(lyrics are written by Johnny Marks) Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald


Bing:
Well you know Dasher & Dancer
& Prancer & Vixen

Chorus:
Comet & Cupid & Donner & Blitzen

Bing:
But do you recall -- the most famous reindeer of all?

Ella:
Is it Herman?

Chorus:
No!

Ella:
Is it Sherman?

Chorus:
No!

Ella:
Is it Eddie, is it Freddie?

Chorus:
No! No! No! No!

Ella:
It is Hart, is it Schaffner, is it Marx perhaps?

Chorus:
Oh you’ll never never guess so don’t snap your cap

Bing:
Talkin’ about Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

Ella:
Oh, him

Bing:
Had a very shiny nose

Ella:
So I heard –

They say if you ever saw it
you would even say it glows.

Bing:
Like a hot razzie –

All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names

Chorus:
(Rudolph is a red-nose!)

Ella:
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games

Bing:
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
"Hey Rudolph, Uh I say Rudolph,
with your nose so bright,
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Ella:
Then how the reindeers loved him
and they shouted out with glee

Chorus:
(Rudolph! Rudolph! Rudolph!)

Both:
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
you’ll go down in history!

Chorus:
With his pink probocisasary snoot
His bugle that glowed like a light at the root

Ella:
With his pink bazoo he guided the sleigh

Chorus:
He’s a hero!

Bing:
Why Rudolph saved the day!

Chorus:
(Hurray!)

Ella:
Rudolph has got his red nose
in the Reindeer Hall of Fame

Bing:
Rudolph the red-nose favorite
of the little reindeer dames

Ella:
Rudolph the North Pole big-shot
rides around in Santa’s sleigh

Chorus:
(Ho Ho Ho Ho!)

Bing:
Wearin’ a green Fedora
smoking a cigar all day

Chorus:
This story has a moral
anyone can plainly see

Bing:
Just keep your red nose a clean ‘n’
you’ll go down in history

Chorus:
If you keep your nose, a red red rose

Ella:
If you keep your beak all pink and sleek

Bing:
And if you keep your schnoz maroon because...

All:
You’ll – go – down in history!

* probable i.d.'s for the names referenced by Ella Fitzgerald in the beginning are: Woody *Herman* (1913-1987 big band leader); Al *Sherman* (1897-1973) Tin Pan Alley composer); *Eddie & Freddie*, both guitar players, Eddie Condon (1905 - 1973) jazz guitarist & bandleader), Freddie Green (1911 - 1987 guitarist for the Count Basie Orchestra); and Hart, Schaffner, & Marx – a men's clothing manufacturer in Chicago since 1897. At the time of this recording it was probably the largest in the country.

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