Chords for Alf Prøysen - Musevisa

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_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ When the nights are long and the cold is setting [Gm] in,
the old man says [F] to his young [C] wife,
[F] that the girl is going to the fair, but take care of her,
[Gm]
everyone [C] is going to [F] celebrate Christmas soon.
[Bb] _
Hey, [C] Santa, ho, [F] ho, [D] Santa Claus,
[C] on Christmas Eve [F] everyone is going _ _ to_
Yes, the old woman is busy,
and has a piece of coal, [Gm] and black [C] roof and walls,
[F] _ _ [C] _ [F] and the children celebrate the young in the dark,
and [Gm] sleep until the bell [F] rings.
_ _ _ [Bb] Hey, [C] Santa, ho, [F] ho, Santa Claus,
[D] on _ [Gm] [Eb] Christmas Eve [F] everyone is going to be happy.
_ And the cold night that everyone is waiting for,
[Gm] and the [C] mouse-father [F] pulls out a piece [C] of the cloth,
_ [F] and then they fill it with twigs and small sticks,
and [Gm] everyone fills [C] their place in [F] the old man's house.
_ _ [Bb] Hey, [C] Santa, ho, [F] ho, Santa Claus,
[Gb] on [Gm] Christmas [C] Eve [F] everyone is going to be happy.
And the mouse-father says, now we're going to dance,
[Gm] let the ball stand in the [F] middle, and we lie around [C] like this.
[F] We give each other a hat that we can play in,
and [Gm] one, and two, and three, and [F] then we begin.
_ [Bb] Hey, [C] Santa, ho, [F] ho, Santa [D] Claus,
[Gm] on Christmas [Cm] Eve [F] everyone is going to be happy.
_ And the Christmas dinner is a little bit of nuts,
[Gm] and then a piece of [F] paper that [C] looks like a sheep.
[F] And the mouse-mother has put up a white piece of paper,
[Gm] and [C] everyone can [F] then put it on.
[Bb] Hey, [C] Santa, ho, [F] ho, Santa Claus,
[D] _ [Gm] on Christmas [C] Eve [F] everyone is going to be happy.
And the mouse-mother has also come [G] in,
now she [C] sits and puts [F] herself in the corner.
[C] _ _ [F] There's a real young man there,
as everyone knows [Gm] when she sits [C] there and sings [F] a big song.
_ [Bb] Hey, [C] Santa, ho, [F] ho, Santa Claus,
[D] on _ [Gm] Christmas [C] Eve [F] everyone is going to be happy.
So they jump, and dance, and play for a while,
[Gm] the mouse [C]-father says, [F] it's best [C] we take a nap.
[F] And the kids lie down while dad keeps watch,
[Gm] while the sleepy ones play [F] in the hop-and-tap.
[Bb] Hey, [C] Santa, ho, [F] ho, Santa Claus,
[D] on [G] Christmas [C] Eve [F] everyone is going to be happy.
_ And the mouse-mother has a guest who flies around like a kite,
[G] it's fun [C] to sit with [F] Santa Claus, because he's so [C] small.
[F] And if no one goes to the cell, but takes care of it,
[Gm] _
everyone will [F] celebrate Christmas again in a year.
[Gm] Hey, Santa, ho, [F] ho, Santa [D] Claus,
[Gm] on Christmas [C] Eve [F] everyone is going to be happy.
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