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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Mel O'Joe

by John Fredrick Coots and Haven Gillespie
First sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934

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You b	etter watch out, you b	etter not cry,

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you	better not frown I'm	telling you why,

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S	anta	claus is	coming	to t	own	.

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He's ma	king a list and check	ing it twice,

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gonna find out who's na	ughty and nice,

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Sa	nta cl	aus is co	ming	to to	wn.

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He s	ees you w	hen your sl	eeping,

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He kn	ows when y	ou're	awake

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He kn	ows if y	ou've been b	ad or good

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So be g	ood for g	oodness sa	ke. O	h

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You be	tter watch out, you be	tter not cry,

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You be	tter not frown im te	lling you why,

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San	ta c	laus is c	oming	to t	own.

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With li	ttle tin horns and li	ttle toy drums,

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with ro	ot-ti-toot-toots and ru	mpty-tum-tums

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sa	nta cl	aus is co	ming	to t	own.

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And cu	rley-haired dolls to cu	ddle and coo,

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elep	hants, boats and kid	dles cars too,

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santa c	laus is c	oming	to t	own.

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The k	ids in g	irl and b	oy town

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W	ill have a j	u	bilee

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They're go	nna b	uild a t	oy land town

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All a	round the c	hristmas tr	ee, s	o

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You be	tter watch out, you bet	ter not cry

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You be	tter not frown I'm tel	ling you why.

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San	ta c	laus is c	oming	to t	own.

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San	ta c	laus is c	oming	to t	own.