Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Lyrics
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 all our troubles will be miles away
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Will be near to us once more
If the fates allow
Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow
So have yourself a merry little Christmas now
This is one of my favorite songs during Christmas. And the lyrics contain archaic words that I just learned. Christmas is a season, not just a day. And that is life. So hang in there. Better days are ahead.
[Edit: Spell chrck]
This song was originally written for the musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis," released in 1944--right in the middle of World War 2. Everyone in the audience during its first run would have either been in the military, or had friends and family in the military, and would have at least known people who were overseas, and who had lost someone in the war. The lines "Someday soon we all will be together/If the fates allow/Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow" would have hit them emotionally in a way that we can't really appreciate 80 years later.
I love this sombre version so much more than the more popular, cheered-up version.