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                  Irving Berlin (1888-1989)

                   White Christmas
                    From the Paramount Picture
                               Irving Berlin's
                            Holiday Inn
                       A Mark Sandrich Production

First Line: The sun is shining, the grass is green,
First Line, Stanza Two: I'm dreaming of a WHITE CHRISTMAS

This song is protected by copyright and cannot be displayed without permission of the copyright holder. Its can be found on the sheet music:

  • Berlin, Irving. White Christmas: from the Paramount Picture Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn. New York: Irving Berlin Inc., 1942.

    This Christmas song, composed by the son of a Jewish cantor, became one of the most popular records of all time. The version by Bing Crosby (lacking the first stanza) was number one for eleven weeks in 1942 and 1943 and has sold over 30 million copies... not including various Christmas anthologies. It won the Academy Award for best song in 1942.