On the cold and
Best night of the year
At a pub called the Elephant's Ear
Incredible fact
The innkeeper's cat
Was having a saucer of beer
With fourteen merry gentlemen
On the coldest night of the year
As the hour of eleven drew near
Some poor stranger in rags did appear
At the door of the inn,
face weary and thin,
To ask, is there any room here?
But the owner just laughed and said,
My friend, it's the coldest
night of the year.
I weave a sheik with three
wives and a moneylender
A taxman, a soldier and a
harness -lender
Three barmy old coots in
silver boots
Two are stargazers and
the other 's a seer
We're floating to the night crystal thin
The stranger went hiding us in
Decredible fact, the innkeeper's cat
Followed and saw standing near
Peaceably still,
a donkey bearing a pale, girl
Through the chorus night
of the year
Long have all made her priest
and the diplomat
Bought one last rout for an acrobat
And a spy with no chin,
who had also no name,
Called with Herod's early
charioteer.
Then Fat said,
friends be of good cheer,
For I know of a shelter that's near.
And he led them all back to a
tumble -down shack
Where the innkeeper's
wife kept the steel
And he said it's the warmest place in town
On the coldest night of the year
He said it's the warmest place in town
On the coldest night of the year
Thank you for