Twelve Days to Christmas

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me. Ooh. Amalia: Good morning, Mr. Novak. Georg: Good morning, Ms. Balish. How are you today? Amalia: Ready for thousands of customers. Georg: Only twelve days to go! Ensemble/Customers: Fa la la la la la la la Fa la la la la la la Fa la la la Twelve days to Christmas, Twelve days to Christmas, Plenty of time to do your Christmas shopping These are the people who shop in time, shop in time, plenty of time These are the people with time to spare who shop at our convenience Twelve days to Christmas, Twelve days to Christmas, Look at the way they do our Christmas shopping They can go shopping and still remain calm and sedate These are the people we envy and the people that we hate! Thank you, Thank you Please call again Do call again, thank you Amalia: Quite a day, eh, Mr. Novak? Georg: Oh Ah, It certainly was, Ms. Balish. Amalia: Oh, thank you for the book, it was excellent. Georg: I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Ah, Will you be taking the bus home today, Ms. Balish. Amalia: Yes, I will. Gerog: May I walk you to the bus stop? Amalia: I'd like that Mr. Novak. Ensemble/Customers: Twelve drummers drumming, Twelve drummers drumming Eleven pipers piping, Eleven pipers piping Ten lords a leaping Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine Nine days to Christmas, Nine days to Christmas Still enough time to do your Christmas shopping These are the people who shop in time, shop in time, still enough time Sensible people who organize the time at our disposal Nine days to Christmas, Nine days to Christmas, Still enough time to do your Christmas shopping These are the people who plan their days wisely and well These are the people who shop in time, and they can go to hell! (Simultaneously) Cashiers: Thank you, thank you, please call again, do call again, thank you Customers: Thank you, thank you, we'll call again, we'll call again, thank you Georg: Are you in a very great hurry today, Ms. Balish? Amalia: No not at all. Georg: I was thinking, maybe a cup of coffee on the way to the bus? Amalia: I'd like that Mr. Novak. Georg: So would I. Ensemble/Customers: Eight maids a milking Seven swans a swimming Six geese a laying Five golden rings Four days to Christmas Four days to Christmas Just enough time to do your Christmas shopping These are the people who shop in time, just in time, barely in time These are the people who calculate with clinical precision Four days to Christmas Four days to Christmas These are the folks who never waste a second Full of a chilly efficiency Loaded with gall Never too early and never late AND THEY'RE THE WORST OF ALL! (Simultaneously) Cashiers: Thank you, thank you, please call again, do call again, thank you Customers: Thank you, thank you, we'll call again, we'll call again, thank you Amalia: Oh, What a day! Georg: Ah! Just wait until the twenty fourth. Ensemble/Customers: THE TWENTY FOURTH?! 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 are 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! (Simultaneously) Cashiers: Thank you, thank you, please call again, do call again, thank you Customers: Thank you, thank you, we'll call again, we'll call again, thank you Merry Christmas!