His Favorite Christmas Story

[ti:His Favorite Christmas Story] [ar:Capital Lights] [al:Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]His Favorite Christmas Story - Capital Lights [00:00.53]He met her up in Delaware in 1937 [00:03.61]She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress [00:07.31]December 24th at a quarter till eleven is [00:10.32]When he finally gained the courage to ask her to dance [00:14.04] [00:27.56]It was the night before christmas it was love at first sight [00:31.27]The carolers sang as they danced through the night [00:34.26]She was a small town girl he was a traveling guy [00:38.16]He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes [00:41.43] [00:45.13]A couple years later he was out on the road [00:47.95] [00:48.58]Having christmas dinner in a diner alone [00:51.57]When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye [00:54.88]Her favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high [00:58.33]She said Sir can you shed a little holiday cheer [01:02.12]A simple christmas story was all she wanted to hear [01:05.22]He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say [01:08.59]Here's my favorite christmas story about a girl with no name [01:12.03]He said I met her up in delaware in 1937 [01:15.58]She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress [01:19.18]December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when [01:22.65]I finally gained the courage to ask her to dance [01:26.08] [01:29.48]Every holiday season as he traveled he'd tell about [01:32.94]His christmas dance partner that he never knew well [01:36.26]He'd share his favorite story with the locals he met [01:39.43]He was called the christmas story telling traveling man [01:42.81] [01:46.83]By age 53 he had done settled down [01:49.83]All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around [01:53.32]Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road [01:56.45] [01:57.00]All he had now were these children he told [02:00.43]And every christmas eve they showed up before dark [02:03.76]He'd tell them all the story but they knew it by heart [02:06.99]They could quote it word for word [02:08.54]He always told it the same [02:10.33]It was his favorite christmas story [02:12.15]Called the girl with no name [02:13.81] [02:14.65]He said I met her up in delaware in 1937 [02:18.19]She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress [02:21.79]December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when [02:25.23]I finally gained the courage to ask her to dance [02:28.58] [02:46.07]Twenty years later as he took his last breath [02:49.06]On a cold christmas morning in a hospital bed [02:52.55]The children were grown he had nobody left [02:55.64]Except the little old nurse who was holding his hand [02:59.17] [03:00.09]He said ma'am could you share a little holiday cheer [03:03.78]A simple christmas story was all he wanted to hear [03:07.16]But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke [03:10.39]Because his favorite christmas story was the one that she told [03:13.95] [03:15.45]She said I met him up in delaware in 1937 [03:19.11]Though I never caught his name he was a traveling man [03:22.62]December 24th at a quarter till eleven [03:25.90]I'm so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance