"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" is a Christmas song created in 1922 from the original instrumental piece Parade of the Tin Soldiers, with English lyrics by Ballard MacDonald.
This song is featured in various Disney music media, including Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs.
Lyrics[]
The toy shop door is locked up tight
And everything is quiet for the night
When suddenly the clock strikes 12
The fun's begun
The dolls are in their best arrayed
There's going to be a wonderful parade
Hark to the drum
Oh! Here they come
Cries everyone
Hear them all cheering
Now they are nearing
There's the captain stiff as starch
Bayonets flashing
Music is crashing
As the wooden soldiers march
Sabers are clinking
Soldiers are winking
At each little pretty maid
Here they come! Here they come!
Here they come! Here they come!
Wooden soldiers on parade
Daylight is creeping
Dollies are sleeping
In the toy shop window fast
Soldiers so jolly
Think of each dolly
Dreaming of the night that's past
When in the morning
Without a warning
Toyman pulls the window shade
There's no sign the wood brigade
Was ever out upon parade