Song 16 in The Christmas Songbook

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

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Jolly old Saint Nicholas, Lean your ear this way! Don't you tell a
single soul What I'm going to say; Christmas Eve is coming soon;
Now, you dear old man, Whisper what you'll bring to me; Tell me if you can.
When the clock is striking twelve, When I'm fast asleep, Down the chimney
broad and black, With your pack you'll creep; All the stockings you will find
Hanging in a row; Mine will be the shortest one, You'll be sure to know.
Johnny wants a pair of skates; Susy wants a dolly; Nellie wants a
story book; She thinks dolls are folly; As for me, my little brain
Isn't very bright; Choose for me, old Santa Claus, What you think is right.

Music: James Ramsey Murray (1841–1905)
Words: Emily Huntington Miller (1833–1913)
First published: Words 1865 ("Lilly's Secret", The Little Corporal, December); tune 1874 (School Chimes, S. Brainard's Sons); together in Franklin Square Song Collection No. 1 (1881)
Copyright: Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.