Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Meagan who loved to see Christmas lights. Sometimes, she is told where to see the lights in certain areas with a song her mother sings; it is "To the left, to the left..." or "To the right, to the right..." always to the tune of the first part of the William Tell Overture finale. This is a way for a girl like Meagan to have fun.
One day, she learned that the William Tell overture finale has a larger melody than the group of notes she hears "To the left" or "To the right" to the tune of. She felt as if she should make an entire song to the totality of the tune that's about Christmas lights. First, she played it on the piano, and after a while she memorized it all. Then she tried to make up good lyrics about Christmas lights to the whole melody. It turned out to go like this:
(Instrumental introduction)
To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left
To the left, to the left, to the left, left, left
To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left
To the left, to the left, left, left!
To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right
To the right, to the right, to the right, right, right
To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right
To the right, to the right, right, right!
There's a house over there with 27 windows and so many lights
There's a tree over there with 37 branches and it's very bright
There's a bush over there with 47 leaves and different colored lights
There's a street over there that's 57 meters and the lights are bright
Red and green and blue and yellow, we love all these Christmas lights
Red and green and blue and yellow, we love all these Christmas lights
To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left
To the left, to the left, to the left, left, left
To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left
To the left, to the left, left, left!
To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right
To the right, to the right, to the right, right, right
To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right
To the right, to the right, right, right!
What's that over there?? I see a 6-point star.
They're Jewish and they celebrate a holiday called Hanukkah.
Here are 7 candles; 3 red, one black, one green.
Their holiday is Kwanzaa and it occurs later on.
(I'm leaving out a few measures because I find it difficult to make good lyrics to them)
What's that over there?? I see a 6-point star.
They're Jewish and they celebrate a holiday called Hanukkah.
Here are 7 candles; 3 red, one black, one green.
Their holiday is Kwanzaa and it occurs later on.
There's a house over there with 27 windows and so many lights
There's a tree over there with 37 branches and it's very bright
There's a bush over there with 47 leaves and different colored lights
There's a street over there that's 57 meters and the lights are bright
Red and green and blue and yellow, we love all these Christmas lights
Red and green and blue and yellow, we love all these Christmas lights
To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left
To the left, to the left, to the left, left, left
To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left
To the left, to the left, left, left!
To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right
To the right, to the right, to the right, right, right
To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right
To the right, to the right, right, right!
What's that?? That's Tyler Everett saying he'll be ready!
When it's 12:00 we'll get to wrap our presents, but until then it's Waiting Day today! Yes, it is Waiting Day today!
So there are many lights of 4 different holidays we know and they are nice!
To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left
To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right
Straight ahead, never back!
Oh, many many many many many many many many nice lights just right! Nice lights just right!
13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13. Oh, the Christmas lights are fun, fun, fun!
The first Christmas after Meagan wrote this whole song, she went to see Christmas lights and it just happened to be true that the parts of the song that mentioned Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Waiting Day were sung when the appropriate lights were seen. Everyone who understood Meagan's love of the lights recognized it as a song about 4 December holidays; Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Waiting Day.