Message to the 8th Graders

8th Graders-- it is time to polish things up for the Christmas concert.  This next week we will decide who is ready to perform on the keyboards and we'll check in on memorization of Los Peces en el Rio and God Rest You Merry Gentleman.  The lyrics to both are below.  An old technique many use to memorize anything is simply to hand-write the lyrics.  You will do this as part of an assignment you will receive in your next class.  Feel free to get ahead of the game and write your copies now!

Los Peces en el Rio

(http://youtu.be/ociEaTj3Vis)

VERSE 1

La Virgen se esta peinando

Entre cortina y cortina

Sus cabellos son de oro

El peine de plata fina

REFRAIN

Pero mira como beben

Los peces en el rio

Pero mira como beben

Por ver al Dios nacido

Beben y beben

Y vuelven a beber

Los peces en el rio

Por ver al Dios nacer

VERSE 2

La Virgen esta lavando

Y tendiendo en el romero

Los angelitos cantando

Y el romero floreciendo

REFRAIN (Pero mira...)

VERSE 3

La Virgen se está lavando


Con un poquito jabón.


Se le han picado las manos,


manos de mi corazón.

REFRAIN (Pero mira...)

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God Rest You Merry Gentlemen--- 7^th and 8^th

Verse 1

God rest you merry gentlemen

Let nothing you dismay

Remember Christ our Savior

Was born upon this day

To save us all from Satan’s pow’r

When we were gone astray

O tidings of comfort and joy

Comfort and joy

O tidings of comfort and joy

Verse 2

From God, our heav’nly Father

A blessed angel came

And unto certain shepherds

Brought tidings of the same

How that in Bethlehem was born

The Son of God by name

O tidings of comfort and joy

Comfort and joy

O tidings of comfort and joy

Verse 3

Now to the Lord sing praises,

All you within this place.

And with true love and charity

Each other now embrace

This holy tide of Christmas

All others shall replace

O tidings of comfort and joy

Comfort and joy

O tidings of comfort and joy