Grinch Song Lyrics by Boris Karloff, MGM Studio Orchestra, and Thurl Ravenscroft
You’re a mean one, Mr. GrinchYou really are a heelYou’re as cuddly as a cactusYou’re as charming as an eel, Mr. GrinchYou’re a bad bananaWith a greasy black peel
You’re a monster, Mr. GrinchYour heart’s an empty holeYour brain is full of spidersYou’ve got garlic in your soul, Mr. GrinchI wouldn’t touch youWith a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole
“All I need is a reindeer” The Grinch looked aroundBut, since reindeer are scarce, there was none to be foundDid that stop the old Grinch? No! The Grinch simply said“If I can’t find a reindeer, I’ll make one instead!”
So he called his dog, Max, then he took some red threadAnd he tied a big horn on the top of his head
Then he loaded some bags and some old empty sacksOn a ramshackle sleigh and he whistled for Max
Then the Grinch said, “Giddap!”And the sleigh started downToward the homes where the Whos Lay asnooze in their town
All their windows were dark, no one knew he was thereAll the Whos were all dreaming sweet dreams without careWhen he came to the first little house on the square
“This is stop number one, ” the old Grinchy Claus hissedAnd he climbed to the roof, empty bags in his fist
Then he slid down the chimney, a rather tight pinchBut, if Santa could do it, then so could the GrinchHe got stuck only once, for a minute or twoThen he stuck his head out of the fireplace flueWhere the little Who stockings hung all in a row
“These stockings, ” he grinned, “are the first things to go!”Then he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasantAround the whole room, and he took every present!Pop guns! Pampoolers, pantoockers and drums!Checkerboards! Bizzlebings, popcorn and plums!And he stuffed them in bags, then the Grinch, very nimblyStuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimney!