TWAS THE MORNING BEFORE CHRISTMAS
WHEN OUR KIWANIS CLUB MET
EVERYBODY WAS HUNGRY
CAUSE NO-ONE HAD ET.
THE EGGS AND THE BACON
WERE ALL STEAMING HOT
AND THE COFFEE WAS PERKING
CYNTHIA HAD BREWED A NEW POT
THE PRESIDENT WAS BEAMING
AS HE RANG THE BRASS BELL
AND WELCOMED US ALL
YOU COULD JUST SEE HIM SWELL
PETE PRAYED THE PRAYER
AND CHRIS PLEDGED THE PLEDGE
AND AL SANG A SONG
AND WE FINISHED UP OUR EGGS
THEN COMPLETELY OUT OF NOWHERE
THIS BIG GUY IN A RED SUIT
APPEARED IN THE PICADILLY
AND HE WAS A HOOT
HAD A BIG OLD WHITE BEARD
AND HIS CHEEKS THEY WERE RED
KEN CARRICK SAID HE HAD BEEN DRINKING
BUT THEN HE SPOKE UP AND SAID
HO, HO, I KNOW YOU’RE WONDERING
WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT
AND JUST WHO I AM
AND HE THEN GAVE A SHOUT
AND INTO OUR MEETING
GALLOPED EIGHT SMELLY REINDEER
WITH ANTLERS AND HOOVES FLASHING
BUT THE BIG GUY SAID, "DON’T FEAR!"
THESE FELLOWS WON’T HURT YOU
THEY JUST CARRY MY SLED
THEY’RE ALL PRETTY FRIENDLY
AS LONG AS THEY’RE FED
NOW WE’RE ON A FOOD STOP
AND TO BRING YOU SOME CHEER
I NEED SOME COFFEE
AND SOME HAY FOR THE DEER
THERE’S RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSE
THERE’S A SONG ABOUT HIM
AND THE NEW GUY IS BUBBA
AND IN THE CORNER THAT’S SLIM
THEY ALL WANTED TO SEE YOU
AND WISH YOU ALL WELL
AND THEY DID A BIG DETOUR
WHEN THEY HEARD YOUR BELL
AND THEN IN A FLASH
THEY WERE ALL SIMPLY GONE
THE BIG GUY, THE REINDEER
THEY LEFT US ALONE
WHILE WE SAT IN A DAZE
NOT BELIEVIN’ OUR EYES
MARK TURNED TO CHARLIE
AND SAID, "WHO WAS THAT GUY??"
CHARLIE CLEARED HIS THROAT
AND WITH A GRIN HE SAID
THAT WAS BAMA SANTA
AND YOU SAW HE WORE RED
AND OFF IN THE DISTANCE
WE HEARD "ROLL TIDE!"
AND THEN "MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL"
" AND TO ALL A GOOD BYE."
