
Somehow, I always manage to pull this out every year around this time, and since the prompts for today included "snowman," I figured this was a good time to use it. Okay, Suzy is a snow flake, not a snow man, but the song mentions a snowman, and this is just weird enough that I don’t think anyone else would use it.
"Suzy Snowflake" was written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett and originally recorded by Rosemary Clooney in 1951. In 1953, a company called Centaur Productions produced a stop-action cartoon based on the song, with animation done by a man named Wah Ming Chang. It was one of three ancient Christmas cartoons shown by TV station WGN in Chicago, all of which I’ll share in the run-up to Christmas. Here it is, sung by an anonymous chorus.
The lyrics, courtesy of SongLyrics.com:
Dressed in a snow white gown
Tap, tap, tappin’ at your windowpane
To tell you she’s in town
Here comes Suzy Snowflake
Soon you will hear her say
Come out everyone and play with me
I haven’t long to stay
If you wanna make a snowman
I’ll help you make one, one, two, three
If you wanna take a sleigh ride
The ride’s on me
Here comes Suzy Snowflake
Look at her tumblin’ down
Bringing joy to every girl and boy
Suzy’s come to town
Here comes Suzy Snowflake
Dressed in a snow white gown
Tap, tap, tappin’ at your windowpane
To tell you she’s in town
Here comes Suzy Snowflake
Soon you will hear her say
Come out everyone and play with me
I haven’t long to stay
If you wanna make a snowman
I’ll help you make one, one, two, three
If you wanna take a sleigh ride
The ride’s on me
Here comes Suzy Snowflake
Look at her tumblin’ down
Bringing joy to every girl and boy
Suzy’s come to town
And that’s Song Lyric Sunday (and Song of the Day) for December 23, 2019.
Sweet song with a delightful “cartoon” to go with it. It’s skillfully done for the times.
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You figure that every movement had to be filmed separately, one frame at a time. For a two-minute cartoon at 60 frames per second, that’s 7200 frames. The work that went into making it was incredible, but that’s what they did…
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If you are into cool cartoons there is a blog that does ONLY cartoons. If you want the name of it, let me know.
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Of course, I want the name of it!
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đ Here ya go:
https://hobomooncartoons.com/
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p.s. go to the “inspiring artists” tab and it shows what will show up in your feed if you follow him
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Oh, this is weird…and just too cute for words! đ
New-to-me but I’ll be sharing it with my children…meaning I’m streaming it on the big screen Christmas morning! đ
Great share, John! Merry Christmas to you and yours! đđ
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Thanks! You might want to stream the next two I have coming up as well.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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I’ll be on the lookout! đ
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Never seen this before John it’s perfect đ
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I don’t think most people have seen the cartoon. It was ancient when I first saw it over 50 years ago, and by that time it was out of print.
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Really đ
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I have not listened to this song in years and it brings back some great memories, Thanks for sharing it and have a Merry Christmas John.
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Had you ever seen the cartoon? I know it played in certain parts of the country. Merry Christmas!
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Cute song and love the video! đ
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I looked forward to seeing it every year, as well as the ones I have lined up for tomorrow and Tuesday.
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Cute song. Have a great Christmas.
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Thanks!
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great song, have a great christmas, John.
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Thanks!
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I like the song…love the video John.
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