Santa Claus
Is Comin' To Town
~ recorded 1959
You better watch
out!
You better not cry!
Here's the
man who's gonna tell you why!
I just got back from a lovely
trip
along the Milky Way!
I stopped off at the North Pole
to spend a holiday!
I called on dear old Santa Claus
to see what I could see,
he took me in his workshop
an' told his plans to me!
So! You better watch out, better not cry
better not pout, I'm tellin' you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town!
He's makin' a list an' checkin' it
twice
gonna find out who's naughty an' nice
Santa Claus is comin' to town!
He sees you when you're sleepin'
(
he sees you! )
he knows when you're awake
( he
knows! )
he knows if you've been bad or
good
so be good
for goodness sake!
Ho, you better watch out, you better
not cry
better not pout, I'm tellin' you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town!
With little
tin horns and little toy drums,
rooty toot
toots an' runny tum tums!
Santa Claus is comin' to town!
And curly
head dolls that cuddle and coo,
elephants,
boats an' kiddy cars too!
Santa Claus,
Santa Clause, Santa Clause is comin'
comin' to town!
The kids in girl an' boy land
will have a jubilee!
They're gonna build a toyland
town
all around the Christmas tree!
So! You better watch out, better not cry
better not pout, I'm tellin' you why;
the big jolly man in the bright red
suit
with his sleigh all full of loot
Santa Claus is comin' . . .
to town!
Words and Music by
Haven Gillespie
and
J. Fred Coots , 1934
    | 1946 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 14, 1959
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