The Night Before Christmas chords by John Anderson
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Twas the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
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Not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse.
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The stockings were hung by
the chimney with care,
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In hopes that St. Nicholas soon
would be there.
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The children were nestled
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Verse 2
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all snug in their beds,
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While visions of sugar- plum
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s danced in their heads.
And mama in her 'kerchief,
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and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains
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for a long winter's nap.
Verse 3
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When out on the lawn there
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arose such a clatter,
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I sprang from the bed to see
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what was the matter.
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Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters
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and threw up the sash.
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The moon on
Verse 4
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the breast
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of the new- fallen snow
Gave the luster of mid- day
to objects below.
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When, what to my wondering
eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh,
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and eight tinny reindeer.
Verse 5
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With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
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I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
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More rapid than eagles
his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted,
Verse 6
and called them by name!
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"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now,
Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on,
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on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch!
to the top of the wall!
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Now dash away! Dash
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away! Dash away all!"
Verse 7
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As dry leaves that before
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the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle,
mount to the sky.
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So up to the house- top the coursers they flew,
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With the sleigh full of Toys,
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and St Nicholas too.
Verse 8
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And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
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The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
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As I drew in my head,
and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas
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came with a bound.
Verse 9
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He was dressed all in fur,
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from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished
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with ashes and soot.
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A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler,
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just opening his pack.
Verse 10
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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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His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as
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white as the snow.
Verse 11
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The stump of a pipe he held
tight in his teeth,
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And the smoke it encircled
his head like a wreath.
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He had a broad face and
a little round belly,
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That shook when he laughed,
like a bowlful of jelly!
Verse 12
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He was chubby and plump,
a right jolly old elf,
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And I laughed when I saw him,
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in spite of myself!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
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Soon gave me to know
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I had nothing to dread.
Verse 13
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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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then turned with a jerk.
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And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod,
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up the chimney he rose!
Verse 14
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He sprang to his sleigh,
to his team gave a whistle,
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And away they all flew like
the down of a thistle.
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But I heard him exclaim,
'ere he drove out of sight,
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"Happy Christmas to all,
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and to all a good- night!"
Outro 1
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The Night Before Christmas
John Anderson
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