What kind of a name is Rudolph

for a reindeer?

What kind of a name is Rudolph

for a reindeer?

Dear, dear, dear deer!



You know Dasher an' Dancer,

an' Prancer an' Vixen,

Comet an' Cupid, an' Donner an' Blitzen,

but do you recall

the most famous reindeer of all?



What kind of a name is Rudolph

for a reindeer?



Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose,

and if you ever saw it,

you would even say it glows.



All of the other reindeer

used to laugh and call him names;

They never let poor Rudolph

join in any reindeer games.



Then one foggy Christmas Eve,

Santa came to say:

"Rudolph with your nose so bright,

won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"



Then how the reindeer loved him

as they shouted out with glee,

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,

You'll go down in history."



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All of the other reindeer

used to laugh and call him names;

They never let poor Rudolph

play in any reindeer games.



Then one foggy Christmas Eve,

Santa came to say:

"Rudolph with your nose so bright,

Ah! won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"



Then how the reindeer loved him

as they shouted out with glee,

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,

You'll go down, down, down, down, down,

in history."



Words and Music by

Johnny Marks , 1949