Here Comes Santa Claus

About Here Comes Santa Claus

"Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" is a Christmas song originally written and performed by Gene Autry, with music composed by Oakley Haldeman. Autry's original recording (in which he pronounces Santa Claus as "Santy Claus") was a top-10 hit on the pop and country charts; the song would go on to be covered many times in the subsequent decades. Autry got the idea for the song after riding his horse in the 1946 Santa Claus Lane Parade (now the Hollywood Christmas Parade) in Los Angeles, during which crowds of spectators chanted, "Here comes Santa Claus". This inspired him to write a song that Haldeman set to music. Autry's lyrics combined two veins of the Christmas tradition, the mythology of Santa Claus and the Christian origin of the holiday (most explicitly in its mention of the nativity promise of "peace on Earth"). A demo recording was made by singer/guitarist Johnny Bond, whose recording made use of ice cubes to mimic the sound of the jingling sleigh-bells. This inspired the use of real sleigh-bells in Autry's own recording of the song. more »

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Here comes Santa Claus
Here comes Santa Claus
Right down
Santa Claus Lane

Vixen, Blitzen
And all his reindeer
Pulling on the reins
Bells are ringing
Children singing
All is merry and bright
Hang your stockings
And say your prayers
'Cause Santa Claus
Comes tonight

Here comes Santa Claus
Here comes Santa Claus
Right down
Santa Claus Lane

He's got a bag
That's filled with toys
For boys and girls again
Hear those sleigh bells
Jingle jangle
What a beautiful sight
Jump in bed
Cover up your head
'Cause Santa Claus
Comes tonight

Here comes Santa Claus
Here comes Santa Claus
Right down
Santa Claus Lane

He doesn't care
If you're rich or poor
He loves you just the same
Santa knows
That we're God's children
That makes everything right
Fill your hearts
With Christmas cheer
'Cause Santa Claus
Comes tonight

Here comes Santa Claus
Here comes Santa Claus
Right down
Santa Claus Lane

He'll come around
When the church rings out
It's Christmas morn again
Peace on Earth
Will come to all
If we
Just follow the light
Let's give thanks
To the Lord above
'Cause Santa Claus
Is comin' tonight
'Cause Santa Claus
Is comin' tonight
'Cause Santa Claus
Is comin' tonight

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Bob Dylan ( /ˈdɪlən/; born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" has been described as radically altering the parameters of popular music in … more »

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