Was The Night-Ray Callcut/Lea Hart/Bruce Dickinson

[ti:Was The Night] [ar:Ray Callcut/Lea Hart/Bruce Dickinson] [al:Voices Of British Heavy Metal ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Was The Night - Ray Callcut/Lea Hart/Bruce Dickinson [00:15.58]'Twas the night before Christmas [00:17.06]When all through the house [00:18.88]Not a creature was stirring [00:20.57]Not even a mouse [00:22.14] [00:22.81]The stockings were hung by [00:24.44]The chimney with care [00:26.27]In hopes that St Nicholas [00:27.62] [00:28.24]Soon would be there [00:29.27] [00:29.90]The children were nestled [00:31.17]All snug in their beds [00:32.59] [00:33.20]While visions of sugar plums [00:34.83]Danced in their heads [00:36.36] [00:40.48]And mamma in her kerchief [00:41.97]And I in my cap [00:43.54]Had just settled down [00:44.78]For a long winter's nap [00:46.66] [00:47.31]When out on the lawn [00:48.60]There arose such a clatter [00:50.76]I sprang from the bed to see [00:52.66]What was the matter [00:53.63] [00:54.32]Away to the window [00:55.59]I flew like a flash [00:57.72]Tore open the shutters [00:59.09]And threw up the sash [01:01.13] [01:08.52]The moon on the breast of [01:09.91]The new fallen snow [01:11.66]Gave the lustre of mid [01:13.08]Day to objects below [01:15.23]When what to my wondering [01:16.65]Eyes should appear [01:19.37] [01:22.19]But a miniature sleigh [01:23.65]And eight tiny reindeer [01:25.16] [01:25.89]With a little old driver [01:27.50]So lively and quick [01:29.27]I knew in a moment [01:30.89] [01:32.01]It must be St Nick [01:33.49] [01:39.96]More rapid than eagles [01:41.24]His coursers they came [01:43.15]And he whistled and shouted [01:44.68]And called them by name [01:46.29] [01:46.80]Now Dasher now Dancer now Prancer and Vixen [01:49.94]On Comet on cupid on Doner and Blitzen [01:53.13] [01:53.71]To the top of the porch [01:55.30]To the top of the wall [01:56.73] [01:57.36]Now dash away dash away [01:59.20] [01:59.93]Dash away all [02:01.90] [02:04.18]As dry leaves that before [02:05.72]The wild hurricane fly [02:07.60]When they meet with an obstacle [02:09.32]Mount to the sky [02:10.75] [02:11.34]So up to the house top [02:13.10]The coursers they flew [02:14.67]With the sleigh full of toys [02:16.43]And St Nicholas too [02:18.32]And then in a twinkling [02:19.80]I heard on the roof [02:21.17] [02:21.68]The prancing and pawing [02:23.16]Of each little hoof [02:25.16]As I drew in my hand [02:26.78]And was turning around [02:28.46]Down the chimney St Nicholas [02:30.64]Came with a bound [02:32.26] [02:39.51]He was dressed all in fur [02:40.75]From his head to his foot [02:42.25]And his clothes were all [02:43.87]Tarnished with ashes and soot [02:45.57] [02:46.37]A bundle of toys he had flung on his back [02:49.61]And he looked like a peddler [02:51.35]Just opening his pack [02:52.61] [02:53.40]His eyes how they twinkled [02:54.77]His dimples how merry [02:56.20] [02:57.14]His cheeks were like roses [02:58.52]His nose like a cherry [03:00.55] [03:04.19]His droll little mouth [03:05.27]Was drawn up like a bow [03:07.19]And the beard of his chin [03:08.78]Was as white as the snow [03:10.31] [03:10.95]The stump of a pipe [03:12.32]He held tight in his teeth [03:13.69] [03:14.22]And the smoke it encircled [03:15.82]His head like a wreath [03:17.24] [03:17.99]He had a broad face [03:19.31]And a little round belly [03:21.15]That shook when he laughed [03:22.77]Like a bowlful of jelly [03:25.40] [03:31.83]He was chubby and plump [03:33.30]A right jolly old elf [03:35.27]And I laughed when I saw him [03:37.12]In spite of myself [03:38.65]A wink of his eye [03:40.44] [03:41.39]And a twist of his head [03:43.06] [03:45.62]Soon gave me to know [03:47.26]I had nothing to dread [03:49.10]He spoke not a word [03:50.86]But went straight to his work [03:52.36] [03:52.95]And filled all the stockings [03:54.31] [03:55.69]Then turned with a jerk [03:57.11] [04:00.12]And laying his finger [04:01.75]Aside of his nose [04:02.91] [04:03.46]And giving a nod [04:04.83]Up the chimney he rose [04:06.94]He sprang to his sleigh [04:08.45] [04:09.37]To his team gave a whistle [04:11.21] [04:13.89]And away they all flew [04:15.49]Like the down of a thistle [04:17.49]But I heard him exclaim [04:19.06]Here he drove out of sight [04:20.77]Happy Christmas to all [04:22.39] [04:23.45]And to all a good night