作曲 : Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick
【MUSIC】
Choir:
On the first day of Christmas.
My true love gave to me.
First day of Christmas.
My true love gave to me.
Amalia:Good morning,Mr.Nowack.
Nowack:Good morning,Ms.Balash.
How are you today?
Amalia:Ready for thousands of customers.
Nowack:Only twelve more days to go.
All staff & Choir & Customers:
Fa,la,la,la,la,la,la,la.
Fa,la,la,la,la,la,la.
Fa.
Twelve days to Christmas.
Twelve days to Christmas.
Plenty of time to do your Christmas shopping.
There are the people who shop in time.
Shop in time,plenty of time.
There are the people with time to spare.
Who shop at their convenience.
Twelve days to Christmas.
Twelve days to Christmas.
Look at the way they do their Christmas shopping.
They can go shopping and still remain.
Calm and sedate.
Choir:
These are the people we envy and the people that we hate.
All staff:
Thank you,thank you,
please call again.
Do call again,
thank you.
Amalia:Quite a day,eh,Mr.Nowack?
Nowack:Oh,it,uh,certainly was,Ms.Balash.
Amalia:Thank you for the book.
It was excellent.
Nowack:I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Um, will you be taking the bus home today,
Mr.Balash?
Amalia:Yes, I will.
Nowack:May I walk you to the bus stop?
Amalia:I’d like that,Mr.Nowack.
Choir:
Twelve drummers drumming.
Twelve drummers drumming.
Eleven pipers piping.
Eleven pipers piping.
Ten lords a-leaping.
All staff & Choir & Customers:
Nine,nine,nine,nine.
Nine days to Christmas.
Nine days to Christmas.
Still enough time to do your Christmas shopping.
There are the people who shop in time.
Shop in time,
still enough time.
Sensible people who organize the time at their disposal.
Nine days to Christmas.
Nine days to Christmas.
Still enough time to do your Christmas shopping.
There are the people who plan their days.
Wisely and well.
Choir:
There are the people who shop in time,
and they can go to hell.
All staff:
Thank you,thank you,
please call again.
Do call again,
thank you.
Nowack:Are you in a very great hurry today,
Ms.Balash ?
Amalia:No,not at all.
Nowack:I was thinking,
maybe a cup of coffee on the way to the bus?
Amalia:I'd like that,Mr.Nowack.
Nowack:So would I.
All staff & Choir & Customers:
Eight maid a-milking,seven swans a-swimming.
Six geese a-laying,five golden rings.
Four days for Christmas.
Four days for Christmas.
Just enough time to do your Christmas shopping.
There are the people who shop in time.
Just in time,barely in time.
There are the people who calculate,
with clinical precision.
Four days for Christmas.
Four days for Christmas.
There are the folks who never waste a second.
Full of a chilly efficiency.
Loaded with gall.
Choir:
Never too early and never late.
And they’re the worst of all.
All staff:
Thank you,thank you,
please call again.
Do call again,
thank you.
Amalia:Oh,what a day!
Nowack:Just wait until the 24th.
All staff & Choir:The 24th?
All staff & Choir & Customers:
One day to Christmas.
One day to Christmas.
Not enough time to do our Christmas shopping.
We’re not the shopple who peeped in time.
We’re not the sheeple who popped in time.
We’re not the people who shopped in time.
Shopped in time,not enough time.
We’re not the people who always wait.
Until it’s much too late,oh!
One day to Christmas.
One day to Christmas.
How will we ever do our Christmas shopping?
Why did we ever delay so long,who can recall?
Some of the family may not get a Christmas gift at all.
All staff:
Thank you,thank you,
please call again.
Do call again,
thank you.
Marry Christmas!
【END】