One Christmas Eve he won't forget
Old Santa nearly pitched a fit
When Rudolph came down with the flu
Well, he got weak and he turned blue
Reindeer cried and whinnied
On that rooftop in Virginee
And it looked like Santa Claus was really through
My dad climbed up the ladder
He said "Nick, that just don't matter
I've got some friends with poor eyesight
But they can guide your sleigh all right
Even if it's snowing
Just point them where you're going
I'll hook you up a passel here tonight"
Fly possum fly
Lift Ol' Santa to the sky
Get those bags of toys to everyone
Fly possum fly
Nature's clean-up crew on high
You got eight more hours to git it done
With curly tails and pointed snouts
Fifty teeth in little mouths
They flew on from hill to dale
Delivering their special mail
Jacks and Jills and Joeys
Spurred by Santa's ho-ho-ho'ing
With true blue possum hearts
They could not fail
Fly possum fly
Lift Ol' Santa to the sky
Get those bags of toys to everyone
Fly possum fly
Nature's clean-up crew on high
You got six more hours to git it done
From Illinois to Tennessee
From Muscle Shoals to Abilene
They flew all night on stardust tracks
With babies on their mother's backs
So now you know the skinny
That right here in Virginee
We saved Christmas eve
And that's a fact
Fly possum fly
Lift Ol' Santa to the sky
Get those bags of toys to everyone
Fly possum fly
Nature's clean-up crew on high
You got four more hours to git it done
Fly possum fly
Lift Ol' Santa to the sky
Get those bags of toys to everyone
Fly possum fly
Nature's clean-up crew on high
You got two more hours to git it done
Oh, you got two more hours to git it done