b and i were singing "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" in the car the other day. unbeknownst to either of us, people sing DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS SONG. i had no idea.

so, i'm taking a survey! how did you fill in the parentheses when you sang this as a kid?

rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer!)
had a very shiny nose (like a lightbulb!)
and if you ever saw it (saw it!)
you would even say it glows (like a lightbulb!)

all of the other reindeer (reindeer!)
used to laugh and call him names (like dumbo!)
they never let poor rudolph (rudolph!)
join in any reindeer games (like football!)

then one foggy christmas eve
santa came to say (ho ho ho!)
"rudolph, with your nose so bright,
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

then all the reindeer loved him (loved him!)
as they shouted out with glee (yippee!)
rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer!)
you'll go down in history (like the indians*!)


*that would be the cleveland indians, lest anyone get all politically correct on me.