Jolly Old St. Nicholas

X: 21
T: Jolly Old St. Nicholas
%R: air, march
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands voice overlays.
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Fixed 2 typos: "Jahn-ny" -> "John-ny" and "San-to" -> "San-ta".
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: A
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V: 1
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w: 1.~Jol-ly old Saint Nich-o-las,        Lean your ear this way! Don't you tell a
w: 2.~When the clock is strik-ing twelve, When I'm fast a-sleep,  Down the chim-ney,
w: 3.~John-ny wants a pair of skates;     Su-sy wants a dolly;    Nel-ly wants a
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w: sin-gle soul     What I'm going to say;       Christ-mas Eve is com-ing soon;
w: broad and black, With your pack you'll creep; All the stock-ings you will find
w: sto-ry book;     She thinks dolls are folly;  As for me, my lit-tle brain
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w: Now, you dear old man, Whis-per what you'll bring to me; Tell me if you can.
w: Hang-ing in a row;     Mine will be the short-est one,   You'll be sure to know.
w: Is-n't ver-y bright;   Choose for me, Old San-ta Claus,  What you think is right.
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V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/EverydaySongBook2/0042

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