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Intro 1
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'Twas the night before Christ
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mas and all through the house
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Not a creature was stirring,
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The stockings were hung by,
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the chimney with care in hopes that
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St. Nicholas would soon be there
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The children were all nestled,
all snug in their beds while
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Visions of sugarplums danced
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in their heads
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And momma in her kerchief
and I in my cap
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Had just settled down for a
When out on the lawn there
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arose such a clatter
I sprang from my bed to see
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Away to the window,
I flew like a flash
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Tore open the shutters
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and threw up the sash
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The moon on the breast of the
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new fallen snow
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Gave the luster of midday to objects below
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When what to my wander
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But a miniature sleigh and
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eight tiny reindeer!
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With a little ol' driver so lively and quick
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it must be St. Nick!
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More rapid than eagles,
his courses they came
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As he whistled and shouted
and called them by name
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"Now Dasher, now Dan cer,
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now Prancer and Vixen
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On Comet, on Doner, an' Blitzen
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To the top of the porch,
to the top of the wall
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Now dash- away, dash- away all
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And as dry leaves that before the wild
hurricanes fly
an obstacle mount sky
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So up to the housetop the courses
they flew
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With a sleigh full of toys and
St. Nicholas too
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And then in a twinkling I heard on
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The prancing and pawing of
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each little hoof
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Ands I drew in my head
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and was turning around
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Down the chimney St. Nicholas came
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with a bound
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He was dressed all in fur
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from his head to his foot
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And his clothes were all tarnished
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with ashes and soot
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A bundle of toys, he sprung on his back
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And he looked like a,
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a peddler just opening his pack
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His eyes how they twinkled,
his dimples how merry
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His cheeks were like roses,
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his nose like a cherry
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was drawn up like a bow
And the beard of his chin was
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as white as the snow
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The stump of a pipe,
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he held tight in his teeth
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And the smoke it circled
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his head like a wreath
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He had a broad little face and a,
a little round belly
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That shook when he laughed
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like a bowl full of jelly
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He was chubby and plump,
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and a, a right jolly old elf
I laughed when I saw him
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in spite of my self
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A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
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Soon gave me to know I had noth
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ing to dread
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He spoke not a word but
went straight to his work
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And filled all the stockings,
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and then turned with a jerk
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An' laying a finger aside side his nose
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An' giving a nod up the chim
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He sprang to his sleigh,
to his team gave a whistle
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An' away they all flew like
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But I heard him exclaim
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as he drove out of sight
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"Merry Christmas to all,
Merry Christmas to all
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And to all a goodnight"
Outro 1
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