It Won't Be Long 'til Christmas

It Won't Be Long 'til Christmas is the sixteenth song of the 1967 Disney film, The Happiest Millionaire written by the Academy Award winning songwriting team of Richard Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.

Lyrics
Mrs. Biddle: In the rush of noise and laughter All too soon your children grow Oh, you guide their ways and you guard their days Until one day they go When the house is strangely silent And you dream of way back when Remember when it's Christmastime They'll come home again

Let them go, let them go, let them try their wings Little birds were born to fly Not until they roam can they miss their home And it won't be long 'til Christmas When the branches are bare, the December air Comes alive with frost and pine And they'll yearn to be by that family tree For it won't be long 'til Christmas

The years go by and every night You say "Sweet dreams. Sleep tight." Then comes the day you have to say "Don't forget to write."

There'll holly and tinsel and mistletoe There'll be songs by fire glow Oh, it won't be long 'til Christmas Let them go, let them go Let them go