Silver Bells

Thursday December 3, 2009
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Silver Bells


Have you ever wondered why there was such an outpouring of wonderful Christmas songs written in America between World War II -- with “I'll be Home for Christmas” -- and the early 1950s -- with “Silver Bells”?
Some people believe it’s what the German’s call Zeitgeist, or the spirit of the times. Christmas Day 2006, What’s in a Song took you on a journey to Beverly Hills, CA, to try to answer this question. We’ll meet Ray Evans who, with his partner Jay Livingston, wrote the Christmas classic, “Silver Bells.” What's in a Song tries to get to the bottom of the creative Christmas spirit of those times and comes up with very little spiritual fodder to help us understand the yuletide inspiration of those days. In fact, Ray Evans, now 91 years old, tells of a funny story of just how “Silver Bells” came to be.*

* “Silver Bells” was first heard in the 1951 Bob Hope comedy,
The Lemon Drop Kid.




City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling like Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you hear

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day

Strings of street lights
Even stop lights
Blink a bright red and green
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures
Hear the snow crunch
See the kids bunch
This is Santa's big scene
And above all the bustle you hear

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day






* Blogmeister’s Note:

Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djfgoGAEU4E
to hear John Denver sing this wonderful classic
with accompanying video of Christmas in the city.




LARRY..CURTIS..SPURLOCK

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