“Christmas Comes but Once a Year”
“Be not so adamant,” said Joe,
“I aim not to deceive.
I’ll be your Christmas Adam, if
You’ll be my Christmas Eve.”
“I aim not to deceive.
I’ll be your Christmas Adam, if
You’ll be my Christmas Eve.”
Joe Stencil then began to sing
Of all the joy he’d bring her:
“Ah, Minnie, when I sing to you,
I am a minnesinger.’
Of all the joy he’d bring her:
“Ah, Minnie, when I sing to you,
I am a minnesinger.’
“O Joseph, cut the comedy,
You’ve had an overdose;
Although I like to hear you, Joe
I like you less jocose.”
You’ve had an overdose;
Although I like to hear you, Joe
I like you less jocose.”
“O Min, I know the jokes are not
Particularly good,
But they are as jest as good as some
You’ll find in Thomas Hood.
Particularly good,
But they are as jest as good as some
You’ll find in Thomas Hood.
“Only upon the Christmas day
Shall I my puns rehearse,
For though they are quite prosy, yet
You know they might be verse.”
Shall I my puns rehearse,
For though they are quite prosy, yet
You know they might be verse.”
And so ’tis but a single day
This double pair most fear,
And they rejoice that Christmas day
Comes only once a year.
This double pair most fear,
And they rejoice that Christmas day
Comes only once a year.
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