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Thread #41516   Message #3063441
Posted By: Jim Dixon
29-Dec-10 - 05:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: When Santa Got Stuck up the Chimney
Subject: Lyr Add: SANTA GOT STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY
Jimmy Boyd was a child star whose biggest hit was I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS in 1952. He recorded many more novelty songs.

Here's my transcription from a recording at YouTube:


SANTA GOT STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY
Hy Heath & Fred Rose
As sung by Jimmy Boyd

Santa got stuck in the chimney 'cause he was so big and round.
He wiggled and he waggled and he wobbled and he puffed.
He couldn't go up or down.
Santa got stuck in the chimney and he started in to roar.
He wiggled and he waggled and he wobbled and he puffed.
He guessed he should have used the door.
I said, "I'd like to find a way to get you down from there.
My dad would know just what to do, but he had to go somewhere."
So Santa got stuck in the chimney and he couldn't budge an inch.
He wiggled and he waggled and he wobbled and he puffed.
Oh, I wanted to help but what could I do?
He had to come down from the middle of the flue
So I could have a very merry Christmas.

Santa got stuck in the chimney and his clothes got full of soot.
He wiggled and he waggled and he wobbled and he puffed.
He couldn't move hand or foot.
Santa yelled down through the chimney, "Oh, what am I to do?
I wiggled and I waggled and I didn't get loose,
So now I guess it's up to you."
I said, "You'll have to stay right there till Daddy hears the news.
I think that he'll be mad at you. You've got on his Sunday shoes."
Then I threw a match in the fireplace and I watched the fire start.
Santa wiggled and he giggled and he tickled and he sneezed,
And the chimney fell all apart with a boom,
And Santa rolled out in the middle of the room,
And ev'rybody had a merry Christmas.