Recorded for The New CD at Listen Studios (La Grande, OR) with Anna Snook (Fiddle), Matt Snook (banjo & dobro), Sharon Porter (stand-up bass).

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[4/4, brightly]

SANTA'S FALLEN AND HE CAN'T GET UP
–J. Wrabek

1.
Heard the hoofs on the roof,
Then the crash on the stoop,
Silhouette dressed in red on the ground;
Was just a matter of time,
He was way too old to drive,
Much less lug them heavy sacks of toys around.

CHORUS:
Santa's fallen and he can't get up,
I think he's really messed it up;
We sent the children off to bed,
Shouldn't hear the things he said;
Presents scattered here and there,
Reindeer floundering in the air;
Merry Christmas, 9-1-1,
Santa's fallen and he can't get up.

2.
Dumb old elf should've knowed
Roof gets icy when it's cold,
Don't know why he never tries to use the door;
Someone better call the wife
To finish off his rounds tonight,
I don't think her guy's gonna fly any more.

CHORUS:
Santa's fallen and he can't get up,
I think he's really messed it up;
We sent the children off to bed,
Shouldn't hear the things he said;
Presents scattered here and there,
Reindeer floundering in the air;
Merry Christmas, 9-1-1,
Santa's fallen and he can't get up.

3.
Grab some toys from the sleigh,
He'd have wanted it that way,
It's not like he could bring ‘em in himself;
And sing a carol or two
While we wonder what to do
With eight reindeer and the cookies and the milk.

CHORUS:
Santa's fallen and he can't get up,
I think he's really messed it up;
We sent the children off to bed,
Shouldn't hear the things he said;
Presents scattered here and there,
Reindeer floundering in the air;
Merry Christmas, 9-1-1,
Santa's fallen and he can't get up.

4.
Tell the kids never fear,
He'll be back another year,
A broken hip just can't keep a good elf down;
We'll have a hole in the lawn
To remind us when he's gone
Of the night Santa Claus dropped in town.

CHORUS:
Santa's fallen and he can't get up,
I think he's really messed it up;
We sent the children off to bed,
Shouldn't hear the things he said;
Presents scattered here and there,
Reindeer floundering in the air;
Merry Christmas, 9-1-1,
Santa's fallen and he can't get up.

REPEAT LAST 2 LINES OF CHORUS & END

(c) 2005 J. Wrabek dba Outside Services Ltd. All the usual rights reserved just in case. No reindeer or elves were harmed in the writing of this song–at least, not intentionally.