Rudolph first appeared in a children’s colouring book in 1939 which was published by Montgomery Ward, a Chicago-based department store, which handed out the free books to children each Christmas. The song then followed in 1949 🙂
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Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
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Had a very shiny nose
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And if you ever saw him,
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You would even say it glows!
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All of the other reindeer
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Used to laugh and call him names
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They never let poor Rudolph
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Play in any reindeer games.
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Then one foggy Christmas Eve
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Santa came to say
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“Rudolph with your nose so bright
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Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”
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Then all the reindeer loved him
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As they shouted out with glee,
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“Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
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You’ll go down in history!“