Zie ginds komt de stoomboot Look there is the steamer From far-away lands It brings us Saint Nicholas He’s waving his hands His horse is a-prancing On deck up and down The banners are waving In village and town Black Peter is laughing And tells everyone The good kids get candy The bad ones get none Oh dearest Saint Nicholas If Pete and you would Just visit our house For we all have been good

Hoor de wind waait door de bomen Hear the wind over rooftops humming In the chimney hear it blow Will saint Nicholas still be coming Through the storms and through the snow 2x Yes he comes though storms be beating On his horse so strong and fast If he hears our hearts a-beating Surely he would not ride past 2x

O, kom er eens kijken Chorus: Oh come have a look at What I’m finding in my boot Dropped through the chimney Yet no speck of soot A jumping jack with wolly head My name in letters of gingerbread A book with pictures and some paint We thank you dear old saint A doll with rigtails in her hair Her dress as white as saint’s old mare A sugar bunny sweet and quaint We thank you dear old saint