Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
Randy Brooks, 1978· Novelty / Silly / Funny Songs · p.437
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Grandma got run over by a reindeer, walking home from our house Christmas Eve
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You can say there’s no such thing as Santa but as for me and grandpa we believe
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She'd been drinking too much eggnog and we begged her not to go
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but she forgot her medication and she staggered out the door into the snow
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When we found her Christmas morning at the scene of the attack
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she had hoof prints on her forehead and incriminating Claus marks on her back
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Now were all so proud of grandpa; he's been taking this so well
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see him in there watching football drinking beer & playing cards with cousin Mel
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It's not Christmas without grandma; all the family’s dressed in black
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and we just can’t help but wonder should we open up her gifts or send them back! (Chorus)
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Now the goose is on the table and the pudding made of fig
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and the blue & silver candles that would just have matched the hair in grandma’s wig
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I've warned all my friends and neighbors, better watch out for yourselves
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they should never give a license to a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves!
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