Santa Claus (Alfred Arthur Graley)
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- (Posted 2024-05-13) CPDL #80639:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-05-13). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 455 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Santa Claus
Composer: Alfred Arthur Graley
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Christmas (secular)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1874 Taintor Brothers
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Original text and translations
English text
Old Santa Claus ceases to urge along
His fleet-footed steeds with the voice and thong;
Well-laden with treasures from store and shop,
He hitches his team to the chimney-top.
O, Santa Claus is a clever old sprite,
He comes to the dear little people by night;
And never was king with his throne and crown,
As merry as he when the sun goes down.
At midnight, when childhood in slumber seems
To gather sweet flowers from the land of dreams;
Then on to the roof of the house he’ll hop,
And slyly descend from the chimney-top.
On tiptoe he stands on the peaceful spot,
Where childhood reposes in crib or cot;
He fills up the stocking, he crams the sock,
With candies and toys for the household flock.
His favors all scattered, he hastens back
The way that he came,—up the sooty track;
And never his mission of love shall stop,
While there is a home with a chimney-top.
Now, busy as bees in their honied hives,
The little folks gather when morn arrives;
The merry eye sparkles, the sweet voice rings,
As stockings are searched for the wondrous things.
They wonder, when bringing his dainty freight,
He never comes in by the door or gate;
And hope he will never be forced to stop,
And die in the smoke of the chimney-top.