Fosse: Plays Six

CHRISTMAS TREE SONG

A man enters with a Christmas tree, more a bush than a tree, and a Christmas tree stand

So

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so there we were

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we

I

I

we

were there

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I

I yes

so we were

yes I

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and so

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yes

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yes

yes it is

breaks off

it’s chr

chr

chr

he puts the tree down

chr

chr

chr

and he puts the stand down a little distance from the tree

chri

chri

chri

he walks away from the tree and looks at it

Christm

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Christma

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Christmas

Christmas E

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Christmas Eve

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and I have a Christmas tree

I shall have a Christmas tree

and I have a Christmas tree

I have a Christmas tree

I celebrate

as I shall

even if I’m alone

because I really want to

so I have a Christmas tree

he lifts up the tree

and it’s a fine tree

look just look

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look at the branches

look at the green

the brown

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look

yes

yes look

look at the green

and at the brown

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yes look at my Christmas tree

it’s a fine tree

it’s my tree

it’s my Christmas tree

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well

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yes I think it’s a fine Christmas tree

yes a fine tree

the way a Christmas tree should be

and that’s a fine thing

isn’t it

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for I have got myself

a Christmas tree

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and there

looks at it

there’s the Christmas tree stand

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my Christmas tree stand

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there’s the Christmas tree stand

for my Christmas tree

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and the Christmas tree goes into the Christmas tree stand

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because of course the Christmas tree

must have a Christmas tree stand

He begins to position the tree into the stand

A Christmas tree in a Christmas tree stand

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A Christmas tree and a Christmas tree stand

and now it’s time to celebrate

with a Christmas tree

in a Christmas tree stand

and the Christmas tree must be decorated

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and all mothers

and all children

shall be happy

around my Christmas tree

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for a Saviour is born to you

A Saviour is born to you

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but

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I can imagine

that is if I’ll be able to

that maybe

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yes that you

you my Christmas tree

he looks at the tree

yes would have been better off

there in your soil

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in your soil

in your mould

in your light

in your weather

and in whatever it is

you were in

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yes

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than here with me

in my Christmas tree stand

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you green and brown tree

with me

in my Christmas tree stand

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yes green

green

green

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and brown

brown

brown

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and a Saviour is born to you

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A Saviour is born to me

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and truly

truly

yes

yes

yes

yes truly a Saviour

is born to me

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no

no there is no Saviour

He begins to walk out with the tree

No

No

there’s no Saviour

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But the Christmas tree

yes it’s a fine tree

green

and brown

green

and brown

a Christmas tree

in a Christmas tree stand

a Christmas tree in my Christmas tree stand

so green

and brown

so green

and brown

a Christmas tree

in a Christmas tree stand

He goes out with the tree