Lyrics Well, Of Course!' Young Jethro Thought... - Bing Crosby

Well, of course young Jethro thought that it was just a wonderful story
He just about to tell one of his own
He looked up and they were all gone
All he can see in the Moonlight was big tall tree that looked like Paul Bunyan
Smaller tree just look like Johnny Appleseed
And real strong looking tree with icicles on it's branches that looked like Dan'l Boone

Next thing it was Christmas morning and Young Jethro woke up
To find himself lying on his bed in the loft to the cabin
He couldn't remember how he got there
He felt his arms to see he still had on the buck skin jacket
Mh-mh, instead he felt the flannel nightgown that he always wore
Tried not to feel disappointed and then he climbed down the batch pole ladder
And there by the fire place was a little Christmas tree
And some shiny doo daa sparkling on it
And underneath the tree, there were three presents
All wrapped up in tinsley paper

"Merry Christmas son", his ma' and pa' said to him
"Merry Christmas to you", he said
"Ha-ha, you sure were sleeping sound when we finally
Got through that snow last night," his pa' said

Well, Jethro kept staring at those three presents under the tree
"Hey, how'd you like to open your presents?", his father said
The first was a long green package, he opened it very slowly
He coud feel a handle and he tore the paper away
It was an axe! It had hay grey handle and the blade was gleaming

The second was a small package in blue, felt like a ball
But when he tore the paper away he found an apple
And this was rosey red
The third package was wrapped in red
He tore the package open, and there it was, a buck skin jacket
Buck skin jacket with fringes on it too

Oh, young Jethro could hardly speak
He went to the window and he sneaked to look outside
The field was still there, and the trees still in need of chopping
"I was gonna give you a surprise", he said
"I was gonna clear away the whole field, but your axe was too heavy"
His father smiled at him and he said
"Ha-ha-ha, maybe we can do it together now, shouldn't take us too long with that axe you got"
Well, young Jethro aloud that he wouldn't
"Then we'll have a fair sized garden patch," he said
"And some space for an apple tree!"
"Some day soon!" his father said