Name: Cumberland Christmas
Duration: P00H03M06S
Description: From The Valley Christmas Album

Cumberland Christmas

by Gordon Carter

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From The Valley Christmas Album

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It’s Christmas in a coal town, the red and green lights
Line all the windows on the main street tonight
The tipples stand quiet in the snowy moonlight
It’s a Cumberland Christmas tonight.

The wood smoke from China Town is caught in a chill
And lies in the valley at Camp Road Hill
The misty back alleys in the orange lamplight
It’s a Cumberland Christmas tonight.

Bridge-
We’ll have Japanese oranges, red and white candy canes
We’ll sing all the Carols in hearty refrain
Hear the Italian Band as it plays at the hall
All the kids are outside throwing snowballs

Mom’s Christmas apron is red white and green
I can’t remember my father when his hands were so clean
The smell of the turkey and the taste of ice cream
We could eat all we wanted that night
It’s a Cumberland Christmas tonight

The breath of a small child on a window of frost
Melts to the tear a simple life lost
But I’ll cling to those memories in the snowy moonlight
It’s a Cumberland Christmas tonight

It’s Christmas in a coal town, the red and green lights
Light up the streets of this old town tonight
I remember the tipples in the snowy moonlight
It’s Christmas in Cumberland tonight

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released December 25, 2015
Gordon Carter - Guitar and Vocals
Robin Sutmoller - Violin
Recorded, produced and mastered at Cumberland Audio Service by Alain Milette

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