Oh! You better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I'm telling you why: (why)
Santa Claus is coming to town!

He's making a list,
He's checking it twice,
Gonna find out who's naughty or nice
Santa Claus is coming to town!

He sees you when you're sleeping,
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good,
So be good for goodness sake!

You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town

Little tin horns, little toy drums
Rudy-toot-toot and rummy tum tums
Santa Claus is coming to town

Little curly head dolls that cuddle and coo,
Elephants, boats and Kiddie cars too
Santa Claus is coming to town

All the kids in Girl and boy land
Will have a jubilee
They're gonna build a toy land town
Around that Christmas tree

So You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town