Geldryk’s Song
©2006 by Gary Lee Nelson

Chorus:
I’m Geldryk, the world’s tallest elf.
Although I’m not small, I’m proud of myself.
So please bear in mind and always recall
That I’m tall, just tall, that’s all.

Verse 1:
When I was a lad, I never was bad.
I was the best helper that Santa ‘ere had.
I learned every job and mastered each tool.
I was the top pupil in Santa’s elf school.
I sawed and I hammered and painted the toys
Then wrapped ‘em up bright for the good girls and boys.
I worked through the winter, spring, summer and fall.
With never a thought that I’d ever be tall.

Chorus:
I’m Geldryk, the world’s tallest elf.
Although I’m not small, I’m proud of myself.
So please bear in mind and always recall
That I’m tall, just tall, and really that’s all.

Verse 2:
Then one Christmas morning while out in the snow
For reasons and logic nobody could know
From the hair on my head to the nail on my toe
I suddenly, rapidly started to grow!
Too tall for my chair, too tall for my bed.
No room for my bottom, no space for my head.
All the elves giggled and pointed and fussed.
Then Santa said, “Geldryk, you’re too tall for us!

Chorus:
I’m Geldryk, the world’s tallest elf.
Although I’m not small, I’m proud of myself.
So please bear in mind and always recall
That I’m tall, I’m tall, I’m tall, that’s all.

Verse 3:
But Santa, you know, is a kindly old man
He said, Geldryk there’s jobs you can do, yes you can!
So he gave me a whistle and gave me a horn
With a wee bit of magic, a new elf was born.
Since tallness is not such an awful condition
Said Santa, I’ll send you off on a mission.
With stories and songs and jokes by the pound
Not just at Christmas but all the year round.

Verse 4:
So don’t call me chubby, portly or fat
For I’ll tell you in detail my thoughts about that.
I’m not husky or hefty or chunky or gross
Not copious, capacious, commodious, verbose
Not ample, extended, distended, nor grand
Colossal, enormous, you must understand!
Not mammoth, momentous, humongous, not big
Substantial, prodigious, stupendous, you dig?

Tag:
So please bear in mind and always recall
That I’m tall, pleasantly tall
Beautifully tall, perfectly taaaaaaaaaall
That’s All!