Tonalité : F major
Verse 1
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Twas the
night before Christmas,
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when all through the house
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Not a creature was stirring,
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not even a mouse.
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The stockings were hung by
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the chimney with care,
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In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would
be there.
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Verse 2
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The children were nestled
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all snug in their beds,
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While visions of sugar- plum
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s danced in their heads.
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And mama in her 'kerchief,
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and I in my cap,
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Had just settled our brains
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for a long winter's nap.
Verse 3
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out on the lawn there
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arose such a clatter,
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I sprang from the bed to see
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what was the matter.
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Away to the window I flew like a flash,
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Tore open the shutters
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and threw up the sash.
Verse 4
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The moon on the breast of
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the new- fallen snow
Gave the luster of mid- day
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to objects below.
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When, what to my wondering
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eyes should appear,
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But a miniature sleigh,
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and eight tinny reindeer.
Verse 5
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little old driver, so lively and quick,
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I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
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More rapid than eagles his
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coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted,
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and called them by name!
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"Now
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Dasher! now, Dancer! now,
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Prancer and Vixen!
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On, Comet! On, Cupid! on,
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on Donner and Blitzen!
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To the top of the porch! to the
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top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash
away! Dash away all!"
Verse 7
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As dry leaves that before
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the wild hurricane fly,
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When they meet with an obstacle,
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mount to the sky.
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So up to the house- top
the coursers they flew,
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With the sleigh full of Toys, and
Verse 8
St Nicholas too.
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And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
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The prancing and pawing
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of each little hoof.
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As I drew in my head,
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and was turning around,
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Down the chimney St Nicholas
came with a bound.
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was dressed all in fur,
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from his head to his foot,
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And his clothes were all tar
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nished with ashes and soot.
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A bundle of Toys he had
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flung on his back,
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And he looked like a peddler,
just opening his pack.
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His
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eyes- how they twinkled!
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his dimples how merry!
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His cheeks were like roses,
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his nose like a cherry!
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His droll little mouth was
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drawn up like a bow,
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And the beard of his chin was as
white as the snow.
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The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
Verse 11
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And the smoke it encircled
his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and
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a little round belly,
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That shook when he laughed,
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like a bowlful of jelly!
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was chubby and plump,
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a right jolly old elf,
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And I laughed when I saw
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him, in spite of myself!
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A wink of his eye and
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a twist of his head,
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Soon gave me to know I
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had nothing to dread.
Verse 13
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spoke not a word,
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but went straight to his work,
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And filled all the stockings,
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then turned with a jerk.
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And laying his finger aside of his nose,
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And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!
Verse 14
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He sprang to his sleigh,
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to his team gave a whistle,
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And away they all flew like
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the down of a thistle.
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But I heard him exclaim,
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'ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all,
and to all a good- night!"
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