I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
(Jess Hotchkiss / Kay Martin)

Kay Martin - 1962



I know just what you want for Christmas
But I don't know how to wrap it, Dear
It's something that you always wanted
You asked me for it all last year
I've tried so hard to wrap it
But it's shaped unorthodox
I tried it in a carton
Even tried it in a box
I know just what you want for Christmas
But I don't know how to wrap it, Dear

I know just what you want for Christmas
But I don't know what to put it in
I've got a lot of fancy wrappings
But don't know where I should begin
I need one hand to wrap with
Another hand to clutch it
It wriggles and it squirms
It even tickles when I touch it
I know just what you want for Christmas
But I don't know how to wrap it, Dear

I want to wrap it up for Christmas
But I can't decide just how it's done
It should be in a pretty package
Unwrapping it is so much fun
It won't be a surprise
It should be a delight
It's the same one you played with
Last Saturday night
I know just what you want for Christmas
But I don't know how to wrap it, Dear

I know just what you want for Christmas
But I can't send it through the mail
Because of postal regulations
You might have to go my bail
I'm having so much trouble
I couldn't be forlorner
You should see me try to cram it
In the mailbox on the corner
I know just what you want for Christmas
But I don't know how to wrap it, Dear

You're really gonna get it Christmas
Because I got the Cadillac
I don't know how I'm gonna wrap it
May give it to you in a sack
I bathed it and powdered it
And sprayed it with perfume
You may even have to chase it
All around the room
I know just what you want for Christmas
But I don't know how to wrap it up
Your little Cocker Spaniel pup!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2011)