Time: 4/4 Tenor: C Bass: C
- Mel Torme, Robert Wells, 1946
- Source: RD-41-C, UF-26-Eb
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Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
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Jack Frost nipping at your nose
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Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
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And folks dressed up like Eski - mos
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Ev'ry- body knows a turkey and some mistletoe
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Help to make the season bright
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Tiny tots with their eyes all a-glow
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Will find it hard to sleep to - night
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They know that San-ta's on his way
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. He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
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And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy
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To see if reindeer really know how to fly
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And so I'm offer-ing this simple phrase
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To kids from one to ninety-two
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Al-though it's been said many times, many ways
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Merry Christ-mas_____ to you
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