One Night A Year Song Lyrics and Chords by Barbara Mandrell
One Night A Year
Recorded by Barbara Mandrell
Written by C Bannon Royal, John Bettis, Royal C Bannon
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Once again the windows shine with pretty lights
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Once again our loved ones
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gather at our side
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Busy crowds of
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strangers greet each
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other with a
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smile
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There's Christmas
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in the eyes of every child
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Once again the presents are resting by the tree
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Once again we worship the
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One who came for you and me
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I hear choirs of
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voices as they're
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singing out His
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name
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Again we tell the story of
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how the Christ Child came
One night a
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year we be
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lieve in peace on
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earth
One night a
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year we
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praise our Savior's
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birth
I wish every
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night the whole
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year through could
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be
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Like Christmas Eve
When
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love's pure light is
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shining
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where
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year
Once again around the world heads are bowed in prayer
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Once again the promise of
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peace is in the air
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soon will come the
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morning and the
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feeling will be past
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I can't help but wonder why the
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feeling only lasts
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One night a
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year
FAQ
Who sang the the song One Night A Year?
- The song One Night A Year was sang by Barbara Mandrell.
Who is Barbara Mandrell?
- Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer, musician, and actress. She is known for a long series of country hits in the 1970s and 1980s and her own primetime variety TV show on NBC that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of that period. She gave her last concert at the Grand Ole Opry House on October 23, 1997, and subsequently retired from performing music. Mandrell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Mandrell was also inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016. Although retired, Mandrell is still a member of the Grand Ole Opry, an honor she has held since 1972.Mandrell has won two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, four Academy of Country Music Awards, and four Country Music Association Awards. She was the first performer to win the Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year twice (1980, 1981), having also won the Academy of Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year in 1980.
Mandrell's first Billboard number-one hit was 1978's "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", immediately followed by "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" in early 1979. In 1980, "Years" also reached number one. She added one more chart topper in each of the next three years. "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (her signature song), then "'Till You're Gone" and "One of a Kind Pair of Fools", all hit number one between 1981 and 1983, a period during which Mandrell also received numerous industry awards and accolades.
