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Twas the night before Christmas an’ all t’ru de house,\nDey don’t a ting pass Not even a mouse.
\nDe chirren been nezzle good snug on de flo’,
\nAn’ Mama pass de pepper t’ru de crack on de do’.<\/p>\n
Twas the night before Christmas an’ all t’ru de house,
\nDey don’t a ting pass Not even a mouse.
\nDe chirren been nezzle good snug on de flo’,
\nAn’ Mama pass de pepper t’ru de crack on de do’.<\/p>\n
De Mama in de fireplace done roas’ up de ham,
\nSit up de gumbo an’ make de bake yam.
\nDen out on de by-you dey got such a clatter,
\nMake soun’ like old Boudreau done fall off his ladder.<\/p>\n
I run like a rabbit to got to de do’,
\nTrip over de dorg an’ fall on de flo’.
\nAs I look out de do’in de light o’ de moon,
\nI t’ink, “Mahn, you crazy or got ol’ too soon.”<\/p>\n
Cux dere on de by-you w’en I stretch ma’neck stiff,
\nDere’s eight alligator a pullin’ de skiff.
\nAn’ a little fat drover wit’ a long pole-ing stick,
\nI know r’at away got to be ole St.Nick.<\/p>\n
Mo’ fas’er an’ fas’er de’ gator dey came
\nHe whistle an’ holler an’ call dem by name:
\n“Ha, Gaston! Ha, Tiboy! Ha, Pierre an’ Alcee’!
\nGee, Ninette! Gee, Suzette! Celeste an’Renee’!<\/p>\n
To de top o’ de porch to de top o’ de wall,
\nMake crawl, alligator, an’ be sho’ you don’ fall.”
\nLike Tante Flo’s cat t’ru de treetop he fly,
\nW’en de big ole houn’ dorg come a run hisse’s by.<\/p>\n
Like dat up de porch dem ole ‘gator clim!
\nWit’ de skiff full o’ toy an’ St. Nicklus behin’.
\nDen on top de porch roof it soun’ like de hail,
\nW’en all dem big gator, done sot down dey tail.<\/p>\n
Den down de chimney I yell wit’ a bam,
\nAn’ St.Nicklus fall an’ sit on de yam.
\n“Sacre!” he axclaim, “Ma pant got a hole
\nI done sot ma’se’f on dem red hot coal.”<\/p>\n
He got on his foots an’ jump like de cat
\nOut to de flo’ where he lan’ wit’ a SPLAT!
\nHe was dress in musk-rat from his head to his foot,
\nAn’ his clothes is all dirty wit’ ashes an’ soot.<\/p>\n
A sack full o’ playt’ing he t’row on his back,
\nHe look like a burglar an’ dass fo’ a fack.
\nHis eyes how dey shine his dimple, how merry!
\nMaybe he been drink de wine from de blackberry.<\/p>\n
His cheek was like a rose his nose a cherry,
\nOn secon’ t’ought maybe he lap up de sherry.
\nWit’ snow-white chin whisker an’ quiverin’ belly,
\nHe shook w’en he laugh like de stromberry jelly!<\/p>\n
But a wink in his eye an’ a shook o’ his head,
\nMake my confi-dence dat I don’t got to be scared.
\nHe don’ do no talkin’ gone strit to hi work,
\nPut a playt’ing in sock an’ den turn wit’ a jerk.<\/p>\n
He put bot’ his han’ dere on top o’ his head,
\nCas’ an eye on de chimney an’ den he done said:
\n“Wit’ all o’ dat fire an’ dem burnin’ hot flame,
\nMe I ain’ goin’ back by de way dat I came.”<\/p>\n
So he run out de do’ an, he clim’ to de roof,
\nHe ain’ no fool, him for to make one more goof.
\nHe jump in his skiff an’ crack his big whip,
\nDe’ gator move down, An don’ make one slip.<\/p>\n
An’ I hear him shout loud as a splashin’ he go,
\n“Merry Christmas to all ’til I saw you some mo’!”<\/p>\n
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