'Twas The Night Before Christmas-Santa's Sleighriders

[ti:'Twas The Night Before Christmas] [ar:Santa's Sleighriders] [al:My Favourite Album Christmas Two] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]'Twas The Night Before Christmas (圣诞前夜) - Santa's Sleighriders [00:02.40]Twas the night before christmas when all through the house [00:06.57]Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse [00:10.50]The stockings were hung by the chimney with care [00:14.37]In hopes that st nicholas soon would be there [00:17.74]The children were nestled all snug in their beds [00:21.71]While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads [00:26.10]And mamma in her kerchief and i in my cap [00:30.03]Had just settled down for a long winter's nap [00:34.40]When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter [00:38.37]I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter [00:42.17]Away to the window i flew like a flash [00:45.85]Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash [00:49.84]The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow [00:53.72]Gave the lustre of mid day to objects below [00:57.67]When what to my wondering eyes should appear [01:01.51]But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer [01:06.08]With a little old driver so lively and quick [01:09.84]I knew in a moment it must be st nick [01:14.34]More rapid than eagles his coursers they came [01:18.13]And he whistled and shouted and called them by name [01:22.90]Now dasher now dancer now prancer and vixen [01:28.38]On comet on cupid on on donder and blitzen [01:34.07]To the top of the porch to the top of the wall [01:37.65]Now dash away dash away dash away all [01:42.66]As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly [01:46.95]When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky [01:50.39]So up to the house top the coursers they flew [01:54.15]With the sleigh full of toys and st nicholas too [01:58.54]And then in a twinkling i heard on the roof [02:02.60]The prancing and pawing of each little hoof [02:06.60]As i drew in my head and was turning around [02:10.20]Down the chimney st nicholas came with a bound [02:14.64]He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot [02:18.94]And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot [02:23.44]A bundle of toys he had flung on his back [02:26.61]And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack [02:30.72]His eyes how they twinkled his dimples how merry [02:36.08]His cheeks were like roses his nose like a cherry [02:41.27]His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow [02:45.26]And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow [02:49.79]He was chubby and plump a right jolly old elf [02:54.47]And i laughed when i saw him in spite of myself [02:58.53]A wink of his eye and a twist of his head [03:02.57]Soon gave me to know i had nothing to dread [03:06.75]He spoke not a word but went straight to his work [03:11.40]And filled all the stockings then turned with a jerk [03:15.80]And laying his finger aside of his nose [03:19.57]And giving a nod up the chimney he rose [03:23.66]He sprang to his sleigh to his team gave a whistle [03:28.19]And away they all flew like the down of a thistle [03:32.63]But i heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight [03:36.96]Happy christmas to all and to all a good night