Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
It was Christmas Eve, babe
– It’S Noon, babe
In the drunk tank
– Kwitanki enxilisayo
An old man said to me
– Indoda endala yathi kum
“Won’t see another one”
– “Ngeke ngibone omunye”
And then he sang a song
– Emva koko wahlabelela ingoma
‘The Rare Old Mountain Dew’
– ‘Umbethe Onqabileyo Wentaba Endala’
I turned my face away
– Ndajika ubuso bam
And dreamed about you
– Kwaye waphupha ngawe
Got on a lucky one
– Ifumene ithamsanqa
Came in eighteen-to-one
– Kwafika kwishumi elinesibhozo ukuya kwishumi elinesibhozo
I’ve got a feeling
– Ndinemvakalelo
This year’s for me and you
– Lo nyaka ungowam nawe
So, Happy Christmas
– Ngoko, Ikrismesi Eyonwabileyo
I love you, baby
– Ndiyakuthanda, baby
I can see a better time
– Ndibona ixesha elingcono
When all our dreams come true
– Xa onke amaphupha ethu ezaliseka
They’ve got cars big as bars, they’ve got rivers of gold
– Baneemoto ezinkulu njengemivalo, banemilambo yegolide
But the wind goes right through you, it’s no place for the old
– Kodwa umoya uyadlula kuwe, akukho ndawo yakudala
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
– Ukuqala kwakho ukuthatha isandla Sam Kubusuku obubandayo Bekrisimesi
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
– Wena wandithembisa Ubroadway wandilinda
You were handsome, you were pretty, queen of New York City
– You’re beautiful, you’re beautiful, neener neener neener, i-queen yasenew York City
When the band finished playing, they howled out for more
– Emva kokuba iqela ligqibile ukudlala, babhomboloza ngakumbi
Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks, they were singing
– U-Sinatra wayegubha, bonke abanxilisayo, bacula
We kissed on a corner, then danced through the night
– Sanga kwikona, sadanisa ubusuku bonke
The boys of the NYPD choir were singing “Galway Bay”
– ABAFANA baseqhudeni song ” Galway Bay”
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day
– Kwaye iintsimbi zazikhala Ngomhla Wekrisimesi
You’re a bum, you’re a punk, you’re an old slut on junk
– You’re a punk, you’re a punk, you’re a punk sweatshirt
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
– Ulele apho phantse ufile kwithontsi kuloo bhedi
You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy faggot
– You, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee
Happy Christmas, your arse, I pray God it’s our last
– Joyous Celebration – thixo mkhulu Ndihleli
The boys of the NYPD choir, still singing “Galway Bay”
– MAFIKIZOLO thandolwethu song ” Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day
– Kwaye iintsimbi zikhala Ngomhla Wekrisimesi
“I could have been someone”, well, so could anyone
– “Ndingaba ngumntu\”, kulungile, ngoko ke nabani na
You took my dreams from me when I first found you
– Wathatha amaphupha am kum xa ndiqala ukukufumana
I kept them with me, babe, I put them with my own
– Ndibagcine kunye nam, baba, ndibabeke kunye nam
Can’t make it all alone, I’ve built my dreams around you
– Andikwazi ukwenza yonke into, ndakha amaphupha am ngeenxa zonke kuwe
The boys of the NYPD choir, still singing “Galway Bay”
– MAFIKIZOLO thandolwethu song ” Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day
– Kwaye iintsimbi zikhala Ngomhla Wekrisimesi
