#76 Corn Cob Pipe & Button Nose
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…& two eyes made out of coal.
Merry Christmas!
Happy Hanukkah!
Happy Kwanzaa!
and for a few dear friends of mine…
Bah Humbug!
Frosty the Snowman
“a corn cob pipe & a button nose & two eyes made out of coal”
I chose this frigid but fun little guy to wish all my AmperArt friends a Happy Holiday Season. I don’t think Frosty has any religious preference — well, maybe he worships the Ice Man.
For this AmperArt piece I couldn’t quite remember the lyrics — I just recalled “a corn cob pipe & a button nose & something something something”—so I pulled up the animated short that I’ve always heard about but never seen: Frosty the Snowman by Bass/Raskin Productions (1969). I was delighted to hear one of my favorite voices narrating the story — Jimmy Durante. (Paul Frees, the voice of Disney’s Haunted Mansion Ghost Host, Ludwig Von Drake, and Boris Badenov of Rocky & Bullwinkle, is featured as Santa Claus himself.)
Here are the full lyrics:
Frosty the Snowman
Written by Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson
Originally sung by Gene Autry & The Cass County Boys
Released December 14, 1950
Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe & a button nose
& two eyes made out of coal
Frosty the snowman is a fairytale they say
He was made of snow but the children
know how he came to life one day
There must have been some magic in that
old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
he began to dance around
Oh
Frosty the snowman
was alive as he could be
& the children say he could laugh
& play just the same as you& me
Thumpity thump thump
thumpity thump thump
Look at Frosty go
Thumpity thump thump
thumpity thump thump
Over the hills of snow
Frosty the snowman knew
the sun was hot that day
So he said
Let’s run &
we’ll have some fun
now before I melt away
Down to the village
with a broomstick in his hand
Running here & there all
around the square saying
Catch me if you can
He led them down the streets of town
right to the traffic cop
& he only paused a moment when
he heard him holler “Stop!”
For Frosty the snow man
had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye saying
Don’t you cry
I’ll be back again some day
thumpity thump thump
thumpity thump thump
Look at Frosty go
thumpity thump thump
thumpity thump thump
Over the hills of snow
If you want to watch the 1969 animated short, click on Frosty’s hat:
I wish all of you, my loyal subscribers, visitors, and ampersand fans around the world, a warm and wonderful holiday season…
except for Frosty — a jolly freezing cold one for him & his corn cob pipe & button nose.
Note on design:
I frequently have the opportunity to apply my formula for “aha!” design, which is luck + talent = damn good design. Take a look at the lyrics in Corn Cob Pipe & Button Nose. There is at least one “o” in each line! That gave me the idea to use Frosty’s body for each “o.” Though it appears there might be missing or hidden letters, they’re all there. We (Frosty & I) have just turned every “o” into a snowball.