One Winters Night

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[Verse 1]
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I come to you now with ink and 
quill to commit my soul by my own 
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free will
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For if I don't care to climb that 
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hill and tell my tale, nobody will
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one winter's night, long ago

[Verse 2]
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They were wide awake in the 
carriage house and I snuck to the 
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window like a stable mouse
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Now I can't forget and my hair's 
gone white, the things I saw in the 
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flickering light
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one winter's night, long ago

[Verse 3]
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They were all in the kitchen and 
the drink did flow, there was Bing 
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and Dean on the radio
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The wind did howl, they will send 
below, they were safe and sound from
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 the ice and snow
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[Verse 4]
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And on the windowsill by the 
candle's glow I could see an old cat
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 calico
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A bowl of cloves and pistachios, a 
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bow on a thistle and some mistletoe
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one winter's night, long ago

[Verse 5]
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Once I surveyed the scene I made 
my haste, up to the chimney without 
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a trace
Continúa después del anuncio
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For the sand runs fast at a 
rabbit's pace and it's Christmas 
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Eve, no time to waste
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[Verse 6]
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I crept past the kitchen on the 
tip of my toes, straight to the 
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parlor where the pine tree glows
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A string of socks lined up in rows,
 I was followed by that old cat 
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calico
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one winter's night, long ago

[Verse 7]
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There in the house of the 
familyhood, they had nine little 
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babes and they'd all been good
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I was carrying more than an old man
 should, nine little kittens made 
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out of wood
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[Verse 8]
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As I knelt beneath that Christmas 
tree and spread the gifts out 
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quietly
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All at once so suddenly I found 
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myself with company
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one winter's night, long ago

[Verse 9]
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His presence shocked and bothered 
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me for I must work in secrecy
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But there he was, all shadowy, his 
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feet just cloaked in mystery
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His voice was low and pillowy, as 
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he offered his apology
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Do not fear he said to me, and 
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pardon my proximity
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My name is Arthur Hood he said but 
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you can call me Art instead
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I built the floor upon which we 
tread and I built the roof up over 
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head
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And much like you, I am seldom 
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seen, rarely want to intervene
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I fix things up and I keep things 
clean, catching leaks and mending 
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screens
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And I always felt that you and I 
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were of one fate to occupy
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Pleased to meet you eye-to-eye and
 he wished me well and he said 
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goodbye
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one winter's night, long ago

[Verse 10]
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It was time to go for the bells 
did ring, I had a list of lists 
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about a thousand things
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That's one song I shall not sing, 
for the eye must leave what the 
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silence brings
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one winter's night, long ago

[Otro]
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I was heading for the chimney just
 as slow as I could when I saw on 
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the mantle carved into the wood
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Six little words that would shiver 
me good: "In loving memory of Arthur
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 Hood"
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one winter's night, long ago
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In loving memory of Arthur Hood
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one winter's night, long ago
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one winter's night, long ago