Tonart: A major
Verse 1
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He met her up in Delaware in 1937
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She was wearing red lipstick to
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match her pretty dress
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December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he fi nally gained
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the courage to ask her to dance
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
before Christmas,
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it was love at first sight
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The carolers sang as they danced
through the night
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She was a small town girl,
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He never caught her name before
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they said their goodbyes
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Verse 3
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A couple years later he was
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Hav ing Christmas dinner
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When he saw a young waitress
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with a gleam in her eye
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Her favorite day of the year she
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showed her spirits were high
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She said sir can you shed
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A simple Christmas story
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was all she wanted to hear
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He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here's my
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fa vorite Christmas story about a girl with no name
Verse 4
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He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
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She was wearing red lipstick
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to match her pretty dress
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December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I fi nally
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gained the courage to ask her to dance
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Verse 5
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Every holiday season as he traveled he'd tell about his
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Christmas dance partner that he never knew well
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He'd share his favorite story
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He was called the Christmas story
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Verse 6
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By age 53 he had done settled down
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All the neighborhood kids
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Just to listen to his stories about
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And every Christmas eve
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they showed up before dark
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He'd tell them all the story
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but they knew it by heart
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They could quote it word for word,
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he always told it the same
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It was his favorite Christmas story
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called the girl with no name
Verse 7
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met her up in Delaware in 1937
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She was wearing red lipstick
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to match her pretty dress
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December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally gained the
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courage to ask her to dance
Interlude 2
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Verse 8
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he took his last breaths
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On a cold Christmas morning
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The children had grown,
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Except the little old nurse
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who was holding his hand
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He said Ma'am can you share
A simple Christmas story was
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But his eyes filled with tears at
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the words that she spoke
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Because his fa vorite Christmas
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story was the one that she told
Verse 9
met him up in
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Delaware in 1937
Though I never caught his name
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he was a traveling man
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December 24th at a quarter till eleven
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courage to ask me to dance
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