I was good as solid gold

And did the things that I was told

The days nobody had a stove

But I got a cold for Christmas

Johnny got a brand new sled

With shiny runners painted red

He's outside but I'm in bed

I got a cold for Christmas

All the other girls and boys

Ran downstairs to get their toys

But all I did was sneeze and sniff

And use my Christmas handkerchief

It can't be right it isn't fair

I brushed my teeth and combed my hair

But did it get me anywhere

I got a cold for Christmas

Waited by the windowsill

Just for Santa caught a chill

Where's my penicillin' pill

I got a cold for Christmas

Granny got a brand new gun

And Jim got electric trains that run

I got a fever of one hundred and one

I got a cold for Christmas