Otis Redding
The Staple Singers
Booker T. & The MG’s
Isaac Hayes
The Emotions
Albert King
Rufus Thomas
Little Johnny Taylor
The Emotions
Sir Mack Rice
Isaac Hayes
Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
[Verse 1]
Bells will be ringing the glad, glad news
Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues
My baby's gone and I have no friends
To wish me greetings once again
[Verse 2]
Oh, choirs will be singing "Silent Night"
Christmas carols by candlelight
Please come home for Christmas
Please come home for Christmas
If not for Christmas, by New Year’s night
[Verse 3]
Oh, friends and relations send salutations
And sure as the stars shine above, yeah, yeah, yeah
This is Christmas, yeah, it's Christmas, my dear
The time of the year
The time of the year to be with the one you
The one you really love
And once you tell me, you'll never know wrong
Christmas and New Years will find you home
There’ll be no more sorrow, no more grief and pain
Because I'll be happy this Christmas once again
[Outro]
Oh, there'll be no more sorrow, no more grief and pain
Because I'll be happy, Lord, I'll be so happy, happy once again