And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle;

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"

Clement Clarke Moore

LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE

Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay,