Grandfather Kringle

Sung by Burl Ives

Speak: Listen my children and you will tingle,
to the pleasant old story of Grandfather Kringle.

Verse one:
Grandfather Kringle lives where it is cold,
high up in the mountain and never grows old.
When Christmas bells ring he sings yodel-ee-ay,
if you listen you'll hear him on Christmas day.

Chorus:
With a high yodel, high yodel, high yodel-oh
from the tops of the mountains to the valleys below.
You'll hear sleigh bells jingle and a yodel-ee-ay
of Grandfather Kringle on Christmas day.
Yodel-ay-he, yodel-ay-he yodel-ay-he-ee-ay.

Verse two:
Grandfather Kringle is jolly and fat.
He wears a green coat and a red feathered hat.
When Christmas is near you'll hear yodel-ee-ay
as he packs up his presents for Christmas day.

[Chorus]

Verse three:
There's a gift in his bundle for each girl and boy;
for he knows just exactly what toys they'll enjoy.
And it seems in their dreams they hear yodel-ee-ay
as he brings them their presents for Christmas day.

[Chorus]

Verse four:
When they wake in the morning they'll look all around,
and Grandfather Kringle is not to be found.
But high in the mountains there's yodel-ee-ay
of Grandfather Kringle on Christmas day.

[Chorus]
Yodel-ay-he, yodel-ay-he yodel-ay-he-ee-ay.