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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
Performer
MGM Studio Orchestra
MGM Studio Orchestra
Performer
MGM Studio Chorus
MGM Studio Chorus
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Albert Hague
Albert Hague
Songwriter
Eugene Poddany
Eugene Poddany
Songwriter
Theodor Seuss Geisel
Theodor Seuss Geisel
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Theodor Seuss Geisel
Theodor Seuss Geisel
Producer

Lyrics

Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot
But the Grinch who lived just North of Whoville did not
The Grinch hated Christmas, the whole Christmas season
Now, please don't ask why, no one quite knows the reason
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight
It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small
But, whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes
He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos
Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown
At the warm lighted windows below in their town
For he knew every Who down in Whoville beneath
Was busy now hanging a hollywho wreath
"And they're hanging their stockings" he snarled with a sneer
"Tomorrow is Christmas. It's practically here"
Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming
I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming
Tomorrow, I know all those Who girls and boys
Will wake bright and early, they'll rush for their toys
And then, oh, the noise! Oh, the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!
There's one thing I hate! All that noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!
And they'll shriek squeaks and squeals racing round on their wheels
They'll dance with Jing-tingles tied onto their heels
They'll blow their Flew-floobers
They'll bang their Tah-thinkers
They'll blow their Who-hoobers
They'll bang their Gah-ginkers
Beat their Trum-tookers
They'll slam their Sloo-slonkers
They'll beat their Blum-blookers
They'll wham their Who-Wonkers
And they'll play noisy games like Zoo Zitta Ka Zay
A roller-skate type of lacrosse and croquet
And then they'll make earsplitting noises deluxe
On their great big Electro Who-Cardio Shluxe
Then the Whos, young and old, will sit down to a feast
And they'll feast, and they'll feast, and they'll feast, feast, feast, feast
They'll feast on Who-pudding, rare Who-roast-beast
Oh, roast beast is a feast I can't stand in the least
And then they'll do something I hate most of all
Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small
Will stand close together with Christmas bells ringing
They'll stand hand in hand, and those Whos will start singing
Written by: Albert Hague, Eugene Poddany, Theodor Seuss Geisel
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