The following ditty was supposedly sung at a rollicking U.S. Department of Justice Christmas party during the Carter administration.

You better watch out,

You better not cry,

You better not pout,

I'm telling you why,

Santa Claus is tapping

Your phone.

He's buggin' your room,

He's reading your mail,

He's keeping a file

And runnin' a tail

Santa Claus is tapping

Your phone.

He hears you in the bedroom

Surveils you out of doors

And if that doesn't get the goods

Then he'll use provocateurs.

So you mustn't assume

That you are secure,

On Christmas Eve

He'll kick in your door

Santa Claus is tapping

Your phone.