Cindy Parker, Dec 17, 2019
sing along
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Here are the words that are sung for this version. [This is given as Example #1 in this pancocojams post]'
You know Dasher, and Dancer,
And Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid
Donner and Blitzen
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all?
Had a very shiny nose (Like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it (Saw it)
All of the other reindeer (Like Blitzen)
Use to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio)
They wouldn't let poor Rudolph (Rudolph)
Join in any reindeer games (like monopoly)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say [Ho Ho Ho!]
Rudolph, with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him (loved him)
And they shouted out with glee (Yipee!)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer)
You'll go down in History (like George Washington)
Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest Revision: December 16, 2021
This pancocojams post presents some additional examples* of the Christmas song "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" that are sung with extra lyrics.
The Addendum of this pancocojams post presents a link to a survey of extra lyrics for "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer". Selected text from that survey is also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural and entertainment purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Johnny Marks for writing the song 'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" in 1949. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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*Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/12/documenting-when-people-sung-extra.html for the 2017 pancocojams post entitled "Singing Extra Lyrics For "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer".
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Example #2
From https://1063nowfm.com/do-you-remember-the-extra-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-lyrics/ Do You Remember the Extra 'Rudolph' Song Lyrics? 0 106.3 by Ben Kuhns, November 20, 2012
..."I remembered that when I was in elementary school, in the panhandle of Nebraska, we'd sing a version that included some extra lyrics. It was like little commentary echos of the main lyrics. I was trying to remember these lyrics and my daughter thought I was being funny. It blew her mind that no, I wasn't making it up and I learned it in school.
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I remember being so excited for that play. I had new boots and dressed up in my finest polo shirt with a fancy ring of paper around my head with sticks stapled to it (so I looked like a reindeer). We practiced for something between one day and five weeks, I don't really remember.
What I do remember is shouting out "Like the toothpaste!" Because there was a toothpaste brand in the olden days of the early '80s called Gleem. And that was somehow a funny joke, I guess.
And "Like a lightbulb" in reference to Rudy's nose. I have found some variation among people that remember singing the song this way when it comes to how Roudoulph will go down in history. Some folks recall shouting "George Washington!" or "Like Columbus!" But I am 90% sure we sang "Like Nixon!" This was 1982, so maybe that was a funnier reference for the time?
Those lyrics are so engrained into my mind that I can't not shout them out with glee every time I hear the song. Much to the chagrin of my Christmas music-loving daughter.
Here are the lyrics I remember:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Had a very shiny nose (like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it, You would even say it glowed (like a flashlight)
All of the other reindeer, Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph, Join in any reindeer games (like Monopoly)
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, And they shouted out with glee (Like the toothpaste)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, You'll go down in history (like Nixon)"
Example #3
From https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=635774&page=2
Old 12-22-2011, 09:22 AM
irishgirl
Location: Belfast, Ireland.
"Glows (like a Glow-worm)
Reindeer (like Blitzen)
Names (like Pinocchio)
Games (like Monopoly)
History (like Napoleon)
I think The GW/Columbus versions didn't make it across the Atlantic."
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"GW" = George Washington
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Example #4
From https://www.flashlyrics.com/lyrics/hi5/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-93
Rudolph x5 the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer)
had a very shiny nose (like a lollipop)
And if you ever saw him, (saw him)
you would even say it glows. (like a light bulb)
All of the other reindeer's (reindeer's)
used to laugh and call him names. (like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph (Rudolph)
join in any reindeer games. (like monopoly)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
whttps://acedino.medium.com/regional-variation-in-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-aac34da4a022on't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then all the reindeer's loved him (loved him)
as they shouted out with glee, (yippee)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
you'll go down in history!
Example #5
1. Spirit Dragon, December 16, 2015; https://thirdhour.org/forums/topic/58478-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-add-on-lyrics/
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer (sometimes echoed reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose (Sometimes like a light bulb follows
here or line 4 or both) (also heard flashlight)
and if you ever saw it (echo saw it)
you would even say it glows (see line 2)
All of the other reindeer (echo)
used to laugh and call him names (most commonly pinocchio
for some reason, but I`ve heard others)
they never let poor Rudolph (echo)
Join in any Reindeer games (most commonly Monopoly, I`ve
also heard parcheesy and poker)
Then one foggy Christmas eve
Santa came to say (Ho Ho Ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright
won`t you guide my sleigh tonight
Then all the reindeer loved him
and they shouted out with glee (Yippie)
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
you`ll go down in history (like Washington, Columbus and
most recently Charlie Brown - I`d never heard that one before this year that I
can remember)
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2. theSQUIDSTER, December 16, 2015
Traditions in this vein from the Squidster family have evolved... Typically now the verse addons tend to be mostly random nonsequiturslike a cumquat, like cho Momma, like a moose muppet... and occasionally addons will accidentally turn out to be something off-center but somewhat clever.. you would even say it glows (like Chernobyl), you'll go down in history (like Anonymous) .
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3. NeuroTypical, December 16, 2015
On 12/16/2015 at 7:47 AM, Vort said:
Where as we prefer to sing "like a light bulb"
after every verse.
In my house, Daddy sings "like a light bulb" after every verse, and the family gets more and more upset until violence erupts. No really - I'm the victim here. Pillows have sharp corners.
Example #6
From https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5he38e/what_extra_lyrics_did_you_add_to_the_christmas/, posted by
This is how my buddies and I sing it:
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
You would even say it glows
(like a lightbulb)
All of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names
(like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolf)
Join in any reindeer games
(like hopscotch)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
(Ho! Ho! Ho!)
"Rudolph, with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him
(loved him)
As they shouted out with glee
(Yipee!)
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(reindeer)
You'll go down in history"
(like Columbus)
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Example #7
From http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer(With_Kids_Additons).htm "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (With Kid's Additons) United Kingdom
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose
(like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it
(saw it)
You would even say it glowed (like a stop light)
All of the other reindeer
(reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph
(Rudolph)
Join in any reindeer games (like Monopoly)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say (Ho, ho, ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight
Then how the reindeer loved him (loved him)
And they shouted out with glee (ha, ha, ha)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer)
You'll go down in history...(like George Washington)
EW
Apr98
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Example #8: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Silly Choral Version)- Mrs. Heuss’ 4th Grade Choir, December 2021
Mrs Kirt - Dec. 14, 2021
Mrs. Kirt’s Music Class- Mancelona Elementary School (Mancelona, Michigan, USA)
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Here's my transcription of that version:
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose (like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it (saw it)
You would even say it glowed (like a light bulb)
All of the other reindeer (reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph (Rudolph)
Join in any reindeer games (like Monopoly)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say (in his underwear)
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight
Then how the reindeer loved him (loved him)
And they shouted out with glee (Yipee!)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer)
You'll go down in history...(like George Washington)
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Notice that the children wear face mask to protect against Covid-19.
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ADDENDUM - ONLINE SURVEY ABOUT ADDITIONS TO "RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
..."This research was conducted via a Google Forms survey. I divided the added lyrics into two categories: repetitive and innovative. Repetitive lyrics largely repeat the last word or two of the preceding line (example: “all of the other reindeer (REINDEER)”. Innovative lyrics add something entirely new, which cannot be predicted from the preceding line (example: “as they shouted out with glee (YIPPEE)”. At the end of the survey I asked three demographic questions: decade when the respondent first learned the song, and the respondent’s home state and city (stressed as optional). All data was collected anonymously and all survey questions were optional.
The survey received 485 responses. Broken down by country:
· US: 374
· Canada: 34
· British Isles: 42
· Australia and New Zealand:
Other/no location: 14 (not included)
Because of the way the survey was structured and distributed, the majority of the respondents
were American. As such, there is little regional variation discernible outside of the US, although each country had its own general trend. Even within the US, trends usually can only be described broadly.
I found basically no variation within the repetitive lyrics: people either followed the song or said nothing at all.
All of the following results are therefore focused on the far more creative innovative lyrics.
[...]
Responses
[...]
...like a flashlight
...radiation
...like a lamppost
...like a lightning bolt
...like a lightning bug
...like a light globe
...like a traffic light"...
[...]
Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say (…)
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This is perhaps the most visible trend in the US I found. While “in his underwear” is concentrated in the Northeast, “hohoho” takes precedence across the rest of the country.
[...]
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer), you’ll go down in history (…)
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Another fairly perceivable trend in the US. “Columbus” seems more common in the West, while “George Washington” is most common everywhere else.
(Due to the wide variety of results outside of America, it was simplest to summarize them in a table with a slightly different format.)"...
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There were LOTS of add-ons for "you'll go down in history". Among those examples (given with states and/or nations) are:
like George Washington
like Columbus
like Attila the Hun
like Kennedy
like Mickey Mouse
like Napoleon
like Lincoln
like Thomas Jefferson
like Elvis"...
Read other examples in that linked article.
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