SANTA CLAUS EXPRESS, THE
(Abner Silver, Al Sherman, Al Lewis)


BBC Dance Orchestra Dir. Henry Hall
V. Dan Donovan & Chorus
Recorded November 1935

Also recorded by:

BBC Dance Orchestra, V. Judy Garland
Jay Wilbur & His Orchestra, V. The Three Ginx
Jay Wilbur & His Orchestra, V. Frances Langford




Almost any day he'll be on his way
With a load of happiness,
With a million toys for the girls and boys
On The Santa Claus Express.

Almost any night when you're sleeping tight
He'll be there at your address;
Every chimney top is a station stop
For the Santa Claus Express.

He's got soldier hats and pussy cats,
Little poodle dogs that bark;
He's got ev'ry kind of animal
That they had in Noah's Ark;

So be good today for he's on his way
With a load of happiness;
With a million toys for the girls and boys on
The Santa Claus Express.

Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection




(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - January 2013)

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THE SANTA CLAUS EXPRESS
As recorded by BILLY MERRIN & HIS COMMANDERS:

Hello children, Uncle Billy speaking
Here's a new bedtime story

Once upon a time there was a grand old man
With a beard as white as snow
He was dressed in red from shoes to head
It was Santa Claus, you know

And soon this grand old man
Will be paying you a call
But he'll come just as silently
As the snowflakes when they fall

Almost any day he'll be on his way
And his load of happiness
Is a million toys for littlee girls and boys
On The Santa Claus Express

Almost any night when you're sleeping tight
If you send him your address
At your chimney top he's sure to stop
With his Santa Claus Express

He's got soldier hats and pussy cats
Little poodle dogs that bark
And there's ev'ry kind of animal
That came out of old Noah's Ark

So be very good today, for he's on his way
And his load of happiness;
Is a million toys for little girls and boys
On the Santa Claus Express


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THE SANTA CLAUS EXPRESS
alternate version
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 There's a grand old man
With a beard as white as snow,
Dressed in red from shoes to head,
As all you kiddies know.

Soon this grand old man
Will be paying you a call,
He'll come just as silently
As the snowflakes when they fall.

Almost any day
He'll be on his way
With a load of happiness,
With a million toys
For the girls and boys
On The Santa Claus Express.

Almost any night
When you're sleeping tight
He'll be there at your address;
Every chimney top is a station stop
For the Santa Claus Express.

He's got aeroplanes and streamline trains;
Anything your heart may crave;
But he hasn't got an awful lot
For the kids who don't behave;

So be very good
Do the things you should,
Or he'll cross out your address;
If you're not "in dutch"
You'll get twice as much from
The Santa Claus Express.


 At the old north pole,
There's a busy factory,
Making noise and making toys
For Christmas jollity.

Near the factory
There's a train of silver cars,
With that bearded engineer
Who can travel like the stars;

Almost any day
He'll be on his way
With a load of happiness,
With a million toys
For the girls and boys
On The Santa Claus Express.

Almost any night
When you're sleeping tight
He'll be there at your address;
Every chimney top is a station stop
For the Santa Claus Express.

He's got soldier hats and pussy cats,
Little poodle dogs that bark;
He's got ev'ry kind of animal
That they had in Noah's Ark;

So be good today
For he's on his way
With a load of happiness;
With a million toys
For the girls and boys on
The Santa Claus Express.