Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose,

and if you ever saw it,

you could 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 your 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."

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You know Dasher an' Dancer,

an' Prancer an' Vixen,

Comet an' Cupid, an' Donner an' Blitzen,

but do you recall

the most famous reindeer of all?

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Then one foggy Christmas Eve,

Santa came to say:

"Why, Rudolph with your 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, down, down, down, down,

in history."

Words and Music by

Johnny Marks , 1949