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SONGS & LYRICS
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BELOW are the lyrics to all the songs in the classic TV Christmas special! So
Gather the family and friends around the television. Pop in a DVD or CD of the Rankin/Bass classic TV special "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" and have an old-fashioned sing-along with all your favorite characters -- Rudolph, Clarice, Hermey, Yukon Cornelius, Santa and his Elves, Sam the Snowman and, don't forget the Misfit Toys!
Copyright information:
- From story by Robert L. May
- Produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass
- Music and Lyrics by Johnny Marks
- From the Rankin/Bass Production of "Rudolph, The-Nosed Reindeer"
- Voice talent: Sam the Snowman (Burl Ives), Billie Richards (Rudolph), Janet Orenstein (Clarice), Paul Soles (Hermey), Larry Mann (Yukon Cornelius), Stan Francis (Santa Claus), Alfie Scopp, Paul Kligman, Carl Banas, Corine Conley, Peg Dixon
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JINGLE, JINGLE, JINGLE
Kris Kringle
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Jingle, Jingle, Jingle
You will hear my sleigh bells ring
I am ol' Kris Kringle
I'm the King of Jing-a-ling
Jingle, Jingle reindeer
Through the frosty air they'll go
They are not just plain deer
They're the fastest deer I know -- HO HO
You must believe that on Christmas Eve
I won't pass you by
I'll dash away in my magic sleigh
Flying through the sky
Jingle, Jingle, Jingle
You will hear my sleigh bells ring
I am ol' Kris Kringle
I'm the King of Jing-a-ling
I am ol' Kris Kringle
I'm the King of Jing-a-ling
HO HO!
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WHY AM I SUCH A MISFIT?
Hermey
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Why am I such a misfit?
I am not just a nit wit!
You can't fire me
I quit!
Seems I don't fit in.
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WHY AM I SUCH A MISFIT?
Rudolph
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Why am I such a misfit?
I am not just a nit wit!
Just because my nose glows
Why don't I fit in?
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WE ARE SANTA'S ELVES
The Elves
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Ho Ho Ho, Ho Ho Ho -- We are Santa's elves!
We are Santa's elves
Building Santa's shelves
With a toy for each girl and boy
Oh, We are Santa's elves!
We work hard all day
But our work is play
Dolls we try out
See if they cry out
We are Santa's elves!
We've a special job each year
We don't like to brag
Christmas Eve we always fill Santa's bag
Santa knows who's good
Do the things you should
And we bet you, he won't forget you
We are Santa's elves!
We've a special job each year
We don't like to brag
Christmas Eve we always fill Santa's bag
Santa knows who's good
Do the things you should
And we bet you, he won't forget you
We are Santa's elves!
Ho Ho Ho, Ho Ho Ho
We are Santa's elves!
Ho HO!
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THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW
Clarice
Hear Clarice SING!
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There's always tomorrow
For dreams to come true
Believe in your dreams, come what may.
There's always tomorrow
WIth so much to do
And so little time in a day.
We all pretend the rainbow has an end
And you'll be there, my friend, some day.
There's always tomorrow
For dreams to come true
Tomorrow is not far away.
We all pretend the rainbow has an end
And you'll be there, my friend, some day
There's always tomorrow
For dreams to come true
Tomorrow is not far away.
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WE'RE A COUPLE OF MISTITS
Rudolph & Hermey
This is the original 1964 telecast song. In 1965, this song was replaced by "Fame and Fortune" (next song).
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We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in!
We're not daffy and dilly
Don't go 'round willy nilly
Seems to us kinda silly
That we don't fit in.
We may be different from the rest
Who decides the test
Of what is really best?
We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in!
--(this part sung by Rudolph)--
Why am I such a misfit?
I am not just a nit wit!
I'm an adorable reindeer
Why don't I fit in?
--(this part sung by Hermey)--
Why am I such a misfit?
I am not just a nit wit!
They can't fire me.
I QUIT!
We may be different from the rest
Who decides the test
Of what is really best?
We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in!
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Rudolph & Hermey
This song replaced "We're a Couple of Misfits" song in 1965. This is the song you see on TV.)
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Fame and fortune, fame and fortune
We're off to seek them now
Anyone can have them both
It just takes the right know-how
We put on our traveling shoes today
We won't stop until we find the way to
Fame and fortune, fame and fortune
They will be ours some day
Fame and fortune, fame and fortune
They will be ours some day!
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Sam the Snowman
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Silver and gold
Silver and gold
Everyone wishes for silver and gold
How do you measure its worth?
Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth.
Silver and gold
Silver and gold
Means so much more when I see
Silver and gold decorations
On every Christmas tree.
--(this part is spoken)--
What's a Christmas tree without tinsel and pretty silver and gold decorations?
Can't really call it a Christmas tree, now can you?
And think of all the fun and joy that would be lost on Christmas morning
if all the young folks didn't get see that sparkling, happy tree.
--(back to singing)--
Silver and gold
Silver and gold
Means so much more when I see
Silver and gold decorations
On every Christmas tree!
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THE MOST WONDERFUL DAY OF THE YEAR
Misfit Toys
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We're on the Island of Misfit Toys
Here we don't want to stay
We want to travel with Santa Claus
In his magic sleigh!
A pack full of toys
Means a sack full of joys
For millions of girls
And for millions of boys
When Christmas Day is here
The most wonderful day of the year.
A jack-in-the-box waits for children to shout
"Wake up! Don't you know that it's time to come out!"
When Christmas Day is here
The most wonderful day of the year.
Toys galore, scattered on the floor
There's no room for more
And it's all because of Santa Claus.
A skooter for Jimmy
A dolly for Sue
The kind that will even say, "How do you do?"
When Christmas Day is here
The most wonderful day of the year.
--(this part is spoken)--
How would you like to be a Spotted Elephant?
Or a Choo-Choo with square wheels on your caboose?
Or a water pistol that shoots -- jelly?
We're all misfits!
How would you like to be a bird that doesn't fly? I swim!
Or a cowboy who rides an ostrich?
Or a boat that can't stay afloat?
We're all misfits.
--(back to singing)--
If we're on the Island of Unwanted Toys
We'll miss all the fun with the girls and the boys
When Christmas Day is here
The most wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful day of the year!
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HOLLY, JOLLY CHRISTMAS
Sam the Snowman
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Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
It's the best time of the year
I don't know if there'll be snow
But have a cup of cheer!
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street
Say Hello to friends you know
And everyone you meet
Oh ho, the mistletoe, hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you
Kiss her once for me!
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
And in case you didn't hear
Oh by golly, have a Holly Jolly Christmas this year!
Holly Jolly, Holly Jolly, Oh!
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
And in case you didn't hear
Oh by golly, have a Holly Jolly Christmas this year!
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RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
Sam the Snowman and All
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Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
"Rudolph, with you nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight!"
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer,
You'll go down in history!
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
"Rudolph, with you nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight!"
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer,
You'll go down in history!
--(Santa)--
MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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ORIGINAL Vintage Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Record Album
SIDE ONE:
Side One contains all the vocals from the TV classic with the original voices (Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman, Billie Richards as Rudolph, Janet Orenstein as Clarice, etc.)
- Overture and A Holly Jolly Christmas
- Jingle, Jingle, Jingle
- We are Santa's Elves
- There's Always Tomorrow
- We're a Couple of Misfits -
This was the original song in the FIRST telecast in 1964; later broadcasts this sond was replaced by Fame & Fortune.
- Silver and Gold
- The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
- A Holly Jolly Christmas
- Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
SIDE TWO:
Side Two is all instrumental from the TV classic plus several additional songs.
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- There's Always Tomorrow
- Jingle, Jingle, Jingle
- We're a Couple of Misfits
- Silver and Gold
- We Are Santa's Elves
- The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
- A Holly Jolly Christmas
- Christmas Medley: The Night Before Christmas Song, A Merry Merry Christmas, When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
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