Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Lean your ear this way!
Don't give me that smiling smirk
I have a lot to say;
I’ve had a cold for way too long;
It’s on my nerves old man,
Tell me it will go away;
By tomorrow if you can.
When the clock is striking twelve,
I'm not quite fast asleep,
Coughing, sneezing, blowing my nose,
And my ear is starting to leak;
All the medicine I can take
Sitting in a row;
Hasn’t really worked quite yet,
Sitting in a row;
Hasn’t really worked quite yet,
Believe me, I would know.
I just want to feel relief
From this lousy cold;
No more boxes of Kleenex please
My brain is ready to explode;
As for you, my little friend
You aren’t very bright;
Make me better, old Santa Claus,
Or I’m gonna pick a fight.
-T.B. Williams
-T.B. Williams
-Lyrics adapted
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Fun fact: Benjamin Hanby, the man who wrote 'Jolly Old Saint Nicholas', helped his father, William Hanby, with the Underground Railroad. Today, the Hanby Home is a part of the Ohio Historical Society
“Underground Railroad - William Hanby House,” Teaching Columbus. Web. 21 December 2015. (citation found on TeachingColumbus.org)
