T'was the Night Before Christmas-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]T'was the Night Before Christmas - Perry Como (佩里·科莫) [00:10.47]'Twas the night before christmas [00:11.53] [00:12.07]When all through the house [00:13.40]Not a creature was stirring [00:15.37]Not even a mouse [00:16.61] [00:17.52]The stockings all hung [00:18.56]By the chimney with care [00:20.22]In hopes that st nicholas [00:21.87] [00:22.49]Soon would be there [00:23.58] [00:24.27]The children were nestled [00:25.24]All safe in their beds [00:26.60] [00:27.26]While visions of sugarplums [00:29.38]Danced in their heads [00:30.51] [00:32.86]And mom in her kerchief [00:34.17]And I in my cap [00:35.85]Had just settled down [00:37.02]For a long winters nap [00:38.85] [00:40.10]When out on the lawn [00:41.18]There arose such a clatter [00:42.49]I sprang from my bed [00:43.69]To see what was the matter [00:44.87]Away to the window [00:45.88]I flew like a flash [00:47.37]Tore open the shutters [00:48.30]And threw up the sash [00:50.04]The moon on the breast [00:51.22]Of the new fallen snow [00:52.61]Gave the lustre of midday [00:54.31]To object below [00:56.21]When what to my wandering eyes [00:58.06]Should appear [00:58.72] [00:59.24]But a miniature sleigh [01:01.03]And eight tiny reindeer [01:03.06] [01:05.70]With a little ol driver [01:06.98]So lively and quick [01:08.58]I knew in a moment [01:09.58]It must be st nick [01:11.24]More rapid than eagles [01:12.38]His courses they came [01:13.87]As he whistled and shouted [01:15.20]And called them by name [01:16.80]Now dasher [01:17.77]Now dancer [01:18.39]Now prancer [01:19.08]Now vixen [01:19.69]On comet [01:20.34]On cupid [01:20.99]On doner [01:21.66]An blitzen [01:22.47]To the top of the porch [01:24.10]To the top of the wall [01:25.92]Now dash-away dash-away [01:27.42]Dash-away all [01:28.53] [01:30.12]As dry leaves [01:31.00]Before the wild hurricane fly [01:33.24]When they meet with an obstacle [01:35.21]Mount to the sky [01:36.68]So up to the housetop [01:37.86]The courses they flew [01:39.60]With a sleigh full of toys [01:41.41] [01:42.30]And st nicholas too [01:44.18] [01:45.95]And then in a twinkling [01:47.24]I heard on the roof [01:48.70]The prancing and pawing [01:50.27]Of each little hoof [01:51.72]As I drew in my head [01:53.05]And was turning around [01:54.42]Down the chimney st nicholas [01:56.06]Came with a bound [01:57.39] [02:00.47]He was dressed all in fur [02:02.01]From his head to his foot [02:03.44] [02:04.11]And his clothes were all tarnished [02:05.61]With ashes and soot [02:07.12]A bundle of toys [02:08.37]He had flung on his back [02:10.02]And he looked like a peddler [02:11.40]Just opening his pack [02:12.80] [02:13.65]His eyes how they twinkled [02:15.04]His dimples how merry [02:17.55]His cheeks were like roses [02:19.85]His nose like a cherry [02:21.88]His drawl little mouth [02:23.27]Was drawn up like a bow [02:24.82] [02:25.62]And the beard of his chin [02:26.95]Was a white as the snow [02:28.44] [02:29.54]The stump of his pipe [02:30.62]He held tight in his teeth [02:31.93]And the smoke it encircled his head [02:34.28]Like a wreath [02:35.34] [02:35.86]He had a broad face [02:37.04]And a round little belly [02:38.71] [02:39.48]That shook when he laughed [02:40.67]Like a bowl full of jelly [02:42.34] [02:43.07]He was chubby and plump [02:44.64]A right jolly old elf [02:46.24] [02:47.02]I laughed when I saw him [02:48.55]In spite of myself [02:49.63] [02:50.52]A wink of his eye [02:51.64]And a twist of his head [02:53.08] [02:53.62]Soon gave me to know [02:55.07] [02:55.64]I had nothing to dread [02:57.16] [02:59.09]He spoke not a word [03:00.12]But went straight to his work [03:01.59]And filled all the stockings [03:03.38]Then turned with a jerk [03:05.37]An laying a finger [03:06.29]Along side his nose [03:07.65]An giving a nod [03:08.66]Up the chimney he rose [03:10.28] [03:13.68]He sprang to his sleigh [03:15.00]To his team gave a whistle [03:16.59]An away they all flew [03:17.77]Like the down of a thistle [03:19.45]But I heard him exclaim [03:20.75]As he drove out of sight [03:22.20] [03:23.46]Happy christmas to all [03:24.95] [03:25.59]And to all a goodnight