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In the hush of a shiver Christmas-tide dawn Sing hey! sing ho! heigho! Three small frozen figures hunt stiff and forlorn Sing hey! sing ho! heigho! Three dim ghostly forms in the glimmering gray Locked up in the dark cold storage quarters were they Awaiting the coming of glad Christmas day Sing hey! sing ho! heigho!

Suspended each one from a hickory twig Sing hey! sing ho! heigho! A turkey, a goose, and a little fat pig Sing hey! sing ho! heigho! With chestnuts the turkey was garnished and stuffed With onions and sage was the goose-carcass puffed, While piggy was spiced, and hi sneck was beruffed Sing hey! sing ho! heigho!

Three spirits regretful were hovering near Sing hey! sing ho! heigho!