Up On A Housetop - Christmas Song Lyrics

"Up on the Housetop" is a Christmas song written by Benjamin Hanby in 1864

I hope you enjoy singing along and dancing with Santa and his cute reindeer!

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According to William Studwell in The Christmas Carol Reader, "Up on the Housetop" was the second-oldest secular Christmas song, outdone only by "Jingle Bells", which was written in 1857. It is also considered the first Yuletide song to focus primarily on Santa Claus.

Verse 1:

Up on the housetop reindeer pause

Out jumps good old Santa Claus.

Down through the chimney, with lots of toys,

All for the little ones' Christmas joys.

Chorus:

Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go.

Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go,

Up on the housetop, click, click, click;

Down through the chimney with old Saint Nick.

Verse 2:

First comes the stocking of little Nell;

Oh, dear Santa fill it well!

Give her a dolly that laughs and cries;

One that will open and shut her eyes.

Repeat chorus

Verse 3:

Next comes the stocking of little Bill;

Oh just see what a glorious fill!

Here is a hammer and lots of tacks;

A whistle, a ball and a whip that cracks!