Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

T'was the day before Christmas,

and all through the hills the reindeer were playing,

enjoying the spills of skating and coasting, and climbing the willows,

and hopscotch and leapfrog, protected by pillows.

Look fellas! It's Rudolph.

- His nose is a sight, it's red as a beet. - Twice as big, twice as bright.

Lookie, lookie I'm Rudolph!

Poor Rudolph, where most reindeer's noses are brownish and tiny,

Rudolph's was red, very large and quite shiny.

Rudolph!

Go on home red nose, your mama's calling ya.

Come, come Rudolph. Tonight you hang up your stocking.

- His nose is a sight, it's red as beet. - Twice as big, twice as bright.

While way, way up north on this dark, foggy night,

awaiting the time for his Christmas Eve flight, good old Santa!

Hmm, this fog will be hard to get through.

Quick, quick! Get hitched in a hurry.

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,

Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen.

Hi-ho!

You keep our direction, we'll have to fly low.

Come down here, quick!

Hi-ho!

Phew! Pretty close.

Hi-ho!

The air was still foggy, the night dark and weird,

when Santa arrived at the home of the deer.

But all this took time. And filled Santa with gloom.

While slowly he crept toward the next reindeer's room.

The lamp wasn't burning. The glow came instead

from Rudolph's red nose at the head of the bed.

And then came the greatest idea in all history!

So Rudolph is told of the dark and delay,

the fog and the blackness, and losing the way.

I need you tonight,

to lead all my deer on the rest of our flight.

Dear Mommy and Daddy, I have gone to help Santa.

Don't worry. Rudolph, that's me.