I'm dreaming
I'm dreaming of a...
White Christmas!
Grab your coat...
and grab your hat.
Life can be...
so sweet.
It's a Barnum...
and Bailey world.
Just like the ones...
I used to know.
Leave your...
I'd be rich...
as Rockefeller.
This is the musical technique where you move a melody up or down without changing the direction of the notes.
Transposition.
Where the...
treetops glisten
Can't you hear...
that pitter pat.
I used to...
walk in the shade.
This is the musical technique where you do the notes in reverse order.
Backwards/Retrograde.
And...
children listen.
That happy tune...
is your step.
But I'm....
not afraid.
This is the musical technique where you flip the melody over but start on the same first note.
Inversion.
To...
hear sleighbells in the snow.
If I never...
had a cent.
My rover...
crossed over.