Leroy The Redneck Reindeer was released in 1995 by Sony Music and sung by Joe Diffie. Diffie is a country singer-songwriter who has had 17 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.

“Leroy the Redneck Reindeer” was a song on Diffie’s Mr. Christmas album, and became a minor holiday hit. The song is about Rudolph’s redneck cousin who had to lead Santa’s sleigh when the red-nosed reindeer falls too ill to work on Christmas Eve. Like Rudolph, Leroy is teased at first by the other reindeer, but in the end they come to like him, and the story has a happy ending, just like the Rudolph story. These are the lyrics.

Leroy the Redneck Reindeer Lyrics

Well, you’ve all heard the story about Rudolph and his nose.
Well, I’ll tell you a Christmas tale that never has been told.
Well, you may think you’ve heard it all, but you ain’t heard nothin’ yet.
About that crazy Christmas that the North Pole can’t forget.

Rudolph was under the weather and had to call in sick,
So he got on the horn to his cousin Leroy, who lived out in the sticks.
He said, “Santa’s really counting on me, and I hate to pass the buck.”
Leroy said, “Hey, I’m on my way,” and he jumped in his pick-up truck.

When Leroy got to the North Pole, all the reindeer snickered and laughed.
They’d never seen a deer in overalls and a John Deere tractor hat.
Well, Santa stepped in and said, Just calm down, ’cause we’ve all got a job to do.
Like it or not, Leroy’s in charge, and he’s gonna be leading you.”

And it was Leroy The Redneck Reindeer, hooked to the front of the sleigh,
Delivering toys to all the good ol’ boys and girls along the way.
He’s just a down-home party animal, two-steppin’ all across the sky
He makes jingle bells with the rebel yell, and made history that night.

Before that night was over, Leroy had changed their tune.
He had them scootin’ a holf on every single roof by the light of a neon moon.
Santa wrapped his bag with the Dixie flag. He was having the time of his life.
You could hear him call, “Merry Chistmas, y’all and all of y’all a goodnight.”

And it was Leroy The Redneck Reindeer, hooked to the front of the sleigh,
Delivering toys to all the good ol’ boys and girls along the way.
He’s just a down-home party animal, two-steppin’ all across the sky.
He makes jingle bells with the rebel yell and made history that night.
He makes jingle bells with the rebel yell and made history that night.