God Bless Us Everyone!

 
The lyrics to the theme of George C. Scott's A Christmas Carol were composed by Tony Bicat, and composed by Nick Bicat. They did the soundtracks for all of the the Donner films described in the other posts. "God Bless Us Everyone," could easily have been an authentic carol of the Victorian era, it's that good. By the way, another newly crafted carol of the exact name was composed by Andrea Bucelli for the far more recent Jim Carrey version of the tale. It, too, was very good, though not quite the equal of this one.

"God Bless Us Everyone"(the Bicats' version) can be heard heard being sung by carolers throughout the film and in its' entirety as the closing credits roll. The background music can by heard in the opening of the film, and Scrooge even has an alarm clock that plays its theme!

Here are the lyrics:

The past of man is cold as ice:
He would not mend his ways.
He strove for silver in his heart
And gold in all his days.
His reason weak, his anger sharp,
And sorrow all his pay,
He went to church but once a year,
And that was Christmas Day.
So grant us all a change of heart,
Rejoice for Mary’s son;
Pray, Peace on earth to all mankind,
God bless us everyone!
The present man is full of flame:
He rushes here and there.
He turns away the orphan child,
The widow in her chair.
He takes from them he merely meets,
Forgets how brief his stay,
And stands a-jingling of his coins
In church on Christmas Day.
So grant us all a change of heart,
Rejoice for Mary’s son;
Pray, Peace on earth to all mankind,
God bless us everyone!
The man to come we do not know:
May he make peace on earth,
And live the glory of the Word,
The message of the birth,
And gather all the children in
To banish their dismay,
Lift up his heart among the bells
In church on Christmas Day.
So grant us all a change of heart,
Rejoice for Mary’s son;
Pray, Peace on earth to all mankind,
God bless us everyone!