RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER  

Intro:
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You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
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Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
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But do you recall
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The most famous reindeer of all?

Verse 1:
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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Had a very shiny nose
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And if you ever saw it
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You would even say it glows
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All of the other reindeer
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Used to laugh and call him names
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They never let poor Rudolph
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Join in any reindeer games

Bridge:
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
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Santa came to say:
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"Rudolph with your nose so bright
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Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
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Then how the reindeer loved him.
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As they shouted out with glee:
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"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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You'll go down in history"


Verse 2:
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Rudolph has got his red nose
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in the Reindeer Hall of Fame.
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Rudolph the red nosed-baby
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of the little reindeer days!

Rudolph the North-Pole big-shot
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rides around in Santa's sleigh,
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Wearing a green fedora -
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smokin' a cigar all day!

Bridge:
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'Cos one foggy Christmas Eve
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Santa came to say:
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"Rudolph with your nose so bright
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Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
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Then how the reindeer loved him.
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As they shouted out with glee:
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"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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You'll go down in history"

Verse 3 (shorter):
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This story has a moral
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anyone can plainly see:
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Just keep your red nose a-gleamin'
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(and) You'll go down in history

Outtro:
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If you keep your nose a red, red rose
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If you keep your beak all pink and sleek
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and if you keep your snoz maroon because
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You'll go down in his--- to--- ry

:Charted by Bustopher the Busker - bustopher@bigpond.com