Free Sheet Music - Up on the Housetop for Easy Piano

Music makes the Christmas season so much more festive. If you or your children enjoy playing the piano, this article will guide you to two arrangements of a Christmas carol favorite for more than a century - Up On The Housetop. You will also find the history and lyrics for this carol following the links.

Up On the Housetop for Beginner Piano
This arrangement of Up On The Housetop is ideal for the beginning piano student with less than one year of experience. The arrangement is available in PDF format, the best format for a crisp, clean copy. An MP3 recording is also provided, if you would like to listen to the sheet music selection before you print it.

Download Up On the Housetop for Beginner Piano

Up On the Housetop for Easy/Level 3 Piano
This arrangement of Up on the Housetop is ideal for the beginning piano student with 2-3 years of experience. The arrangement is available in PDF format, the best format for a crisp, clean copy. An MP3 recording is also provided, if you would like to listen to the sheet music selection before you print it.

Download Up On the Housetop for Easy Piano

History of the Song/Composer
Up On the Housetop was written in 1864 by composer, minister and teacher Benjamin Russell Hanby. The home that he lived in with his family from 1853 to 1870 is currently maintained by the Westerville Historical Society.

Lyrics
Up on the housetop, reindeer pause,
Out jumps good ol' Santa Claus,
Down through the chimney with lots of toys,
All for the little ones, Christmas joys.
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Up on the housetop, click, click, click,
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick.

First comes the stocking of little Nell,
Oh, dear Santa, fill it well,
Give her a dolly that laughs and cries,
One that will open and shut her eyes.
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Up on the housetop, click, click, click,
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick.

Next comes the stocking of little Will,
Oh, just see what a glorious fill,
Here is a hammer and lots of tacks,
Also a ball and a whip that cracks,
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Ho, Ho, Ho! Who wouldn't go?
Up on the housetop, click, click, click,
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick.