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[Smapti]

I've always thought it was "On Christmas day", but listening to Christmas songs on the radio i've noticed most singers sing it as "again someday".

Which is it when you sing it to yourself?

[74westy]

Over the hills of snow.

[Inner Stickler]

Again someday.

[GrandWino]

I've always heard and sung it as "Some Day."

It's not technically a Christmas song, just a seasonal song.

[PSXer]

Frosty only says on Christmas Day at the end of the cartoon but the song is just again someday

[Frazzled]

Again Someday because spring comes and Frosty melts - but he'll be back when winter returns

[kath94]

Originally Posted by PSXer

Frosty only says on Christmas Day at the end of the cartoon but the song is just again someday

This was my thought, too.

[Kamino Neko]

'Two eyes made out of coal', since the rest of the song is just 'doo doo doo'. >_>

[Jack Batty]

The wheels fall of the bus for me after "a very merry soul."

[Biggirl]

I get to "two eyes made out of coal" and then there's a bunch of syllables until I hear there must have been some magic in the old silk hat they found that made him dance around when they placed it on his head. He dances around muttering until he comes "back again some daaaaaay!"

[Eliahna]

Back again someday.

And this is the version I hear in my head:
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&so...K1pU7nZAWrPe6g

[Qadgop the Mercotan]

"Some christmas day"

Yes, I've heard it like that.

[Maserschmidt]

Because I sing variants of "Frosty" around the house that are different from the original, neither rings a bell. My last lines are more like:

Frosty the Snowman,
Well he really had to go;
So he found a tree
And he had a pee,
But then all he made was snow.

So yeah, those don't ring a bell, but my family might like them better.

[twickster]

"He'll got down in history!"

[wedgehed]

Frosty the Snowman with PUPPIES!

[Bryan Ekers]

"Joker got away."

[HazelNutCoffee]

Originally Posted by 74westy

Over the hills of snow.

Yeah, in my head the last bit is:

Thumpity thump thump
Thumpity thump
Look at Frosty go
Thumpity thump thump
Thumpity thump
Over the hills of snow

[Rodgers01]

Originally Posted by HazelNutCoffee

Yeah, in my head the last bit is:

Thumpity thump thump
Thumpity thump
Look at Frosty go
Thumpity thump thump
Thumpity thump
Over the hills of snow

Likewise. Though for the verse the OP quotes, "again someday."

[VOW]

After the "Thumpity Thump Thump" verse, it's:

So he waved goodbye,
Saying "Don't you cry!
"I'll be back again someday!"


~VOW

[drastic_quench]

Originally Posted by VOW

After the "Thumpity Thump Thump" verse, it's:

So he waved goodbye,
Saying "Don't you cry!
"I'll be back again someday!"


~VOW

Does he pronounce the tilde?

[HazelNutCoffee]

Originally Posted by VOW

After the "Thumpity Thump Thump" verse, it's:

So he waved goodbye,
Saying "Don't you cry!
"I'll be back again someday!"


~VOW

Not the version I'm familiar with. The thumping comes at the very end.

[Jackmannii]

"Had a very shiny nose."

[TriPolar]

It's not Sunday? No wonder he didn't show up.

[Lumpy]

Inspired by the evil snowman movie Jack Frost (not to be confused with the comedy by the same name):

Frosty the Snowman
Filled our hearts with fear
But his greatest threat he saved for last:
"I'll be back again next year! HO! HO!"

[Johnny L.A.]

And two eyes made out of souls


ETA:

SPOILER:

Posted in 2001:

Originally Posted by Gravity

My three year old nephew insists that Frosty the Snowman has "two eyes made out of souls." It's kinda creepy, actually.

[Lanzy]

Another really close poll.

[Jophiel]

As a kid I thought it was "back again Sunday" which seemed oddly specific and almost sort of religious.

[Sigmagirl]

Over the hills of snow.

[Folacin]

Enough of the Disney version - here is the best version, if you aren't going to use the one from the show.

[simster]

Its all kazoo in my head after the "Frosty the Snowman" intro - that thing has actual words?

[Doug K.]

Sigmagirl is right.

[BwanaBob]

I put down Christmas Day out of instinct but now that I think of it, the other choice was the right one.

[That Don Guy]

Originally Posted by PSXer

Frosty only says on Christmas Day at the end of the cartoon but the song is just again someday

I remember one year, CBS censored the last line on the cartoon version. The only reason I can think of is, they didn't want kids to think the show would air again on 12/25.

[PSXer]

or it was part of the Liberal Media's scheme to destroy Christmas

[Fool in the Rain]

Originally Posted by PSXer

Frosty only says on Christmas Day at the end of the cartoon but the song is just again someday

This is what I remember

[CalMeacham]

Heinrich the Schleimann
Was a jolly German soul
With a Meerschaum pipe and a button nose
And two eyes as dark as coal....

[WhyNot]

Originally Posted by 74westy

Over the hills of snow.

This is the correct answer. This isn't an obscure folk song with multiple equally legitimate versions, it's a song still under license, written within our lifetimes.

http://www.rightsworkshop.com/10-chr...ain-but-arent/

http://www.christmas-lyrics.org/fros...rics-song.html

[Sternvogel]

Originally Posted by 74westy

Over the hills of snow.

My thought before I read the choices. Of the two options presented, however, definitely "again someday". I first remember singing the tune in school circa 1965.

[Maserschmidt]

Originally Posted by Maserschmidt

Because I sing variants of "Frosty" around the house that are different from the original, neither rings a bell. My last lines are more like:

Frosty the Snowman,
Well he really had to go;
So he found a tree
And he had a pee,
But then all he made was snow.

So yeah, those don't ring a bell, but my family might like them better.

Originally Posted by CalMeacham

Heinrich the Schleimann
Was a jolly German soul
With a Meerschaum pipe and a button nose
And two eyes as dark as coal....

See now my friend - THAT'S the spirit!