Close your eyes, beddy bye tin soldier

Mommy says that it's time for sleep

If my folks were wiser and older

They'd know kids and toys don't need sleep

Don't be bad little cotton dolly

See how nice Mickey Mouse sleeps now?

Even my brass drummer boy has stopped all his noise

'Cause he knows it's past bedtime for toys

Ya know, every Christmas Santa Claus goes all over the world with his reindeer

Sled, and a big bag of toys and he'll come to your house this year too

But sometimes, just sometimes, he doesn't have enough time to see every little boy and girl because the world is so big

So maybe we should sing a song for all the children that Santa didn't visit

Bless the child who has no tin soldier

No brass drummer boy to put to bed

He will still grow wiser and older

Loving one small rag doll instead

He won't have a cotton dolly

Mickey Mouse won't come to his house

Hold that rag doll to your heart, nothing can destroy

The beauty one shall find in one small toy