Here are the lyrics from the sheet music. Just the thing to get your party off to a good start!

Mick

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WILL THERE BE A SANTA CLAUS IN HEAVEN?
BALLAD
(Carson J Robison, 1928)


VOICE
In a little home a child lay dying,
As the Christmas bells rang out so clear;
There beside her bed was Dad and Mother,
Praying God to spare their baby dear;
As the little spark of life grew dimmer,
And they knew that death was on its way;
Tenderly they raised their little darling,
And with feeble breath they heard her say:

  REFRAIN
  "Will there be a Santa Claus in Heaven?
  Will they have a Christmas tree up there?
  Will there be a lot of other children,
  With their toys and pretty things to share?
  Goodbye Mama, goodbye Papa, darling,
  All the pain is gone, so please don't cry;
  I think may be Santa Claus is waiting,
  To take me in his sleigh up to the sky.

Then the mother whispered, "Yes my darling,
Santa Claus is waiting for you there;
And I know the angels will be singing,
When they see you climbing up the stair;"
Then her baby eyes were closed in slumber,
And her little soul was on its way;
Gone to meet her Santa Claus in heaven,
Gone to find a brighter Christmas day:



Source: Sheet music at Baylor referenced above.