# Sing "Frosty the Snowman" to yourself. What's the last line?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 12, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867 "2012-12-12T22:24:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/21 "2012-12-13T08:29:15Z")

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> [@VOW](#):
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> After the “Thumpity Thump Thump” verse, it’s:
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> 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.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/22 "2012-12-13T13:41:21Z")

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“Had a very shiny nose.”

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/23 "2012-12-13T13:52:27Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/24 "2012-12-13T14:01:52Z")

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Inspired by the evil snowman movie [Jack Frost](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Frost_(1996_film)) (not to be confused with [the comedy by the same name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Frost_(1998_film))):

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!”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/25 "2012-12-13T15:02:18Z")

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_And two eyes made out of souls_  
ETA:

[spoiler]Posted in 2001:

> [@Odd Things You've Heard Little Kids Say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-heard-little-kids-say/64771/14):
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> My three year old nephew insists that Frosty the Snowman has “two eyes made out of souls.” It’s kinda creepy, actually.

[/spoiler]

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**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/26 "2012-12-13T15:16:07Z")

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Another really close poll. :rolleyes:

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/27 "2012-12-13T15:21:36Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/28 "2012-12-13T17:32:21Z")

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Over the hills of snow.

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/29 "2012-12-13T17:35:33Z")

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Enough of the Disney version - [here is the best version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efUoP8_t7Xs), if you aren’t going to use the one from the show.

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/30 "2012-12-13T18:36:57Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/31 "2012-12-13T19:10:01Z")

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**Sigmagirl** is right.

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/32 "2012-12-13T20:42:51Z")

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

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/33 "2012-12-13T20:52:05Z")

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> [@PSXer](#):
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> 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.

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/34 "2012-12-13T21:06:34Z")

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

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/35 "2012-12-14T00:39:03Z")

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> [@PSXer](#):
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> Frosty only says on Christmas Day at the end of the cartoon but the song is just again someday

This is what I remember

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/36 "2012-12-14T15:01:57Z")

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_Heinrich the Schleimann  
Was a jolly German soul  
With a Meerschaum pipe and a button nose  
And two eyes as dark as coal…_

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/37 "2012-12-14T15:39:30Z")

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> [@74westy](#):
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> 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-christmas-songs-you-thought-were-public-domain-but-arent/](http://www.rightsworkshop.com/10-christmas-songs-you-thought-were-public-domain-but-arent/)

> **[Frosty The Snowman Lyrics](http://www.christmas-lyrics.org/frosty-the-snowman-lyrics-song.html)**
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> Free Frosty The Snowman Lyrics - song written by Steve

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/38 "2012-12-14T22:41:11Z")

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> [@74westy](#):
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> 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.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-frosty-the-snowman-to-yourself-whats-the-last-line/643867/39 "2012-12-15T02:26:54Z")

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> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> 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:
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> _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._
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> So yeah, those don’t ring a bell, but my family might like them better.

> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> _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!

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