Jim:my heart is sad, my soul is weary
though christmas day is fast appear
i have no silver i have no gold
to buy my wife a gift this year
to see her sad on christmas morning
is a thing i cannot bear
i'll pawn the watch my father gave me
to buy a come for her hair
katharine:
oh mother, mother what shall i do?
though christmas day is fast appear
i have no silver i have no gold
to buy my love a gift this year
for i am poor and i'm a beggar
not a cent have i, no dime i claim
i'll trade the golden hair that is our pleasure
buy for your watch a golden chain
jim:
darling, darling today is christmas
what has become of your golden hair
for i've traded our only treasure
these silver combs for you to wear
katharine:
darling, darling we've lost our treasure
my gift to you is a golden chain
though we've pawned away our only pleasures
these gifts we give are not in vain
all:
the wise men came on christmas morning
their gifts of love they came to bear
from that day on always remembered
our own true love forever share