Rudolph the red nosed reindeer lyrics with extra words

There is one big thing Thomas and I do not agree about, and it makes the holiday season awkward. We are a divided family. Every year we sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and every year we debate the lyrics.

What are the extra words in Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer?
We start the song together, "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer (Reindeer) Had a very shiny nose (Like a light-bulb)," but then...

Wait. This is one time when writing the words isn't enough.
I'm going to sing it for you.

When Thomas and I sing together, it is fine until we reach, "Then all the reindeer loved him (Loved him) as they shouted out with glee (Yippee!)"

This is the place where it goes wrong.

Thomas sings: "Then all the reindeer loved him (Loved him) as they shouted out with glee (Glee!)"

Poor Katarina is so confused.

And by confused, I mean she sings it like Thomas. I'm worried for her. It isn't right living in a holiday-song-divided house. We need help.

Thomas called me out on facebook last week, telling people I do not know how to sing Rudolph. I decided to take it to the people with a poll:

Out of 43 votes, 24 people agreed with me!
Yippee!

In all fairness, I will admit that several people did agree with Thomas. Interestingly, most of those people are Canadians (including my Canadian mother - what a traitor). But I was the clear winner.

Now I just have to convince Katarina to come to my side and sing yippee.

Are we the only family divided over song lyrics?

There are some other lyrical questions that should be addressed here:

1. In elementary school, my teacher made us sing "Like George Washington" at the end of the song, but I know a lot of people say, "like Toothpaste."
2. I said, "like football" after the reindeer games line in the video, but usually I say, "like Monopoly." Thomas doesn't like either of these options, and points out that reindeer don't have hands, making both of these games particularly difficult for a reindeer to play.

All of these extra lyric options are really silly.
Maybe I should just stick with singing serious songs like Frosty The Snowman.

How do YOU sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?
What are your extra words for Rudolph?

Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer(With Kids Additons)

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (With Kid's Additons)

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (With Kid's Additons)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer  (reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose   (like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it   (saw it)
You would even say it glowed (like a stop light)
All of the other reindeer  (reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph  (Rudolph)
Join in any reindeer games (like Monopoly)

Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say (Ho, ho, ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight

Then how the reindeer loved him (loved him)
And they shouted out with glee (ha, ha, ha)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer)
You'll go down in history...(like George Washington)

EW
Apr98

Growing up, I have distinct memories of getting to this time of the year and my school/youth group/after school club singing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But instead of singing it normally we used to act like the world's most ridiculous 'hype man' and interject these words (noted by parenthesis) between the lines:

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Had a very shiny nose And if you ever saw it You would even say it glows (like a lightbulb) All of the other Reindeer Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio) They never let poor Rudolph Join in any Reindeer games (like football)

I vaguely remember having more examples for the rest of the song, and for a while I was convinced that they were just the genuine lyrics, but I've since looked on Google and can't find anything to support the idea that anyone else has ever done the same. So tell me, does any of this ring a bell with anyone?

For reference, I grew up in North East England in the 90s and 00s.

What song was changed in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?

What names did they call Rudolph?

What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do?

What songs were written for Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?