With apologies to Bob Dylan & Clement Clarke Moore
Twas A DYLAN NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
With apologies to Bob Dylan & Clement Clarke Moore
Monday, December 24, 2007 by Wade Farlowe
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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
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Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
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The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
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In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
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Then you'd better start sleeping or he'll pass by your home
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For Christmas Times a comin'
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The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
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While visions of video games danced in their heads;
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And mamma in her pj's, cause I'm such a sap,
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Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
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For the loser now will be later to win
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For Christmas Times a comin'
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When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
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I sprang from the bed to see 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 and threw up the sash.
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It soon shook my windows with a rattle in my room
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...... Christmas Times a comin'
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The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
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Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
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When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
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But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
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Please rub my eyes if you could lend me your hand
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...... Christmas Times a comin'
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With a 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 coursers they came,
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And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
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I must be dreamin', I can't believe my ears
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For Christmas Times a comin'
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"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
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On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
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To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
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Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
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So, you'd better go to bed, better get there fast
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For Christmas Times a comin'
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As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
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When they meet with an obstacle, 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 St. Nicholas too.
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So, I'd better stop creepin' or old Santa won't stop by
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...... Christmas Times a comin'
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And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
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The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
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As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
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Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
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Now I'd better start hidin' and not make any sound
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...... Christmas Times a comin'
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He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
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And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
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A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
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And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
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He knows when we're sleepin' and knows when we're awake
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For Christmas Times a comin'
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His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
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His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
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His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
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And the beard of his ch