Twas The Night Before Christmas-The Platters

[ti:Twas The Night Before Christmas] [ar:The Platters] [al:The Greatest Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Twas The Night Before Christmas (霍尔科姆：圣诞节前夜) - The Platters [00:19.29]Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house [00:24.44]Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse [00:29.26] [00:30.08]The stockings were hung by the chimney with care [00:33.60]In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there [00:36.26] [00:37.37]The children were nestled all snug through their beds [00:41.47]While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads [00:45.55] [00:46.91]And mamma in her kerchief and I in my cap [00:51.63]Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap [00:56.27] [00:57.19]When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter [01:00.98]I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter [01:05.18] [01:06.49]Away to the window I flew like a flash [01:09.84]Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash [01:13.07] [01:13.93]The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow [01:20.76] [01:21.50]Gave the lustre of mid day to objects below [01:26.21] [01:27.33]When what to my wondering eyes should appear [01:30.61]But a miniature sleigh and eight tinny reindeer [01:33.58] [01:34.51]With a little old driver so lively and quick [01:38.39]I knew in a moment it must be St Nick [01:42.11] [01:43.04]More rapid than eagles his coursers they came [01:47.50]And he whistled and shouted and called them by name [01:51.71]Now Dasher now Dancer now Prancer and Vixen [01:57.16]On Comet On Cupid on on Donner and Blitzen [02:02.73]To the top of the porch to the top of the wall [02:05.59]Now dash away dash away dash away all [02:08.32] [02:09.79]As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly [02:14.69] [02:15.68]When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky [02:19.65]So up to the house top the coursers they flew [02:22.93]With the sleigh full of toys and St Nicholas too [02:26.91] [02:27.76]And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof [02:32.78]The prancing and pawing of each little hoof [02:37.54] [02:38.40]As I drew in my head and was turning around [02:42.52] [02:43.51]Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound [02:48.77]He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot [02:53.67]And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot [02:57.01] [02:58.12]A bundle of toys he had flung on his back [03:01.11]And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack [03:04.69] [03:05.99]His eyes how they twinkled his dimples how merry [03:11.24]His cheeks were like roses his nose like a cherry [03:15.13] [03:16.62]His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow [03:19.78]And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow [03:23.64] [03:24.82]The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth [03:29.52]And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath [03:35.68]He had a broad face and a little round belly [03:39.76]That shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly [03:42.74]He was chubby and plump a right jolly old elf [03:49.03]And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself [03:53.56] [03:54.19]A wink of his eye and a twist of his head [03:57.78]Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread [04:01.25] [04:02.43]He spoke not a word but went straight to his work [04:05.46]And filled all the stockings then turned with a jerk [04:10.04] [04:10.72]And laying his finger aside of his nose [04:14.44]And giving a nod up the chimney he rose [04:18.16] [04:19.27]He sprang to his sleigh to his team gave a whistle [04:24.89]And away they all flew like the down of a thistle [04:28.63]But I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight [04:31.83]Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night