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Thread #138863   Message #3179937
Posted By: Jim Dixon
01-Jul-11 - 04:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs sung by Stan Boreson
Subject: Lyr Add: HO, HO, HO, DON'T EVER GO (Yorgesson)
Here's my transcription from YouTube:

This song was written by "Yogi Yorgesson" (pseudonym of Harry Stewart) but I couldn't find a recording of him singing it.

HO, HO, HO, DON'T EVER GO
As sung by Stan Boreson
Tune: UP ON THE HOUSETOP

I got a nice red suit because
I think I'll impersonate Santa Claus.
Wearing a Santa Claus disguise
Will give my kids a big surprise.

The climb on the roof will be simple trick.
I'll come down the chimney like old Saint Nick.
Kids will be waiting at the fireplace
To see old Santa Claus' smiling face.

CHORUS: Oh, ho, ho! Don't ever go
Up on the rooftop; please don't go.
Average roof is much too slick.
You go up fast but you come down quick.

I climbed up the ladder and I got on the roof.
I'm a simple-minded goof.
It's very dark and I can't see.
I walk into the aerial of the TV.

I grabbed on the aerial before I know.
I knocked it loose and away we go.
I slip and slide and then I fell.
I land on my head and hear the Christmas bell.

CHORUS

Well, I fall on the fence and I knock down the gate.
The kids run outside to investigate.
I'm so unconscious from fall on head,
The kids think Santa Claus is dead.

Next day, my kids look mad with a frown.
The TV aerial has been knocked down.
Sesame Street they cannot see.
It's a lousy Christmas without the TV.

CHORUS