Up On The House Top by Gene Autry – Ukulele Chords

Up On The House Top Ukulele Chords – Gene Autry. This song uses the chords: C, F, G. You can change the key for free, as needed.

Up On The House Top Ukulele Chords – Gene Autry

VERSE 1:

CUp on the house top reindeer pause

FOut jumps Cgood old GSanta Claus

CDown through the chimney with lots of toys

FAll for the Clittle ones’ GChristmas Cjoys

CHORUS 1:

FHo ho ho Cwho wouldn’t go

GHo ho ho Cwho wouldn’t go

CUp on the house top Fclick click click

CDown through the chimney with Ggood Saint CNick

VERSE 2:

CFirst comes the stocking of Little Nell

FOh dear CSanta Gfill it well

FGive her a dolly that laughs and cries

FOne that will Copen and Gshut her Ceyes

CHORUS 2:

FHo ho ho Cwho wouldn’t go

GHo ho ho Cwho wouldn’t go

CUp on the house top Fclick click click

CDown through the chimney with Ggood Saint CNick

VERSE 3:

CNext comes the stocking of Little Will

FOh just Csee what a Gglorious fill

CHere is a hammer and lots of tasks

FAlso a Cball and a Gwhip that Ccracks

CHORUS 3:

FHo ho ho Cwho wouldn’t go

GHo ho ho Cwho wouldn’t go

CUp on the house top Fclick click click

CDown through the chimney with Ggood Saint CNick

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“Up On The House Top” History:

About the Song

“Up On the House Top” is one of the oldest secular Christmas songs in American history.
It was written in 1864 by Benjamin Hanby, an Ohio-born composer and minister. The song is notable as one of the first Christmas songs to focus specifically on Santa Claus and the tradition of Christmas gift-giving.

Gene Autry’s Version

Gene Autry—the “Singing Cowboy” famous for “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Here Comes Santa Claus,” and “Frosty the Snowman”—recorded “Up On the House Top” in 1953.

Key Details About Gene Autry’s Recording

• Release year: 1953
• Label: Columbia Records
• Style: Cheerful, western-tinged country vocal style typical of Autry’s Christmas catalog
• Album Appearances:
  • Later included on numerous Gene Autry Christmas compilations, such as
    “Gene Autry Sings Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Other Christmas Favorites”
    and various Columbia/Legacy reissues.

Autry’s version helped cement the song as a holiday standard for mid-20th-century American Christmas music.

About the Song’s Themes

• The song describes Santa landing on the rooftop on Christmas Eve.
• He slides down the chimney to deliver toys to two children, Nell and Will.
• It’s upbeat, rhyming, and very easy to sing—one reason it’s been popular with children for more than 150 years.

Legacy

Though written in the 1860s, the song’s continued popularity is largely due to mid-century recordings like Gene Autry’s, which brought it to radio and television audiences and made it a Christmas mainstay.