Look there is the steamer
(Zie ginds komt de stoomboot)
Look there is the steamer
It brings us Saint Nicholas
He's waving his hands.
His horse is a-prancing
on deck up and down.
The banners are waving
in village and town.
and tells everyone.
The good kids get candy
the bad ones get none.
O, dearest Saint Nicholas
if Pete and you would
just visit our house
for we all have been good.
Bright December moon is beaming
(Zie de maan schijnt door de bomen)
Bright December moon is beaming,
boys and girls now stop your play.
For tonight's the wondrous evening
Eve of good saint Nicholas Day.
Over de roofs his horse unshod
brings us cake or else the rod. (2x)
We will share things fair and even
marzipan and gingerbread.
O, what fun it'll be to play with
toys and games till time for bed.
Only naughty kids will shake
get the rod instead of cake. (2x)
No one here needs to be fearful
mother says we have been good.
though perhaps we've not been always
as obedient as we should.
So we wait in hopeful fear
holy saint be welcome here. (2x)
O, come have a look at
(O, kom er eens kijken)
(chorus)
O, come have a look at
what I'm finding in my boot
yet no speck of soot
A doll with pigtails in her hair
her dress as white as Saint's old mare
a sugar bunny sweet and quaint
we thank you dear old Saint
(chorus)
A jumping jack with woolly head
my name in letters of gingerbread
a book with pictures and some paint
we thank you dear old Saint
(chorus)
Hear the wind over rooftops humming
(Hoor de wind waait door de bomen)
Hear the wind over rooftops humming
in the chimney hear it blow
will Saint Nicholas still be coming
through the storms and through the snow (2x)
Yes he comes though storms be beating
on his horse so strong and fast
if he hears our hearts a-beating
surely he would not ride past (2x)
Hear who knocks there children
Hear who taps there children
hear who raps against the window panes
it's a stranger surely
who is lost here surely
let us ask him what may be his name
Saint Nicholas, Saint Nicholas
pay us a call tonight please do
we've put hay and carrots
in each and every shoe
Naughty children, says Mum
get no presents, says Mum
who's been naughty, says Mum
Pete will scold
for Saint Nicholas, says Mum
does not fancy, says Mum
children who refuse to do as told
Saint Nicholas, Saint Nicholas
pay us a call tonight please do
we've put hay and carrots
in each and every shoe
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