to shake out my loads in strategic locations,

          to deliver it all in one night is a burden,

          and for the past fifty years my back has been hurtin".

          Everyone laughed for they knew what he meant

          He gained so much weight the sleighs rudders were bent.

          Now I've worked in the cold but I never felt such a chill,

          As when, up on the manlift came Safety Bill.

         "This sleigh is unsafe it's a hazard contraption,"

           No one expected his angry reaction.

         "You're flying all day and into the night,

           the loads not tied off, and you haven't a light.

        "come over here Rudolph and show him your nose."   

         Bill said "it glows like a light, but I'll prove that it's not.

        "You won't see a thing when it's covered with snot,

         I'll cut you a break and I will not impound it,

         but until this sleigh's safe it's definitely grounded.

         Now maybe you can get some help from the boys,

         to fix up your sleigh and shake out these toys."

         Everyone ran to gather up wood,

         to try to make loads wherever they could.

         Mike the Teamster said joking with a smirk

         " I'm helping Santa, and he's doing my work"

        They loaded by hand and loaded with cranes

        They worked on the sleigh up into the night

        Till Safety Bill cleared her, ready for flight.     

         Later that week as Bill lay awake

         Tossing and turning from bad safety cake

         He wondered if maybe he had been too rough

         but safety's  important - you have to be tough

         He felt that he was true and not being a phony

         That it had nothing to do with not getting a pony

         You have to be safe during the Holiday Season

         To be with your loved ones, that was his reason.