oh it was christmas eve me and my cousin steve were pulling an all nighter our parents were gone we thought it would be swift to catch them with the gifts and prove that all their stories of santa were wrong we played my dad s lps of polka melodies and danced around until we collapsed on the couch then up on the roof i heard the sound of hooves and downward through the chimney came the real living proof it s santa s polka it s santa s polka santa don t get cold when he s dances at the old north pole ka he does a polka it s santa s polka santa s got to hop because he s got to make a lot of stops on christmas eve he did a polka hop across the room and stopped in front of daddy s hi fi with gifts in his hand he saw the phonograph turned round to us and laughed let s see what have i got for these young polka fans he set them in a heap but steve was fast asleep he still thinks uncle john bought his new saxophone i won t be so naive to ever disbelieve cause i m playing the accordion i got that christmas eve it s santa s polka it s santa s polka santa s jumping jiminy up through the chimney polka it s santa s polka it s santa s polka santa s got to hop because he s got to make a lot of stops on christmas eve hop step step to the left hop step step to the right a merry christmas to you all and to you all a good night