[Verse 1]
Once I found a stowaway
Upon my ship on Christmas Day
I was fair so I gave him a chance
"You shouldn't be here, what's your tale?
I ought to throw you to the whale"
He just smiled and said "Come here, let's dance"
[Chorus 1]
He said "Borrow or steal, I'll find a way
To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
And I'll run and I'll roam, I'll cover the ground
This Christmas I'll see you, I'll be around"
[Verse 2]
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
I'll just have to wait another year
[Chorus 1]
He said "Borrow or steal, I'll find a way
To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
And I'll run and I'll roam, I'll cover the ground
This Christmas I'll see you, I'll be around"
[Verse 3]
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, that's where he'll be
[Chorus 2]
"Beg, borrow or steal, I'll find a way
To be with my lover next Christmas Day
And I'll run and I'll roam, I'll cover the ground
Next Christmas I'll see you, I'll be around"
[Chorus 2]
"Beg, borrow or steal, I'll find a way
To be with my lover next Christmas Day
And I'll run and I'll roam, I'll cover the ground
Next Christmas I'll see you, I'll be around"
[Chorus 2]
"Beg, borrow or steal, I'll find a way
To be with my lover next Christmas Day
And I'll run and I'll roam, I'll cover the ground
Next Christmas I'll see you, I'll be around"
[Chorus 2]
"Beg, borrow or steal, I'll find a way
To be with my lover next Christmas Day
And I'll run and I'll roam, I'll cover the ground
Next Christmas I'll see you, I'll be around"