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Once I found a stowaway
Upon my ship on Christmas Day
I was fair, so I gave him a chance.
You shouldnt be here, whats your tale?
I ought to throw you to the whale.
He just smiled and said, Come here, lets dance.
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He said, Borrow or steal, Ill find a way
To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
And Ill run, and Ill roam, Ill cover the ground
Next Christmas Ill see you, Ill be around.
He told me bout his girl back home
Waiting patient, all alone
While we danced I shed a little tear.
He closed his eyes, all out at sea
I think he danced with her, not me
Ill just have to wait another year.
He said, Borrow or steal, Ill find a way
To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
And Ill run, and Ill roam, Ill cover the ground
Next Christmas Ill see you, Ill be around.
I think of him now and again
I wonder how his journey ends
As I sail by on my lonesome sea.
That stranger with the haunting face
Here, then gone without a trace.
Lying with his love, thats where hell be.
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Beg, borrow or steal, Ill find a way
To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
And Ill run, and Ill roam, Ill cover the ground
Next Christmas Ill see you, Ill be around.
Beg, borrow or steal, Ill find a way
To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
And Ill run, and Ill roam, Ill cover the ground
Next Christmas Ill see you, Ill be around.