It’s beginning to look like Christmas    (video) (midi)

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1. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, ev'rywhere you go,

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take a look in the five and ten, glistening once again

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with candy canes and silver lanes aglow.

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, toys in ev'ry store,

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but the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be

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on your own front door.

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A pair of hop along boots, and a pistol that shoots,

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is the wish of Barney and Ben,

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dolls that will talk and will go for a walk,

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is the hope of Janice and Jen.

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And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again.

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2. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, ev'rywhere you go,

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there's a tree In the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well,

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the sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow.

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, soon the bells will start,

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and the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing

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right within your heart.

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A pair of hop along boots, and a pistol that shoots,

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is the wish of Barney and Ben,

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dolls that will talk and will go for a walk,

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is the hope of Janice and Jen.

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And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again.

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Ha ha ha....

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3. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, soon the bells will start,

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and the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing

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right within your heart.

(Perry Como)