Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la! 'Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la! Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la la la! Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la la la la la la la! Tussenstuk She said goodbye on Christmas day With a richer man she ran away In the back of a sleigh in his arms she lay She’s the bitch of Christmas day With a broken heart on Christmas day A man can sing or a man can pray In an empty house no-one will stay I’m alone on Christmas day Through the snow and the hail I will find me a way to the mayor By the light of a star as a friend with the jar and a song So raise a glass To the love that will pass This Christmas drown the ghost of the past In the morning grey on boxing day The barman send me on my way I smell like piss and a full ash tray I am home on boxing day Through the snow and the hail I went on when I met with a stranger Who came from afar from a friend with a jar and a song So raise a glass To the love that will pass This Christmas drown the ghost of the past I went to church on new year’s day For a priest to take my sins away He had some wine to share and a prayer to pray And we drank on new year’s day