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Jimmy Buffett

Christmas Island

Christmas Island Tracks

  1. Christmas Island
    Christmas Island
    Lyle Moraine

    Let's get away from sleigh bells, let's get away from snow
    Let's make a break some Christmas, Dear, I know the place to go
    How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
    How'd ya like to spend the holiday away across the sea?
    How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
    How'd ya like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?

    How'd ya like to stay up late, like the islanders do?
    Wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe.
    If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island
    You will never stray for everyday
    Your Christmas dreams come true.

    How'd ya like to stay up late like the islanders do?
    Wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe
    If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island
    You will never stray, for everyday
    Your Christmas dreams come true
    On Christmas Island your dreams come true.

  2. Jingle Bells
    Jingle Bells (Traditional)
    Arranged by Jimmy Buffett & Michael Utley

    (Chorus)
    Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
    Oh, what fun it is to run in a one-horse open sleigh
    Jingle bells, jingle bells, fingle all the way
    Oh, what fun on Jah's cool run in a one-horse open sleigh

    We're dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh
    And o'er the fields we go a-laughin' all the way
    The bells on bob-tail ring, they're making spirits bright
    What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight

    (Chorus)

    A day or two ago I thought I'd take a run to Port Antonio
    I be cruisin' in the sun
    The radio was loud, the chicken jerked and fried
    And all I had to do that day was drive on the left side

  3. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
    Happy Xmas (War is Over)
    Jon Lennon & Yoko Ono

    And so this is Christmas, and what have you done?
    Another year older, a new one just begun
    And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun
    The near and the dear ones, the old and the young
    A merry, merry Christmas and a happy new year
    Let's hope it's a good one, without any fears
    And so this is Christmas, for weak and for strong
    The rich and the poor ones, the road is so long

    And so, happy Christmas, for black and for white.
    The yellow and red ones, and stop all the fights
    A merry, merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
    Let's hope it's a good one, without any fears

    And so, this is Christmas, and what have we done?
    Another year older, a new one just begun
    And so, happy Christmas, I hope you have fun
    The near and the dear ones, the old and the young
    A merry, merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
    Let's hope it's a good one, without any fears

  4. Up On The House Top
    Up on the Housetop
    Traditional
    Arranged by Jimmy Buffett & MikeUtley

    Up on the housetop reindeer paws, out jumps good ol' Santa Claus
    Down thru the chimney with lots of toys
    All for the little ones, Christmas joy.

    (Chorus)
    Ho ho ho, who wouldn't go,
    Ho ho ho, who wouldn't go-o
    Up on the housetop, click, click, click
    Down thru the chimney with good Saint Nick.

    First comes the stocking of little Will
    Oh, just see what a glorious fill
    Here is a hammer and lots of tacks
    Also a ball and a whip that cracks

    (Chorus)

    Instumental Bridge

    (Chorus)
    "They say it's your birthday, it's my birthday, too,........yeah,....I
    got two presents, that's right, Dude, I got some jam and I got some
    wax, two presents for Christmas,......... Bitchin, huh? Right,
    let's go to the beach......

    Mele Kalikimaka Alex Anderson
    Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say
    On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day
    That's the island greeting that we send to you
    From the land where palm trees sway

    Here we know that Xmas will be green and bright
    Sun will shine by day and all the stars at night
    Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way
    To say Merry Christmas to you.

    (Repeat)

  5. Mele Kalikimaka
    Mele Kalikimaka

    Mele kalikimaka is the thing to say
    On a bright Hawaiian Christmas day
    That's the island greeting that we send to you
    From the land where palm trees sway

    Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
    The sun will shine by day and all the stars at night
    Mele kalikimaka is Hawaii's way
    To say merry Christmas to you, take it girls

    Mele kalikimaka is the thing to say
    On a bright Hawaiian Christmas day
    That's the island greeting that we send to you
    From the land where palm trees sway

    Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
    The sun will shine by day and all the stars at night
    Mele kalikimaka is Hawaii's way
    To say merry Christmas to you

    Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
    The sun will shine by day and all the stars at night
    Mele kalikimaka is Hawaii's way
    To say merry Christmas to you

    Mele kalikimaka is the thing to say
    On a bright Hawaiian Christmas day
    That's the island greeting that we send to you
    From the land where palm trees sway

    Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
    The sun will shine by day and all the stars at night
    Mele kalikimaka is Hawaii's way
    To say merry Christmas, merry, merry Christmas
    Merry, merry, merry Christmas to you

  6. Run Rudolph Run
    Run, Rudolph, Run
    Mavin Brodie & Johnny Marks

    Round up all the reindeer
    You know you're the master mind
    Run, run, Rudolph
    Vixen can't be far behind.

    (Chorus)
    Run, run, Rudolph,
    Santa's got to make it to town
    Santa make 'em hurry
    Tell him he can take the freeway down
    Run, run, Rudolph
    Spinnin' like a merry -go-round

    Said Santa to the boy-child,
    "What would you be longin' for?"
    All I want for Xmas
    Is a rock 'n rollin' 'lectric guitar
    Then away went-a Rudolph
    Streakin like a shootin' star

    (Chorus)

    Said Santa to the girl-child,
    "What would you be pleased most to get?"
    A little Barbie doll
    That can cry, sleep, drink & wet
    Then away went-a Rudolph
    Streakin' like a Citation jet

    (Chorus)

  7. Ho Ho Ho & A Bottle Of Rhum
    Ho, Ho, Ho, and a Bottle of Rhum
    Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth, Pete Mayer & Russ Kunkel

    Santa's stressed out as the holiday season draws near
    He's been doing the same job now going on two thousand years
    He's got pains in his brain and chimney scars cover his buns
    He hates to admit it, but Xmas is more work than fun

    He needs a vacation from bad decorations and snow
    Mr. Claus has a has escape plans, a secret that only he knows
    Beaches and palm trees appear night and day in his dreams
    A break from his wife, half-frozen in life
    The elves and that damn reindeer team

    Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rum
    Santa's run off to the Caribbean
    He thinks about boat drinks and fun in the sun]
    Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rhum

    Plastic creations and crass exploitations aren't good
    He wants to go back to simple toys made out of wood
    Just for the weekend he's like to be Peter Pan
    Get out of his long johns and dance with a sword in the sand

    (Chorus)
    Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rhum
    Santa's off to the Caribbean
    Marimbas, calimbas, he's playing steel drums
    Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rhum

    Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rhum
    Santa's off to the Caribbean
    A week in the tropics and he'll be alright
    Sporting a tan as he rides out of sight

    Merry Christmas to all and to all good night

  8. Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)
    Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)

    Merry Christmas, Alabama
    Merry Christmas, Tennessee
    Merry Christmas, Louisiana
    To St. Barth's and the Florida Keys

    Merry Christmas, Mississippi
    Where I started this wild and crazy run
    Such a long way from that first birthday
    Merry Christmas, Everyone

    And Merry Christmas, Colorado
    Though far from you all I have roamed
    "Tis the season to remember
    All the faces and the places that were home

    "Tis the season to remember
    And to count up all the ports of call I've known
    And to thank his mercies tender
    For I'm never far from home

    Merry Christmas to my saints and guardian angels
    Who protect me as I roam
    All the faces and the places that were home

    Guess my life's moved at near light speed
    Since I started this wild and crazy run
    Such a long way from that first birthday
    Merry Christmas, Everyone

    "Tis the season to remember
    That we're never far from home
    Merry Christmas, Everyone

  9. A Sailor's Christmas
    A Sailor's Christmas
    Jimmy Buffett & Roger Guth

    Sail on the horizons gotta landfall rendezvous
    Captain steers a well-known course, he steers straight & true
    As he trims the sheets, he sings a song
    He learned on boats and bars
    Sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour 'neath the stars

    He's traveled through the doldrums, typhoons and hurricanes
    He's logged a million soggy miles with water on his brain
    But Christmas is the season better suited for dry land
    He'll tell some lies, meet some spies
    And dance barefoot in the sand

    (Chorus)
    The sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour on the hook
    Caye con les, no work today, let's shell the ol' log book
    The waterfront is reveling, the season has begun
    The sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour having fun.

    There's a party down at Le Selecte, music, rum and cheers
    Faces in the shadows, God, I haven't seen for years
    A mast & shroud fill with lights
    'Neath the waning of the moon
    They're an airy celebration in the realm of King Neptune.

    (Chorus)

    Jesus was a fisherman who walked upon the sea
    The North Pole is ocean's remote frozen balcony
    The continents keep drifting but the children sing and play
    'Cause nothing really matters, after all it's Christmas day

    The sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour on the hook.
    Vaye con les, no work today, he read it in a book
    The waterfront is reveling, the season has begun
    A sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour having fun
    A sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour having fun
    Havin' fun... havin' fun...havin' fun

  10. I'll Be Home For Christmas
    I'll Be Home for Christmas
    Kim Gannon, Walter Kent & Buck Ram

    I'll be home for Christmas,
    You can count on me
    Please have snow and mistle toe
    And presents 'neath the tree

    Xmas Eve will find me
    Where the love light gleams
    I'll be home for Xmas
    If only in my dreams

    Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far from Home)
    Jimmy Buffett & Matt Bettton

    Merry Christmas, Alabama
    Merry Christmas, Tennessee
    Merry Christmas, Louisiana
    To St. Barth's and the Florida Keys

    Merry Christmas, Mississippi
    Where I started this wild and crazy run
    Such a long way from that first birthday
    Merry Christmas, Everyone

    And Merry Christmas, Colorado
    Though far from you all I have roamed
    "Tis the season to remember
    All the faces and the places that were home

    "Tis the season to remember
    And to count up all the ports of call I've known
    And to thank his mercies tender
    For I'm never far from home

    Merry Christmas to my saints and guardian angels
    Who protect me as I roam
    All the faces and the places that were home

    Guess my life's moved at near light speed
    Since I started this wild and crazy run
    Such a long way from that first birthday
    Merry Christmas, Everyone

    "Tis the season to remember
    That we're never far from home

    Merry Christmas, Everyone