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[C] Up on the housetop, reindeers pause.
[F] Out jumps [C] good ol’ [G7] Santa Claus. [C] Down through the chimney with lots of toys. [F] All for the [C] little ones, [G7] Christmas [C] joys
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[C] First comes the stocking of [F] little Nell.
[C] Oh, dear Santa, [G7] fill it well. [C] Give her a dolly that [F] laughs and cries. [C] One that will open and [G7] shut her [C] eyes.
[CHORUS][F] Ho, ho, ho! [C] Who wouldn’t go? [G7] Ho, ho, ho! [C] Who wouldn’t go?
[C] Up on the housetop, [F] Click, click, click. [C] Down through the chimney with [G7 good Saint [C] Nick
[C] Next comes the stocking of [F] little Will. [C] Oh, just see what a [G7] glorious fill. [C] Here is a hammer and [F] lots of tacks. [C] Also a ball and a [G7] whip that [C] cracks.
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