SANTA WAS A YELLOW BELLY
A CARPENTER FROM ANTON'S GOWT
HE CARVED THE KIDS TEN THOUSAND TOYS
TO STOP EM ALL GOING WITHOUT
WE HATE TO SPOIL A CHRISTMAS TALE
BUT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
THAT SANTA MOVED FROM LAPLAND
SOME FIFTY YEARS AGO
HE FOUND IT WAS TOO COLD UP THERE
OF THIS THERE WAS NO DOUBT
SO HE PACKED HIS BAGS AND GOT OUT OF THERE
AND HE MOVED TO ANTON'S GOWT.
SANTA HAD A PROBLEM
TO PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
HE NEEDED ELVES TO HELP HIM PACK
AND DEER TO PULL HIS SLEIGH
BUT MRS CLAUSE SAID WE’RE IN THE FENS
AND ELVES THEY DON’T LIVE HERE
THEN WE’LL USE IMPS SAID SANTA
AND BEAST OUR SLED WILL STEER
NOW SANTA'S ROBE IS RED AND WHITE
YOU’LL BE SURPRISED TO KNOW
AND THOUGH WE THINK OF HIM LIKE THIS
IT WASN'T ALWAYS SO
HE USED TO DRESS IN SHABBY SACK
IT WAS SO DARK AND DANK
BUT HE PICKED UP HIS NEW COLOUR SCHEME
FROM A TRIP TO SINCIL BANK
SANTA HAD A MISTRESS
HE HAD MET AT SINCIL BANK
THE MIGHTY IMPS WERE THREE NIL DOWN
AND SANTA'S HEART HAD SANK
A BUXOM BLONDE SAT NEXT TO HIM
THEIR LOVE WAS PLAIN TO SEE
AND THAT NIGHT SANTA SCORED A GOAL
HER NAME WAS MAVIS ENDERBY
IF ANYONE SAYS DIFFERENTLY
YOU’VE GOTTA MAKE IT CLEAR
SANTA LIVES IN ANTON'S GOWT
RIGHT HERE IN LINCOLNSHIRE
SO LOOK OUT ACROSS YOUR ROOFTOP KIDS
HE’LL BE PASSIN DOWN YOUR WAY
IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME IN LINCOLNSHIRE
THREE CHEERS HIP HIP HOORAY
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Santa was a Yellow Belly Brommell, Pout and Glenn
