Christmas songs are cheerful, cute, and heartwarming. No wonder the songs are so popular with anyone who likes the Holiday season. Frosty the Snowman was written by Walter ‘Jack’ Rollins and Steve Nelson in 1950.
The song was recorded as a single by Gene Aunty and the Cass County Boys. Of course, more versions appeared over time, and we’ll discuss those in this post.
So, do you want the lyrics for this adorable Christmas song about a snowman? Why wait, then? Continue reading to know more about the song, and save a copy of the lyrics for free.
Written Lyrics
Frosty the snowman
Was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe
And a button nose and
Two eyes made out of coal
Frosty the snowman
Is a fairy tale they say
He was made of snow
But the children know
How he came to life one day
There must have been some magic
In that old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
He began to dance around
Frosty the snowman
Was alive as he could be
And the children say
He could laugh and play
Just the same as you and me
Frosty the snowman
Knew the sun was hot that day
So he said, “Let’s run
And we’ll have some fun
Now before I melt away”
Down to the village
With a broomstick in his hand
Running here and there
All around the square
Saying “Catch me if you can”
He led them down the streets of town
Right to the traffic cop
And he only paused a moment when
He heard him holler “Stop!”
Frosty the snowman
Had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye saying,
“Don’t you cry
I’ll be back again some day”
Thumpity, thump, thump
Thumpity, thump, thump
Look at Frosty go
Thumpity, thump, thump
Thumpity, thump, thump
Over the hills of snow
Printable Lyrics
Get the full lyrics of the Christmas rhyme as a printable PDF file. Download here.
Photo Lyrics
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Video Links
Watch a lovely animated video of Frosty the Snowman here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-_8f5KBAs
Origins and History
Frosty the Snowman song is the story of little kids building Frosty the snowman. The snowman then plays with the kids, and they have a great time until the sun appears. The heat from the sun threatens to melt the snowman. Frosty says goodbye to his little friends saying he’ll come back again someday.
Though the song has Christmas feel to it, it doesn’t mention the festival or its celebrations. The later versions, like the one from 1969, have been replaced someday with Christmas day.
Despite the different versions, Frosty the snowman belongs to Armonk, a town in New York. The townsfolk feel that Frosty belongs to them. They even have annual celebrations and parades to honor Frosty.
Apart from the half a dozen songs on Frosty, the song has been recreated as an animated short film and TV adaptation. The short film was produced in 1950 and is still aired on WGN-TV. It was a black & white movie, broadcasted on the 24th and 25th of December in 1955. The film was included in the yearly schedule and broadcast every year as a part of the Christmas shows for children.
Rankin/Bass Productions created a 25-minute TV show in 1969 with the same title and story. The animated version became so famous that it came out with three sequels to follow the original. These were a mix of Frosty and other Christmas shows/ songs to create a new TV show. Frosty Returns (1992) is another sequel to the original but is set in a different fictional universe.
Frosty the Snowman sure traveled to a lot of worlds through animation short films and TV shows.
FAQs
Middle Ages are credited with the invention of the snowman. People used to build snowmen to represent themselves and imbibe snowmen with magical properties.
Not always. During the Victorian Era, snowmen were built to represent people the community did not like. The folk then gathered around the snowman to hit it with snowballs.
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