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Judy Garland's, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (original)"
The Lyrics:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light.
Next year all our troubles will be out of sight.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the yuletide gay.
Next year we may all be many miles away.
Let your heart be light.
Next year all our troubles will be out of sight.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the yuletide gay.
Next year we may all be many miles away.
Why:
This song originally came out in the 1944 movie, "Meet Me In St. Louis". It likely fit in some middle portion of the movie, in which the outlook for the characters was less then bright and no happy ending seemed on its way as yet. The song has since been remarketed, it would seem, as a Christmas song to stand on its own, and some lyrics have been changed to distance it from whatever bleak movie plotlines it originally reflected. Of the lines quoted above, those beginning with "Next year" have been changed, for the freestanding version best known today, to "From now on our troubles will be out of sight" and "From now on our troubles will be miles away", to fit immediate hopes for yuletide cheer rather than bleak current prospects and dreamy hopes for "next year". I have read on Wikipedia that Judy Garland herself actually requested that the lyrics be so changed. In its new version it has gone on to be used in other movies, most notably probably the highly successful first "Home Alone" movie in 1990, quite possibly giving the song a new boost to its popularity.
Submitted by: Mercedes Morgan
Judy Garland's, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (original)"
The Lyrics:
Through the years, we all will be together
If the fates allow.
Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow.
If the fates allow.
Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow.
Why:
This song originally came out in the 1944 movie, "Meet Me In St. Louis". It likely fit in some middle portion of the movie, in which the outlook for the characters was less than bright and no happy ending seemed on its way as yet. The song has since been remarketed, it would seem, as a Christmas song to stand on its own, and some lyrics have been changed to distance it from whatever bleak movie plotlines it originally reflected. The last line quoted above has been changed in the new and now more familiar version to "Hang a a shining star upon the highest bough". That is very much a dangling line in the revised version. It is about decorating a Christmas tree, but note that otherwise the song never mentions any Christmas tree! I have read on Wikipedia that Judy Garland herself actually requested that the lyrics be changed to distance the song from the somber mood of its original movie context. In its new version it has gone on to be used in other movies, most notably probably the highly successful first "Home Alone" movie in 1990, quite possibly giving the song a new boost to its popularity.
Submitted by: Mercedes Morgan
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