The Night Before Christmas-The Rainbow Collections

[ti:The Night Before Christmas] [ar:The Rainbow Collections] [al:The Rainbow Collections Boxset] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Night Before Christmas - The Rainbow Collections [00:00.33]Twas the night before Christmas [00:01.84] [00:02.37]When all through the house [00:04.01]Not a creature was stirring [00:05.40]Not even a mouse [00:06.36] [00:11.24]The stockings were hung by the chimney with care [00:13.42] [00:14.03]In hopes that st Nicholas soon would be there [00:16.12] [00:16.77]The children were nestled all snug in their beds [00:19.60]While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads [00:21.95] [00:25.06]And mamma in her 'kerchief and I in my cap [00:27.27] [00:27.80]Had just settled down for a long winter's nap [00:30.16]When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter [00:32.49] [00:33.17]I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter [00:36.11] [00:36.77]Away to the window I flew like a flash [00:39.12]Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash [00:41.44] [00:45.39]The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow [00:47.84] [00:48.41]Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below [00:50.95] [00:52.17]When what to my wondering eyes should appear [00:55.07]But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer [00:57.65] [00:58.33]With a little old driver so lively and quick [01:00.87]I knew in a moment it must be st Nick [01:03.28] [01:04.65]More rapid than eagles his coursers they came [01:07.24]And he whistled and shouted and called them by name [01:09.67]Now dasher now dancer now prancer and vixen [01:12.86]On comet on cupid on donder and blitzen [01:15.96]To the top of the porch to the top of the wall [01:18.03]Now dash away dash away dash away all [01:20.91] [01:21.78]As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly [01:24.68]When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky [01:26.97] [01:27.59]So up to the house-top the coursers they flew [01:29.66]With the sleigh full of toys and st Nicholas too [01:32.88] [01:36.63]And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof [01:39.35]The prancing and pawing of each little hoof [01:41.79] [01:43.33]As I drew in my hand and was turning around [01:46.07]Down the chimney st Nicholas came with a bound [01:48.46] [01:49.38]He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot [01:52.07]And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot [01:54.70] [01:55.37]A bundle of toys he had flung on his back [01:57.80]And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack [02:00.58]His eyes how they twinkled his dimples how merry [02:03.11]His cheeks were like roses his nose like a cherry [02:05.93]His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow [02:08.60]And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow [02:11.23]The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth [02:13.69]And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath [02:16.69]He had a broad face and a little round belly [02:18.83]That shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly [02:21.45] [02:22.14]He was chubby and plump a right jolly old elf [02:24.88]And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself [02:27.86]A wink of his eye and a twist of his head [02:30.10]Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread [02:32.72]He spoke not a word but went straight to his work [02:35.51]And filled all the stockings then turned with a jerk [02:38.37]And laying his finger aside of his nose [02:40.67]And giving a nod up the chimney he rose [02:43.48]He sprang to his sleigh to his team gave a whistle [02:46.18]And away they all flew like the down of a thistle [02:49.11]But I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight [02:52.27]Happy Christmas to all and to all a good-night