Twas the Night Before Christmas-Jo Stafford

[ti:Twas the Night Before Christmas] [ar:Jo Stafford] [al:Black Or White] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.48]Twas the Night Before Christmas - Jo Stafford [00:01.83]Written by：Paul Weston/Clement C. Moore [00:03.39] [00:20.23]T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house [00:23.38] [00:24.31]Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse [00:27.46] [00:28.58]The stockings were hung by the chimney with care [00:31.81] [00:32.76]In the hopes that st nicholas soon would be there [00:36.42] [00:37.78]The children were nestled all snug in their beds [00:41.56]While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads [00:44.67] [00:45.46]Mom in her kerchief and I in my cap [00:49.06] [00:49.59]Had just settled down for a long winter's nap [00:56.12] [00:58.60]When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter [01:01.29]I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter [01:03.82]Away to the window I flew like a flash [01:06.33]Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash [01:08.42] [01:10.01]When what to my wondering eyes should appear [01:13.27] [01:14.12]But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer [01:17.45] [01:18.76]With a little old driver so lively and quick [01:21.56] [01:22.41]I knew in a moment it must be st nick [01:25.70] [01:26.83]More rapid than eagles his coursers they came [01:29.42]And he whistled and he shouted and he called them by name [01:32.53]On dasher on dancer on prancer and vixen [01:35.38]On comet on cupid on donner and blitzen [01:37.87] [01:39.04]To the top of the porch to the top of the wall [01:41.83] [01:43.16]Now dash away dash away dash away all [01:46.00] [01:54.38]So up to the rooftop the coursers they flew [01:57.34] [01:58.06]With a sleigh full of toys and st nicholas too [02:00.79] [02:01.85]And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof [02:05.61] [02:06.18]The prancing the pawing of each little hoof [02:10.37] [02:14.35]He was all dressed in fur from his head to his foot [02:17.20] [02:17.80]His clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot [02:20.79] [02:21.76]As I drew in my head and was turning around [02:24.38] [02:25.40]Down the chimney st nicholas came with a bound [02:28.20] [02:33.86]His eyes how they twinkled his dimples how merry [02:37.24] [02:37.90]His cheeks were like roses his nose like a cherry [02:41.36] [02:42.34]His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow [02:45.36] [02:46.28]And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow [02:49.67] [02:51.06]The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth [02:53.81]And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath [02:56.27] [02:57.07]He had a broad face and a little round belly [02:59.90]That shook when laughed like a bowl full of jelly [03:02.39] [03:03.73]He was chubby and plump a right jolly old elf [03:06.54] [03:07.32]And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself [03:09.77] [03:10.99]A wink of his eye and a twist of his head [03:13.52] [03:14.12]Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread [03:16.81] [03:18.59]He spoke not a word but went straight to his work [03:21.64] [03:22.24]And filled all the stockings and turned with a jerk [03:25.53] [03:26.25]And laying is finger to the side of his nose [03:29.87] [03:30.52]And giving a nod up the chimney he rose [03:35.22] [03:39.61]He sprang to his sleigh to his team gave a whistle [03:42.92]And away they all flew like the down of a thistle [03:45.66] [03:46.53]But I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight [03:49.68] [03:51.40]Happy Christmas to all and to all goodnight