(Mel Torme, 1946)


Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir

And folks dressed up like Eskimos.


Everybody knows a turkey

And some mistletoe

Help to make the season bright

Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow

Will find it hard to sleep tonight.


They know that Santa's on his way

He's loaded lots of toys

And 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.