On a Christmas Eve a happy snowman Stood and dreamed beside a cottage door How the children loved their friend the snowman And the funny fedora he wore When they said goodnight they told the snowman That a gift for him was on the tree So he called himself a lucky snowman Just like one of the family was he The cottage porch looked beautiful and bright The holly wreath was turned on for the night When all at once it caught on fire and fell He couldn't knock, he couldn't ring the bell He couldn't run for help, he couldn't call But then he had to save the children after all He knew he'd melt away, and yet the snowman Threw himself across the burning floor How the children missed their friend the snowman But they'll always remember him for A heart that was brave and the joy that he gave And the funny fedora he wore