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· by Vince Guaraldi
Chest nuts roast ing on an o pen fire,
Jack Frost nip ping at your nose,
Yule tide car ols be ing sung by a choir, and folks dressed up like Es ki mos.
Ev ’ry bod y knows a tur key and some mis tle toe
help to make the sea son bright.
Ti ny tots ols with their eyes all a glow will folks dressed up like Es ki mos.
Ev ’ry bod y find it hard to sleep to night.
They know that San
ta’s on his way;
he's load ed lots of toys and good ies on his sleigh.
And ev ’ry moth er’s child is gon na spy
to see if rein deer real ly know how to fly.
And so I’m of fer ing this sim ple phrase to kids from one to nine ty two.
Al though it’s been said man y times, man y ways, “Mer ry Christ mas
to you.”
This page shows “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” by Vince Guaraldi in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 80 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.