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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Saturday Poetry -- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

When I was a young child, the college my father taught at always hosted a Christmas party for the faculty and staff. There were cookies and punch and Christmas cartoons shown on a movie screen. Then everyone would gather to sing Christmas carols. The last song was always "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" at the end Santa Claus would appear and hand out gifts to all the children in the group. This is one of the happiest memories from my childhood. The gifts were nothing amazing: a bank, a music box, a puzzle, but the experience was just marvelous. Merry Christmas!

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Oh! You better watch out, 
You better not cry, 
You better not pout, 
I'm telling you why:

Santa Claus is coming to town!

He's making a list, 
He's checking it twice, 
He's gonna find out 
who's naughty or nice.

Santa Claus is coming to town!

He sees you when you're sleeping, 
He knows when you're awake. 
He knows when you've been bad or good, 
So be good for goodness sake!

So...You better watch out, 
You better not cry 
You better not pout, 
I'm telling you why.

Santa Claus is coming to town.

Little tin horns, 
Little toy drums. 
Rudy-toot-toot 
and rummy tum tums.

Santa Claus is coming to town.

Little toy dolls 
that cuddle and coo, 
Elephants, boats 
and Kiddie cars too.

Santa Claus is coming to town.

The kids in Girl and Boy Land 
will have a jubilee. 
They're gonna build a toyland town 
all around the Christmas tree.

Oh....You better watch out, 
You better not cry. 
You better not pout, 
I'm telling you why.

Santa Claus is comin' 
Santa Claus is comin' 
Santa Claus is comin' 
To town.


Frank Sinatra and Cindy Lauper


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