Twas the Night Before Christmas (Original Mix)-Perry Como

[ti:'Twas the Night Before Christmas] [ar:Perry Como] [al:It's Christmas Time with Perry Como] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Twas the Night Before Christmas (Original Mix) - Perry Como [00:10.42]'Twas the night before christmas [00:11.48] [00:12.02]When all through the house [00:13.35]Not a creature was stirring [00:15.32]Not even a mouse [00:16.56] [00:17.47]The stockings all hung [00:18.51]By the chimney with care [00:20.17]In hopes that st nicholas [00:21.82] [00:22.44]Soon would be there [00:23.53] [00:24.22]The children were nestled [00:25.19]All safe in their beds [00:26.55] [00:27.21]While visions of sugarplums [00:29.33]Danced in their heads [00:30.46] [00:32.81]And mom in her kerchief [00:34.12]And I in my cap [00:35.80]Had just settled down [00:36.97]For a long winters nap [00:38.80] [00:40.05]When out on the lawn [00:41.13]There arose such a clatter [00:42.44]I sprang from my bed [00:43.64]To see what was the matter [00:44.82]Away to the window [00:45.83]I flew like a flash [00:47.32]Tore open the shutters [00:48.25]And threw up the sash [00:49.99]The moon on the breast [00:51.17]Of the new fallen snow [00:52.56]Gave the lustre of midday [00:54.26]To object below [00:56.16]When what to my wandering eyes [00:58.01]Should appear [00:58.66] [00:59.18]But a miniature sleigh [01:00.97]And eight tiny reindeer [01:03.01] [01:05.65]With a little ol driver [01:06.93]So lively and quick [01:08.53]I knew in a moment [01:09.53]It must be st nick [01:11.19]More rapid than eagles [01:12.33]His courses they came [01:13.82]As he whistled and shouted [01:15.15]And called them by name [01:16.75]Now dasher [01:17.72]Now dancer [01:18.34]Now prancer [01:19.03]Now vixen [01:19.64]On comet [01:20.29]On cupid [01:20.94]On doner [01:21.61]An blitzen [01:22.42]To the top of the porch [01:24.05]To the top of the wall [01:25.87]Now dash-away dash-away [01:27.37]Dash-away all [01:28.47] [01:30.06]As dry leaves [01:30.94]Before the wild hurricane fly [01:33.18]When they meet with an obstacle [01:35.16]Mount to the sky [01:36.63]So up to the housetop [01:37.81]The courses they flew [01:39.55]With a sleigh full of toys [01:41.36] [01:42.25]And st nicholas too [01:44.13] [01:45.90]And then in a twinkling [01:47.19]I heard on the roof [01:48.65]The prancing and pawing [01:50.22]Of each little hoof [01:51.67]As I drew in my head [01:53.00]And was turning around [01:54.37]Down the chimney st nicholas [01:56.01]Came with a bound [01:57.34] [02:00.42]He was dressed all in fur [02:01.96]From his head to his foot [02:03.39] [02:04.06]And his clothes were all tarnished [02:05.56]With ashes and soot [02:07.06]A bundle of toys [02:08.32]He had flung on his back [02:09.97]And he looked like a peddler [02:11.35]Just opening his pack [02:12.75] [02:13.60]His eyes how they twinkled [02:14.99]His dimples how merry [02:17.50]His cheeks were like roses [02:19.80]His nose like a cherry [02:21.83]His drawl little mouth [02:23.22]Was drawn up like a bow [02:24.77] [02:25.57]And the beard of his chin [02:26.90]Was a white as the snow [02:28.39] [02:29.49]The stump of his pipe [02:30.57]He held tight in his teeth [02:31.88]And the smoke it encircled his head [02:34.23]Like a wreath [02:35.29] [02:35.81]He had a broad face [02:36.99]And a round little belly [02:38.66] [02:39.43]That shook when he laughed [02:40.62]Like a bowl full of jelly [02:42.29] [02:43.02]He was chubby and plump [02:44.59]A right jolly old elf [02:46.19] [02:46.97]I laughed when I saw him [02:48.50]In spite of myself [02:49.58] [02:50.47]A wink of his eye [02:51.59]And a twist of his head [02:53.03] [02:53.57]Soon gave me to know [02:55.02] [02:55.59]I had nothing to dread [02:57.11] [02:59.04]He spoke not a word [03:00.07]But went straight to his work [03:01.54]And filled all the stockings [03:03.33]Then turned with a jerk [03:05.32]An laying a finger [03:06.24]Along side his nose [03:07.60]An giving a nod [03:08.60]Up the chimney he rose [03:10.22] [03:13.62]He sprang to his sleigh [03:14.94]To his team gave a whistle [03:16.53]An away they all flew [03:17.71]Like the down of a thistle [03:19.40]But I heard him exclaim [03:20.70]As he drove out of sight [03:22.15] [03:23.41]Happy christmas to all [03:24.90] [03:25.54]And to all a goodnight