Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Year: 1943

Composer: Hugh Martin

Lyricist: Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin

Origin: America

Singer: Judy Garland (original)

Judy Garland singing this song to a very young Margaret O'Brien in the 1944 movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis'.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
Next year all our troubles will be
out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the yule-tide gay
Next year all our troubles will be
miles away
Once again as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who were near to us
Will be dear to us once more
Someday soon, we all will be together
If the Fates allow
Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow
So have yourself a merry little Christmas now.

Frank Sinatra's jollier version:

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,

Let your heart be light

From now on,

our troubles will be out of sight

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,

Make the Yule-tide gay,

From now on, 

our troubles will be miles away.

Here we are as in olden days,

Happy golden days of yore.

Faithful friends who are dear to us

Gather near to us once more.

Through the years 

We all will be together,

If the Fates allow

Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.

And have yourself A merry little Christmas now.  

Linda Ronstadt who sings both "muddle through somehow" and "hang a shining star":