Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Lyrics

Frank Sinatra Lyrics

"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on our troubles
Will be out of sight

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on our troubles
Will be miles away, oh ooh

Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore, ah
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us, once more, ooh

Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us, once more

Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough, oh
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now, ooh

Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas

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Writer(s): Jule Styne, Felix Bernard, Ralph Blane, Sammy Cahn, Hugh Martin, Irving Berlin, Richard B. Smith

"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" was written for a sad scene in the film "Meet Me In St. Louis" (1944) and first had lines such as "it may be your last [Christmas]" and "[friends] will be near to us no more". Hugh Martin recalled to Entertainment Weekly in 2007, "They said, 'It's so dreadfully sad.' I said, 'I thought the girls were supposed to be sad in that scene.' They said, 'Well, not *that* sad.'"

Frank Sinatra's version has altered lyrics more suitable for the jolly season as indicated by his album's title "A Jolly Christmas" this song was included on.

Judy Garland performed this song with Frank Sinatra's modified lyrics on "The Judy Garland Show Christmas Special" in 1963.

This rendition was used in the film "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012).

"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" lyrics

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