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The 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 and |
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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 |
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Like summer grass |
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Your lips are red |
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like a fresh-cut rose |
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Your hair is soft |
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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 were |
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I shall return for you my love on Christmas Day |
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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 for the day |
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that I'll be leaving |
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Father knows |
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My sister knows |
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And my friends |
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They're happy for me |
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And the priest he says |
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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 were |
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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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On Christmas Day |
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I shall return for you |
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My love... |
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And the last words I heard him say |
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Were the last words I ever heard him say |
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I shall return for you my love on Christmas Day |
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I said I will return on Christmas Day |
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And 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 |
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I will return on Christmas Day |
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I shall return ,my love, on Christmas Day |
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On Christmas Day |
