Santa Claus is Coming to Town – English Lyrics

• By: Kylie Minogue, Frank Sinatra
• Album: Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the timeless Christmas spirit with Kylie Minogue's version of 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town,' featuring the legendary Frank Sinatra. This collaboration beautifully blends classic holiday cheer with modern pop sensibility, making it a perfect track to learn key, cheerful English phrases and understand traditional Western holiday sentiments about goodwill and anticipation.

[English]

Better watch out. [music]

You better not cry. Better not pout. I'm

telling you why.

Santa Claus is coming [music] to town.

He's making a list, checking it twice.

Going to find out who's naughty and

nice.

Santa [music] Claus is coming to town.

[music]

>> He sees you when you're sleeping. He

knows when you're awake. [music]

>> He knows if you've been bad or good. So

be good for his goodness sake. Oh, you

better watch out. You better not cry.

Better not. [music]

I'm telling you. Santa Claus is coming

to town.

[music]

[music]

[music]

He sees you [music] when you're

sleeping.

He knows when [singing] you're awake.

He knows if you've [music] been bad and

good. So be good. Be good for goodness

sake. You better [music] watch out. You

better not cry.

>> You better not cry. I'm telling you why.

>> Santa Claus [music]

is coming to town.

>> Yes, he's [music and singing]

on his way.

>> Okay.

>> He's got toys on his sleeve.

>> Oh, yeah.

>> Santa, [singing]

he's coming to town.

[music]

>> Where'd you go? [music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
watch /wɒtʃ/ A2	verb - to look at something for a period of time, especially to be aware of what is happening
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to produce tears as a result of being sad, hurt, or happy
pout /paʊt/ A2	verb - to push out your lips because you are annoyed or unhappy
telling /ˈtɛlɪŋ/ A2	verb - to communicate information to someone
list /lɪst/ A2	noun - a series of names, items, or numbers written or printed together in a meaningful arrangement
twice /twaɪs/ A2	adverb - two times
naughty /ˈnɔːti/ A2	adjective - badly behaved; disobedient
nice /naɪs/ A1	adjective - pleasant; kind
sleeping /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ A1	verb - in the state of resting with your eyes closed
awake /əˈweɪk/ A1	adjective - not sleeping
goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/ B1	noun - the quality of being good
sleeve /sliːv/ A2	noun - the part of a garment that covers the arm
toys /tɔɪz/ A1	noun - things children play with
way /weɪ/ A1	noun - a route or direction

Key Grammar Structures

• You better not cry. Better not pout.

  ➔ Modal verb (had better) for strong advice

  ➔ 'Better not cry' uses 'had better' to strongly advise against crying.

• I'm telling you why.

  ➔ Present continuous for an action happening now

  ➔ 'I'm telling' uses the present continuous to indicate the action is happening at the moment of speaking.

• He's making a list, checking it twice.

  ➔ Present continuous for simultaneous actions

  ➔ 'He's making' and 'checking' use the present continuous to show actions happening at the same time.

• He knows if you've been bad or good.

  ➔ Present perfect in 'if' clause for past actions with present relevance

  ➔ 'You've been bad' uses the present perfect to refer to past actions that are relevant to the present.

• So be good for goodness sake.

  ➔ Imperative mood for a strong command

  ➔ 'Be good' uses the imperative mood to give a strong command.