Key: D major
Verse 1
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'Twas the night be fore Christmas,
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and all through the house
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hold it. That's played out. Hit it!
Verse 2
'Cause this ain't 1823 - - ain't
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Now I'm the guy named Kurtis Blow and
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Christmas is one thing I know
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So every year just about this time,
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I celebrate it with a rhyme
Verse 3
it through your neighbourhood
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My rappin' bout to happen like
a knee you've been slapping
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Or a toe you've been tapping
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on a hunk of wood
Verse 4
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And a sleigh full of goodies for
for the people on the block
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And if you ever see him,
he could give you quite a shock
Verse 5
bout last year
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Folks stayed in to party down
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and I was dancing in my socks
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And the guitar player layed
Of the funky junky rhythm
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of the disco beat
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And the guy with the 88's started
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to participate
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And I could sure appreciate
Verse 6
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Could it be or was it me?
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So I went to your attic where
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I thought heard the static
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was somebody breaking in
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But the noise on the top was a reindeer clop
Verse 7
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He was roly, he was poly,
and I said, "Holy moly!
He allowed he was proud of
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Gets cool for a fool
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going out every Yule
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For a day on a sleigh when
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So the beard may be weird but
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I'll never have it sheared
it's ten below
Verse 8
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I said, "You're right, it's cold tonight
But can you stop for
So he went downstairs
And every young girl tried
But he boogie oogie
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oogied til he had to go
Verse 9
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And before he went, this fine old gent
Brought a gift with a sift
he reached in and got 'em
Toys for the boys,
blue as the sky
buy
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The one that comes from
And this is how the story ends
Verse 10
at the Pole
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But if he were right here tonight
He'd say,
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Merry Christmas and to all a good night
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