Bing Crosby/Ella Fitzgerald



Written by:  Johnny Marks





Well, you know Dasher, and Dancer, and

Prancer, and Vixen,

[Comet, and Cupid, and

Donner and Blitzen]

But do you recall

The most famous reindeer of all?



[Is it Herman, is it Shermon?

Is it Eddy, is it Freddy? – no, no no!

It is Heart, is it Shaptler, is it Mosteres

Oh, you'll never, never guess it, don't snap your cap]

Talkin' ‘bout Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

[Oh, him]

Had a very shiny nose

[So I heard

they day if you ever saw it

you would even say it glows.]

Like a hot rasie. 



All of the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names

[Rudolph is a red nose

They never let poor Rudolph

Join in any reindeer games.]



Then one foggy Christmas Eve

Santa came to say:

"Hey Rudolph, I say Rudolph, with your nose so bright,

won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"



[Then how the reindeers loved him

and they shouted out with glee,

Rudolph, Rudolph, Rudolph]

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,

You'll go down in history!



[Well, the stake glows bosset,

His snary snoot

His tuba that glow like a light-ta-root

With his pink kazoo, he guided the sleigh

He's a hero] why, Rudolph saved the day.



[Rudolph has got his red nose

In the reign deer hall of fame)

Rudolph the red nosed favorite

Of the little reign deer days.

(Rudolph the North Pole big shot

rides around in Santa's sleigh]

Wearin' a green Fedora

Smoking a cigar all day.



[This story has a moral

Anyone can plainly see]

Just keep your red nose a gleemin'

You'll go down in history



[If you keep you nose a red, red rose

If you keep your beak all pink and sleek]

And if you keep your snooze maroon because

[You'll go down in history.]