´twas the Night Before Christmas-Perri Como

[ti:´twas the Night Before Christmas] [ar:Perri Como] [al:That Christmas Feeling] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]´twas the Night Before Christmas - Perri Como [00:00.02]Written by：Como [00:00.04] [00:10.98]Twas the night before Christmas [00:12.77]When all through the house [00:14.26]Not a creature was stirring [00:16.30]Not even a mouse [00:17.37] [00:18.21]The stockings all hung [00:19.37]By the chimney with care [00:21.22]In hopes that St. Nicholas [00:23.12]Soon would be there [00:24.31] [00:24.91]The children were nestled [00:26.16]All safe in their beds [00:28.10]While visions of sugarplums [00:30.17]Danced in their heads [00:31.62] [00:33.62]And mom in her kerchief [00:34.99]And I in my cap [00:36.65]Had just settled down [00:38.17]For a long winters nap [00:40.06] [00:41.06]When out on the lawn [00:42.02]There arose such a clatter [00:43.57]I sprang from my bed [00:44.49]To see what was the matter [00:45.94]Away to the window [00:46.75]I flew like a flash [00:48.38]Tore open the shutters [00:49.19]And threw up the sash [00:50.71] [00:51.24]The moon on the breast [00:52.16]Of the new fallen snow [00:53.59]Gave the lustre of midday [00:55.17]To object below [00:56.90] [00:57.50]When what to my wandering eyes [00:59.08]Should appear [01:00.21]But a miniature sleigh [01:02.12]And eight tiny reindeer [01:04.08] [01:06.95]With a little ol driver [01:08.10]So lively and quick [01:09.36]I knew in a moment [01:10.41]It must be St. Nick [01:12.25]More rapid than eagles [01:13.32]His courses they came [01:15.07]As he whistled and shouted [01:16.29]And called them by name [01:18.09]Now dasher [01:18.75]Now dancer [01:19.43]Now prancer [01:20.16]Now vixen [01:20.96]On comet [01:21.40]On cupid [01:21.99]On doner [01:22.58]And blitzen [01:23.72]To the top of the porch [01:25.24]To the top of the wall [01:26.95]Now dash-away dash-away [01:28.66]Dash-away all [01:29.85] [01:31.16]As dry leaves [01:32.08]Before the wild hurricane fly [01:34.47]When they meet with an obstacle [01:36.14]Mount to the sky [01:37.79]So up to the housetop [01:39.18]The courses they flew [01:40.99]With a sleigh full of toys [01:42.58] [01:43.90]And St. Nicholas too [01:45.58] [01:46.91]And then in a twinkling [01:48.23]I heard on the roof [01:49.92]The prancing and pawing [01:51.41]Of each little hoof [01:53.08]As I drew in my head [01:54.34]And was turning around [01:55.83]Down the chimney St. Nicholas [01:57.15]Came with a bound [01:58.69] [02:01.68]He was dressed all in fur [02:03.24]From his head to his foot [02:05.14]And his clothes were all tarnished [02:06.99]With ashes and soot [02:08.63]A bundle of toys [02:09.55]He had flung on his back [02:11.38]And he looked like a peddler [02:12.65]Just opening his pack [02:14.01] [02:14.88]His eyes how they twinkled [02:16.37]His dimples how merry [02:18.15] [02:18.76]His cheeks were like roses [02:20.34] [02:20.97]His nose like a cherry [02:23.21]His drawl little mouth [02:24.53]Was drawn up like a bow [02:26.12] [02:26.67]And the beard of his chin [02:28.22]Was a white as the snow [02:29.82] [02:30.67]The stump of his pipe [02:31.78]He held tight in his teeth [02:33.60]And the smoke it encircled his head [02:35.64]Like a wreath [02:36.66] [02:37.26]He had a broad face [02:38.34]And a round little belly [02:40.73]That shook when he laughed [02:41.84]Like a bowl full of jelly [02:43.79] [02:44.43]He was chubby and plump [02:46.19]A right jolly old elf [02:47.94] [02:48.52]I laughed when I saw him [02:49.97]In spite of myself [02:51.39] [02:52.00]A wink of his eye [02:53.06]And a twist of his head [02:54.43] [02:55.11]Soon gave me to know [02:56.63] [02:57.15]I had nothing to dread [02:58.85] [03:00.53]He spoke not a word [03:01.48]But went straight to his work [03:03.09]And filled all the stockings [03:04.79]Then turned with a jerk [03:06.25] [03:06.80]And laying a finger [03:07.83]Along side his nose [03:09.34]And giving a nod [03:10.38]Up the chimney he rose [03:12.05] [03:15.08]He sprang to his sleigh [03:16.73]To his team gave a whistle [03:18.26]And away they all flew [03:19.37]Like the down of a thistle [03:21.24]But I heard him exclaim [03:22.44]As he drove out of sight [03:23.99] [03:24.92]Happy Christmas to all [03:27.14]And to all a goodnight [03:29.28] [03:30.65]Hmmm