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John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
So this is Christmas,
And what have you done?
Another year over
A new one's just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
without any fear.
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight.
A very merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
A very merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear.
Without any fear
Without any fear
Without any fear
Without any fear.
And, so this is Christmas
And what have we done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And, so happy Christmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young.
A very merry Christmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
A very merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear.
A very merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
A very merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear.
"Happy Christmas," John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Copyright 1971 Lenono Music (BMI)