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The Night Before Christmas
This is a transcription of Clellan Card's
1938 parody of the famous poem, "The Night Before Christmas."
It's likely that this was the first time that Clellan performed
it publicly, and his recitation of it became an annual tradition
that lasted until his death in April 1966. Note that in this
transcript, the verse at the bottom of the left column and the
verse at the top of the right column have been mistakenly transposed.
A transcription disc of this first performance
was recorded but apparently has been lost; fortunately, WCCO-TV
issued another rendition on a Christmas
Record in 1964. The two versions, recorded 26 years apart,
are similar but they do differ somewhat.
To read them both, click here.
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