'Twas the Night Before Christmas-Perry Como

[ti:'Twas The Night Before Christmas] [ar:Perry Como] [al:Christmas Songs - 40 Seasonal Favourites] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]'Twas the Night Before Christmas (圣诞前夜) - Perry Como [00:10.16]Twas the night before Christmas [00:11.02] [00:11.58]When all through the house [00:12.93]Not a creature was stirring [00:13.90] [00:14.89]Not even a mouse [00:15.81] [00:16.71]The stockings all hung [00:18.12]By the chimney with care [00:19.63]In hopes that ST.Nicholas [00:21.35]Soon would be there [00:22.60] [00:23.28]The children were nestled [00:24.74]All safe in their beds [00:25.70] [00:26.64]While visions of sugarplums [00:28.97]Danced in their heads [00:29.65] [00:32.15]And mom in her kerchief [00:33.65]And I in my cap [00:34.96]Had just settled down [00:36.52]For a long winters nap [00:37.99] [00:39.70]When out on the lawn [00:40.69]There arose such a clatter [00:42.08]I sprang from my bed [00:43.22]To see what was the matter [00:44.67]Away to the window [00:45.52]I flew like a flash [00:46.39] [00:47.01]Tore open the shutters [00:48.04]And threw up the sash [00:48.89] [00:50.00]The moon on the breast [00:51.07]Of the new fallen snow [00:52.11]Gave the lustre of midday [00:53.47]To object below [00:54.87] [00:56.25]When what to my wandering eyes [00:57.57]Should appear [00:57.90] [00:58.66]But a miniature sleigh [00:59.89] [01:00.67]And eight tiny reindeer [01:01.92] [01:05.63]With a little ol driver [01:06.74]So lively and quick [01:07.89]I knew in a moment [01:09.27]It must be ST.Nick [01:09.90] [01:10.78]More rapid than eagles [01:11.91]His courses they came [01:12.67] [01:13.45]As he whistled and shouted [01:14.88]And called them by name [01:15.84] [01:16.46]Now dasher [01:17.19]Now dancer [01:17.83]Now prancer [01:18.45]Now vixen [01:19.35]On comet [01:19.86]On cupid [01:20.62]On doner [01:21.19]An blitzen [01:22.01]To the top of the porch [01:23.74]To the top of the wall [01:24.84] [01:25.39]Now dash away dash away [01:26.98]Dash away all [01:27.72] [01:29.71]As dry leaves [01:30.52]Before the wild hurricane fly [01:32.04] [01:32.98]When they meet with an obstacle [01:34.46]Mount to the sky [01:35.36] [01:36.20]So up to the housetop [01:37.38]The courses they flew [01:38.35] [01:39.10]With a sleigh full of toys [01:40.48] [01:42.15]And ST.Nicholas too [01:43.34] [01:45.49]And then in a twinkling [01:46.83]I heard on the roof [01:47.96]The prancing and pawing [01:49.90]Of each little hoof [01:50.62] [01:51.28]As I drew in my head [01:52.64]And was turning around [01:53.49] [01:54.00]Down the chimney ST.Nicholas [01:55.63]Came with a bound [01:56.48] [02:00.07]He was dressed all in fur [02:01.61]From his head to his foot [02:02.84] [02:03.45]And his clothes were all tarnished [02:05.31]With ashes and soot [02:06.26] [02:06.91]A bundle of toys [02:07.93]He had flung on his back [02:09.61]And he looked like a peddler [02:10.93]Just opening his pack [02:11.57] [02:13.22]His eyes how they twinkled [02:14.12] [02:14.67]His dimples how merry [02:15.86] [02:16.54]His cheeks were like roses [02:18.11] [02:19.37]His nose like a cherry [02:20.49] [02:21.50]His drawl little mouth [02:22.82]Was drawn up like a bow [02:23.96] [02:25.07]And the beard of his chin [02:26.59]Was a white as the snow [02:27.67] [02:28.76]The stump of his pipe [02:30.02]He held tight in his teeth [02:31.13] [02:31.85]And the smoke it encircled his head [02:33.92]Like a wreath [02:34.51] [02:35.58]He had a broad face [02:36.71]And a round little belly [02:37.81] [02:38.68]That shook when he laughed [02:40.08]Like a bowl full of jelly [02:41.42] [02:42.08]He was chubby and plump [02:44.15]A right jolly old elf [02:45.79] [02:46.38]I laughed when I saw him [02:48.17]In spite of myself [02:48.87] [02:49.79]A wink of his eye [02:51.18]And a twist of his head [02:52.28] [02:52.85]Soon gave me to know [02:54.03] [02:55.19]I had nothing to dread [02:56.40] [02:58.72]He spoke not a word [02:59.76]But went straight to his work [03:01.29]And filled all the stockings [03:02.19] [03:03.11]Then turned with a jerk [03:04.08] [03:04.76]An laying a finger [03:05.85]Along side his nose [03:07.41]An giving a nod [03:08.39]Up the chimney he rose [03:09.38] [03:13.35]He sprang to his sleigh [03:14.47]To his team gave a whistle [03:16.09]An away they all flew [03:17.47]Like the down of a thistle [03:18.47] [03:19.25]But I heard him exclaim [03:20.42]As he drove out of sight [03:21.47] [03:22.51]Happy Christmas to all [03:24.27] [03:25.12]And to all a goodnight [03:26.52] [03:27.86]Hmmm