Season's Greetings from Perry Como ~ 1959
 
The Christmas Song
~ Merry Christmas To You ~ 1959 Version

Chestnuts roastin' on an open fire
Jack Frost nippin' at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos

Everybody knows
A turkey and some mistletoe
will help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all a-glow
will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys
an' goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know 
how to fly

And so I'm offering this simple phrase
to kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said 
many times many ways
Merry Christmas to you!

< instrumental break >

And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know 
how to fly

And so I'm offering this simple phrase
to kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said 
many times many ways
Merry Christmas . . . to you!

Music by Mel Tormé
with lyrics by Robert Wells, 1946
E.H. Morris & Co. ~ ASCAP

Original RCA RecordingVinyl VersionExtended Play Album| 1953 Version |

Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews
With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers
Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Recorded July 15, 1959

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