Twas the Night Before Christmas-Perry Como

[ti:Twas the Night Before Christmas] [ar:Perry Como] [al:Christmas Hits - Greatest Xmas Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Twas the Night Before Christmas (霍尔科姆：圣诞节前夜) - Perry Como (佩里·科莫) [00:04.78]Written by：Trad Moore Como [00:09.57]'Twas the night before Christmas [00:11.21]When all through the house [00:12.74]Not a creature was stirring [00:14.86]Not even a mouse [00:16.50]The stockings all hung [00:17.71]By the chimney with care [00:19.60]In hopes that St Nicholas [00:21.50]Soon would be there [00:23.13]The children were nestled [00:24.34]All safe in their beds [00:26.38]While visions of sugarplums [00:27.63] [00:28.38]Danced in their heads [00:29.91] [00:31.89]And mom in her kerchief [00:33.16]And I in my cap [00:34.86]Had just settled down [00:36.11]For a long winter's nap [00:38.08] [00:39.15]When out on the lawn [00:40.13]There arose such a clatter [00:41.48]I sprang from my bed [00:42.60]To see what was the matter [00:43.90]Away to the window [00:44.87]I flew like a flash [00:46.32]Tore open the shutters [00:47.26]And threw up the sash [00:49.22]The moon on the breast [00:50.26]Of the new fallen snow [00:51.60]Gave the lustre of midday [00:53.30]To object below [00:54.81] [00:55.33]When what to my wandering eyes [00:56.87]Should appear [00:58.07]But a miniature sleigh [00:59.78]And eight tiny reindeer [01:01.94] [01:04.61]With a little ol' driver [01:05.71]So lively and quick [01:07.22]I knew in a moment [01:08.18]It must be St Nick [01:09.92]More rapid than eagles [01:11.16]His courses they came [01:12.63]As he whistled and shouted [01:13.96]And called them by name [01:15.74]Now dasher [01:16.41]Now dancer [01:17.11]Now prancer [01:17.76]Now vixen [01:18.41]On comet [01:19.05]On cupid [01:19.68]On doner [01:20.11]An' blitzen [01:21.23]To the top of the porch [01:22.60]To the top of the wall [01:24.45]Now dash away dash away [01:25.99]Dash away all [01:27.27] [01:28.53]As dry leaves [01:29.47]Before the wild hurricane fly [01:31.83]When they meet with an obstacle [01:33.67]Mount to the sky [01:35.26]So up to the housetop [01:36.51]The courses they flew [01:38.18]With a sleigh full of toys [01:40.33] [01:41.00]And st nicholas too [01:42.67] [01:44.18]And then in a twinkling [01:45.59]I heard on the roof [01:47.11]The prancing and pawing [01:48.59]Of each little hoof [01:50.15]As I drew in my head [01:51.37]And was turning around [01:52.83]Down the chimney St Nicholas [01:54.40]Came with a bound [01:55.73] [01:58.58]He was dressed all in fur [02:00.32]From his head to his foot [02:02.35]And his clothes were all tarnished [02:04.09]With ashes and soot [02:05.59]A bundle of toys [02:06.53]He had flung on his back [02:08.20]And he looked like a peddler [02:09.49]Just opening his pack [02:11.21] [02:11.72]His eyes how they twinkled [02:13.29]His dimples how merry [02:15.05] [02:15.66]His cheeks were like roses [02:17.80]His nose like a cherry [02:19.90]His drawl little mouth [02:21.31]Was drawn up like a bow [02:23.04] [02:23.55]And the beard of his chin [02:24.89]Was a white as the snow [02:26.51] [02:27.40]The stump of his pipe [02:28.47]He held tight in his teeth [02:30.22]And the smoke [02:31.31]It encircled his head [02:32.45]Like a wreath [02:33.65]He had a broad face [02:35.06]And a round little belly [02:37.42]That shook when he laughed [02:38.51]Like a bowl full of jelly [02:40.79]He was chubby and plump [02:42.63]A right jolly old elf [02:44.81]And I laughed when I saw him [02:46.36]In spite of myself [02:47.76] [02:48.34]A wink of his eye [02:49.43]And a twist of his head [02:51.33]Soon gave me to know [02:53.50]I had nothing to dread [02:55.02] [02:56.82]He spoke not a word [02:57.86]But went straight to his work [02:59.49]And filled all the stockings [03:01.16]Then turned with a jerk [03:03.05]An' laying a finger [03:03.98]Along side his nose [03:05.45]An' giving a nod [03:06.40]Up the chimney he rose [03:08.40] [03:11.27]He sprang to his sleigh [03:12.62]To his team gave a whistle [03:14.37]An' away they all flew [03:15.41]Like the down of a thistle [03:17.30]But I heard him exclaim [03:18.54]As he drove out of sight [03:20.27] [03:21.10]Happy christmas to all [03:23.04]And to all a goodnight