Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Lyrics
Artist: Elmo & Patsy
Written by: Randy Brooks
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe.
She'd been drinkin' too much egg nog,
And we'd begged her not to go.
But she'd left her medication,
So she stumbled out the door into the snow.
When they found her Christmas mornin',
At the scene of the attack.
There were hoof prints on her forehead,
And incriminatin' Claus marks on her back.
Grandma got run over by a reindeer,
Walkin' home from our house Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe.
Now were all so proud of Grandpa,
He's been takin' this so well.
See him in there watchin' football,
Drinkin' beer and playin' cards with cousin Belle.
It's not Christmas without Grandma.
All the family's dressed in black.
And we just can't help but wonder:
Should we open up her gifts or send them back?
Grandma got run over by a reindeer,
Walkin' home from our house Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe.
Now the goose is on the table
And the pudding made of fig.
And a blue and silver candle,
That would just have matched the hair in Grandma's wig.
I've warned all my friends and neighbours.
Better watch out for yourselves."
They should never give a license,
To a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves.
Grandma got run over by a reindeer,
Walkin' home from our house, Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe.
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Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is a novelty Christmas song, and the eponymous animated movie.
Written by Randy Brooks, the song was originally performed by the husband and wife duo of Elmo and Patsy Shropshire in 1979. In the lyrics, the grandmother of the family gets drunk from drinking too much eggnog, and decides to return home to retrieve her forgotten medication. In the course of her walk, she is run over by Santa and killed (however, the video has her stagger alive at the end).
According to Brooks, he played the song while sitting in with Elmo & Patsy at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe in December 1978, and after the show they had him make a cassette of the song for them to learn. A year later, they were selling 45s of the song from the stage, and a friend took a copy to KSFO in San Francisco where disc jockey Gene Nelson became the first to play it on the air.
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- jeffwend jeffwend Dec 5, 2009 @ 10:31 am
- I forgot about this Christmas classic. I always loved this ston.
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- CreativeArtist CreativeArtist Nov 21, 2009 @ 12:03 pm
- Cool to see all the lyrics. Fun lens.
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Nov 14, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
- I love this song! We used to sing it to my grandma when I was growing up
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- Laniann Laniann Nov 8, 2009 @ 3:25 am
- Funny little video with a surprise ending. Sometimes you need to spice things up with a little eggnog in your coffee.
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