Up On The Housetop

Words & Music:

B. R. (Benjamin Russell) Hanby

 

This mid-19th century Christmas tune is sometimes called "Up On The Rooftop" and is a product of its time.

 

D

Up on the housetop, reindeer pause,

G         D        A

Out jumps good ol' Santa Claus.

D

Down through the chimney with lots of toys,

G           D            A7        D

All for the little ones, Christmas joys!

 

CHORUS:

G            D

Ho, Ho, Ho!  Who wouldn't go?

A7           D

Ho, Ho, Ho!  Who wouldn't go?

D                   G

Up on the housetop, click, click, click!

D                             A7         D

Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick.

 

First comes the stocking of little Nell.

O, dear Santa, fill it well!

Give her a dolly that laughs and cries.

One that will open and shut her eyes.

 

CHORUS:

 

Next comes the stocking of little Bill.

Oh, just see what a glorious fill!

Here is a hammer and lots of tacks.

Also, a ball and a whip that cracks.

 

CHORUS:

 



The provenance of the attached easy arrangement of this is unknown.  It is part of a collection that people gave me over the years.  Please inform me if correctly attribute it.




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