Key: G major•
Intro 1
G
Gsus4
C
G
Verse 1
when all through the house
not even a mouse.
the chimney with care,
C
G
D
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon
would be there.
Verse 2
G
And mama in her 'kerchief,
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Gm
and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains
C
G
D
for a long winter's nap.
Verse 3
Gm
G
arose such a clatter,
D
G
what was the matter.
Tore open the shutters
Verse 4
C
the breast
Gave the luster of mid- day
to objects below.
eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh,
Verse 5
G
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted,
Verse 6
and called them by name!
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C
"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now,
Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on,
To the top of the porch!
to the top of the wall!
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G
away! Dash away all!"
Verse 7
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Gm
As dry leaves that before
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C
the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle,
mount to the sky.
G
So up to the house- top the coursers they flew,
Verse 8
G
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
Em
D
G
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas
Verse 9
And his clothes were all tarnished
And he looked like a peddler,
Verse 10
his dimples how merry!
C
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as
Verse 11
tight in his teeth,
his head like a wreath.
a little round belly,
like a bowlful of jelly!
Verse 12
a right jolly old elf,
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Verse 13
but went straight to his work,
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D
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod,
Verse 14
to his team gave a whistle,
the down of a thistle.
'ere he drove out of sight,
Outro 1
G
Gsus4
C
D
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