Popular edition of this famous Christmas Song, 1942.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Copyright ©6 May 1942.
Probably the First Edition of this song after HOLIDAY INN. Publisher is 799 Seventh Avenue, same as HOLIDAY INN movie sheets. Later issued in Green.
The sheet music:
The sheet music published by Irving Berlin, Inc. at their last official company address: 29 West 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10035 before becoming part of Hal Leonard Publishing Corp.:
Lyrics:
VERSE
The sun is shining,
The grass is green,
The orange and palm trees sway.
There’s never been such a day
In Beverly Hills, L.A.
But it’s December the twenty-fourth,
And I am longing to be up north.
CHORUS
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know,
Where the treetops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With ev’ry Christmas card I write;
“May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.”
REPEAT CHORUS