"Winter Wonderland" is a popular winter song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith. The Andrews Sisters did a cover version of the song in 1946, which would later be used in The Polar Express film in 2004 and is also featured in the film's official soundtrack as the tenth track.
The song plays on a record player over the loudspeakers at the North Pole after the observation car stops on the turntable. Hero Boy, Hero Girl, and Billy then go to try to find their way back to the Square. While this happens, the record begins skipping sometime during the instrumental break, but it soon continues again.
In The Polar Express: The Video Game, the song is replaced with "Jingle Bells" and the record does not skip.
Lyrics[]
- Sleigh bells ring. Are you listening?
- In the lane, snow is glistening
- A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
- Walking in a winter wonderland
- Gone away is the bluebird
- Here to stay is a new bird
- He sings a love song as we go along
- Walking in a winter wonderland
- In the meadow we can build a snowman
- Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
- He'll say, "Are you married?" We'll say, "No man
- But you can do the job when you're in town"
- Later on, we'll conspire
- As we dream by the fire
- To face unafraid, the plans that we've made
- Walking in a winter wonderland
- Over the ground lies a man full of white.
- A heaven of diamonds in a lovely night.
- (instrumental break)
- In the meadow, we can build a snowman
- Then give him a name and call him Parson Brown
- He'll say, "Are you married?" and then we'll say, "No man
- But now, you can do the job whenever you're in town"
- Later on, maybe we'll conspire
- As we dream of sitting by the fire
- To face unafraid, all the plans that we've made
- Walking in a winter wonderland
- Sleigh bells ring. Are you listening?
- In the lane, snow is glistening
- A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
- Walking in a winter wonderland
- Walking in a winter wonderland
