These lyrics are copied from the web site Hymns and Carols of Christmas: (That web site also has a MIDI file and a Noteworthy Composer file.)


PARADE OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS
Words by Ballard MacDonald, 1922. Music by Leon Jessel, 1905.

The toy shop door is locked up tight
And ev'rything is quiet for the night
When suddenly the clock strikes twelve
The fun's begun

The dolls are in their best arrayed
There's going to be a wonderful parade
Hark to the drum, oh, here they come
Cries ev'ryone

Hear them all cheering
Now they are nearing
There's the captain stiff as starch
Bayonets flashing
Music is crashing
As the wooden soldiers march
Sabers a-clinking
Soldiers a-winking
At each pretty little maid

Here they come
Here they come
Here they come
Here they come
Wooden soldiers on parade

Daylight is creeping,
Dollies are sleeping,
In the toyshop window fast;
Soldiers so jolly,
Think of each dolly,
Dreaming of the night that's past.
When in the morning,
Without a warning,
Toyman pulls the window shade,

There's no sign of the Wood Brigade
Was ever out upon parade.