Santa Claus is Coming to Town (song)

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (sometimes with Coming changed to Comin') is a Christmas song. It was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. It became an instant hit with orders for 100,000 copies of sheet music the next day and more than 400,000 copies sold by Christmas. The song is often used to tell children that Santa knows when they've been bad or good and that they should be good[citation needed].

Lyrics

 * You better watch out, you better not cry
 * Better not pout; I'm telling you why
 * Santa Claus is coming to town


 * He's making a list and checking it twice
 * Gonna find out who's naughty or nice
 * Santa Claus is coming to town


 * He sees you when you're sleeping
 * He knows when you're awake
 * He knows that you've been bad or good
 * So be good for goodness sake


 * You better watch out, you better not cry
 * Better not pout; I'm telling you why
 * Santa Claus is coming to town