Christmas Day    (intro)

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1. A young gentleman came riding past,

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on a snow-blue winter’s day.

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He asked to drink by our fire

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and I was pleased to let him stay.

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He drank there quietly for a while,

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and then he turned and said to me :

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“Your eyes are green like summer grass,

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your lips are red, like a fresh cut rose.

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Your hair is soft, like an Irish stream,

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and your voice is filled with sweet beauty.”

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And the last words I heard him say

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were, “ I shall return, for you, my love, on Christmas Day.

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2. And the night will come, but I won't sleep,

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as I watch the stars that lead him.

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I cannot place where he is,

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but still my heart goes with him,

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I'm saving all my Sunday clothes

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for the day that I'll be leaving.

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Father knows, my sister knows,

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and my friends, they're happy for me.

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And the priest he says, you should thank God,

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for the blessing, of such beauty.

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And the last words I heard him say

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were, “ I shall return, for you, my love, on Christmas Day.

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“ I shall return, for you, my love, on Christmas Day.

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And the last words I heard him say,

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were the last words I ever heard him sa…y.

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“ I shall return, for you, my love, on Christmas Day.

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I swear, I will return, on Christmas Day.

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Yes, I shall return, on Christmas Day.

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I shall return, for you, on Christmas Day.

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My love, I will return, on Christmas Day.

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I shall return, for you, on Christmas Day…..”

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Dido)