day 09. "Walking In A Winter Wonderland" - Dean Martin
This song will forever be etched into my brain. Why? Because when I was a young'un, and Christmas time came around, my dad would sing this song.
Except he would change the lyrics.
Long story short: he would skip all the lyrics and in place of the line, "walking in a winter wonderland," would sing, "walking 'round in women's underwear." Classy, I know. I will vouch for him and say that in all the years I lived at home, he never once, to my knowledge, followed through with that lyric line he would smirkily sing. For that, I am eternally grateful. So, in conclusion, every year, when our family gets together for the season, this song comes up at some point and we naturally hee-haw.
—Ian
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight.
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married? We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job when you're in town.
Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kids knock him down.
When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play,
the Eskimo way,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
