Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

I just could not throw in some cheesy Xmas songs. This song, which will do for New Year's eve as well, was written in the midst of the Vietnam War and was inspired by an international peace campaign launched by the Lennon-Ono couple in 1969 in several big cities around the world. Very popular in the UK since Lennon was murdered, it is now regarded as a mainstream Christmas standard. The Alarm released this cover in the early 1990's. On the video below, they perform it on TV with the Welsh choir they used on several tracks of their Change/Newid album available both in English and in Welsh. Nadolig llawen!

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So this is Christmas and what have you done
Another year over a new one just begun
So this is Christmas I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones, the old and the young

And so this is Christmas for weak and for strong
For rich and for poor ones the road is so long
And so Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear

War is over if you want it
War is over now

So this is Christmas for black and for white
For yellow and red ones let's all stop the fight
So Happy Christmas and what have you done
Another year over a new one just begun
And so Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear

War is over if you want it
War is over now
War is over if you want it
War is over now

War is over if you want it
War is over now
War is over if you want it
War is over now
War is over if you want it
War is over now

Original text by JOHN LENNON
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