HOW SANTA CLAUS CAME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
Last Christmas eve, when we were snug in bed,
And all the lights were out, Tommy, he said,
"I'd like to know how 'tis, with pack and all,
That Santa Claus gets down the chimney hole."
And all the lights were out, Tommy, he said,
"I'd like to know how 'tis, with pack and all,
That Santa Claus gets down the chimney hole."
"Let's lay awake and see and then we'll know;
Won't it be fun to see him squeezed up so?"
And so we laid awake, but by and by,
I got to sleeping some with my left eye.
Won't it be fun to see him squeezed up so?"
And so we laid awake, but by and by,
I got to sleeping some with my left eye.
But still I saw the chimney with my right,
And by and by there came the queerest sight,
A little man no bigger than Tom Thumb,
With a little pack no bigger than my drum
And by and by there came the queerest sight,
A little man no bigger than Tom Thumb,
With a little pack no bigger than my drum
Came sliding down the chimney more and more,
Until he went kerbump upon the floor;
And then he looked around the room a spell,
But very soon his pack began to swell.
Until he went kerbump upon the floor;
And then he looked around the room a spell,
But very soon his pack began to swell.
It kept a swelling, more and more and more,
Till it was bigger than the parlor door;
And then I saw that it was full of toys
And books and dolls, and things for girls and boys.
Till it was bigger than the parlor door;
And then I saw that it was full of toys
And books and dolls, and things for girls and boys.
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