Is It Christmas Johnny?

 Is it Christmas Johnny?

Tell me if you know

I really want to know

Yeah, I really need to know

I’ve been invited to a party

They’re expecting me to show

So I think I’d better go

Yeah, you know I’d better go

It’s a special birthday party

And I really want to go

So, you’ve got to let me go

Yeah, it’s time to let me go

If I die the day Christ was born

You don’t have to cry – you don’t have to mourn

Hear Angel Gabe blow his horn

(Musical Break)

Son, I hope you will remember

This joyful day in December

Don’t be sad I have to leave

I ask you not to grieve

Heaven knows I can’t be tardy

For this special birthday party

I must arrive right on time

To see the light of Christ shine

So I bid you fare thee well

As our tears build to a swell

Keep the faith we’ll meet again

You know, son, death’s not the end

If I die the day Christ was born

You don’t have to cry – you don’t have to mourn

Hear Angel Gabe blow his horn

Thank God it’s Christmas Johnny

Now I will say “a bientot”

We will meet again I know

Yeah, we’ll meet again I know

I’ve been invited to a party

And it’s time for me go

Yeah, I really need to go

Oh God, I really need to go

It’s a special birthday party

Jesus waits for me to show

So, it’s time for me to go

Yeah, it’s time for me to go

If I die the day Christ was born

You don’t have to cry – you don’t have to mourn

Hear Angel Gabe blow his horn

Repeat: Hear Angel Gabe blow his horn

(fade to whisper)

Dedicated to John Paul Audette

November 11, 1916 – December 25, 1985

Words & Music By John R. Audette

Copyright © 2023 By John R. Audette

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