
-"THAT'S RIGHT. AND LOTS, AND LOTS, AND LOTS, AND LOTS,
AND LOTS, AND LOTS, AND LOTS, AND LOTS, AND LOTS,
AND LOTS, AND LOTS.....
-"HA HA HA HA HA...."


Credits

Recorded separately, in the fall of 1969, issued December 19

This version of the song available on

US albums