"We Need a Little Christmas" is a popular Christmas song originating from Jerry Herman's Broadway musical Mame, and first performed by Angela Lansbury in the 1966 production.
In the musical, the song is performed after Mame lost her fortune in the Wall Street crash of 1929 and decides that she, her young nephew Patrick, and her two household servants "need a little Christmas now" to cheer them up.
To download the easy alphanotes sheet music, look here.
Enjoy!
Fill up the stocking,
I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now.
For we need a little Christmas, right this very minute,
Candles in the window, carols at the spinet.
Yes, we need a little Christmas right this very minute.
It hasn’t snowed a single flurry, but Santa, dear, we’re in a hurry;
So climb down the chimney;
Put up the brightest string of lights I’ve ever seen.
Slice up the fruitcake
It’s time we hung some tinsel on that evergreen bough.
For I’ve grown a little leaner, grown a little colder,
Grown a little sadder, grown a little older,
And I need a little angel sitting on my shoulder,
Need a little Christmas now.
Haul out the holly;
Havent’ I taught you well to live each living day?
Fill up the stocking,
But, Auntie Mame, it’s one week past Thanksgiving Day now
But we need a little Christmas, right this very minute,
Candles in the window, carols at the spinet.
Yes, we need a little Christmas right this very minute.
It hasn’t snowed a single flurry, but Santa, dear, we’re in a hurry;
So climb down the chimney;
It’s been a long time sinceI felt good-neighborly
Slice up the fruitcake
It’s time we hung some tinsel on that bayberry bough.
For we need a little music, need a little laughter,
Need a little singing ringing through the rafter,
And we need a little snappy “Happy ever after,”
Need a little Christmas now. Need a little Christmas now.
