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thumb|right|252px|Song "Frosty the Snowman" is a song that inspired the Rankin/Bass Christmas special of the same name.

The music and lyrics were written by Steve "Jak" Rollins and Steve Nelson and recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. Like "Jingle Bells" and several other songs abos written after Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and the single sold two million copies.

When Nelson and Rollins saw what succesto write their own silly but catchy song doing variations on an icon of Christmas. It took them months to decide on a living snowman as their subject, but they still had it ready in time for a 1950 release. Autry, delighted with the opportunity to ride his own recording's coat-tails back to the top of the charts, recorded it, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Frosty has been a great favorite with children since the very beginning. The song gained enormous popularity after it hit the market and seemed a fit sequel for "Rudolph", a Christmas song that had been recorded a few years earlier and had proved to be a huge hit. Frosty was not only a cute children's poem, it also had a feel-good spirit that makes for a holiday favorite.

In The Rudolph, Frosty and Friends Sing Along VHS, the sing-along version has a snowflake as the "bouncing ball" in the song, while the Christmas Classics Sing Along DVD has the "bouncing ball" shaped to look like Frosty's hat.

Lyrics

Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul,

With a corncob pipe and a button nose

And two eyes made out of coal.

Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale, they say,

He was made of snow but the children

Know how he came to life one day.

There must have been some magic in that

Old silk hat they found.

For when they placed it on his head

He began to dance around.

O, Frosty the snowman

Was alive as he could be,

And the children say he could laugh

And play just the same as you and me.

Frosty the snowman knew

The sun was hot that day,

So he said, "Let's run and

We'll have some fun

Now before I melt away."

Down to the village,

With a broomstick in his hand,

Running here and there all

Around the square saying,

Catch me if you can.

He led them down the streets of town

Right to the traffic cop.

And he only paused a moment when

He heard him holler "Stop!"

For Frosty the snowman

Had to hurry on his way,

But he waved goodbye saying,

"Don't you cry,

I'll be back again some day."

Thumpety thump thump,

Look at Frosty go.

Thumpety thump thump,

Over the hills of snow.

Variations

Most versions of the song do not include the "thumpety thump thump" part at the end.
Some versions, such as the one featured in the Rankin/Bass special, change the line "I'll be back again some day" to "I'll be back on Christmas Day."

Album releases

Album	Year	Notes
Christmas with the Chipmunks	1961
Christmas with the Brady Bunch	1970
Raffi's Christmas Album	1983
We Wish You a Merry Christmas	1993
A Flintstones Motown Christmas	1996	Performed by The Jackson 5.
Nick at Nite: A Classic Cartoon Christmas	1996
Rudolph, Frosty and Friends' Favorite Christmas Songs	1996
Disney's Family Christmas Collection	2003
Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas	2009
Phineas and Ferb Holiday Favorites	2010	Recorded as "Perry Saves Christmas", sung by Major Monogram.
Chipmunks Christmas	2012

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 "'''Frosty the Snowman'''" is a song that inspired the [[Rankin/Bass]] [[Frosty the Snowman|Christmas special of the same name]].
-The music and lyrics were written by Steve "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson and recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. Like "[[Jingle Bells]]" and several other songs about winter, "Frosty the Snowman" is considered to be a Christmas song, despite not mentioning Christmas at all. It was written after Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and the single sold two million copies.
+The music and lyrics were written by Steve "Jak" Rollins and Steve Nelson and recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. Like "[[Jingle Bells]]" and several other songs abos written after Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and the single sold two million copies.
-When Nelson and Rollins saw what success Autry was having in 1949 singing Rudolph's song, they decided to write their own silly but catchy song doing variations on an icon of Christmas. It took them months to decide on a living snowman as their subject, but they still had it ready in time for a 1950 release. Autry, delighted with the opportunity to ride his own recording's coat-tails back to the top of the charts, recorded it, and the rest, as they say, is history.
+When Nelson and Rollins saw what succesto write their own silly but catchy song doing variations on an icon of Christmas. It took them months to decide on a living snowman as their subject, but they still had it ready in time for a 1950 release. Autry, delighted with the opportunity to ride his own recording's coat-tails back to the top of the charts, recorded it, and the rest, as they say, is history.
 Frosty has been a great favorite with children since the very beginning. The song gained enormous popularity after it hit the market and seemed a fit sequel for "Rudolph", a Christmas song that had been recorded a few years earlier and had proved to be a huge hit. Frosty was not only a cute children's poem, it also had a feel-good spirit that makes for a holiday favorite.