Silver and Gold

Silver and Gold is a song sung by Sam the Snowman in the 1964 Rankin/Bass film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

It is performed by Burl Ives, who voices Sam the Snowman.

Lyrics[]

Well, what do you think of our friend Cornelius? It seems all he thinks about is silver and gold.

Silver and gold,
Silver and gold,
Everyone wishes for silver and gold.
How do you measure its worth?
Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth.

Silver and gold,
Silver and gold,
Means so much more when I see
Silver and gold decorations
On every Christmas tree.

(Speech heard on the album version)
What's a Christmas tree without tinsel and pretty silver and gold decorations? You can't really call it a Christmas tree, now can you? And think of all the fun and joy that would be lost on Christmas morning if all the young folks didn't get to see that sparkling, happy tree.

Silver and gold,
Silver and gold,
Means so much more when I see,
Silver and gold decorations,
On every Christmas tree.

Trivia[]

Before it was decided for the film to have a narrator, Larry D. Mann as Yukon Cornelius was originally meant to sing the song.