Santa Baby – English Lyrics

• By: Lindsey Stirling
• Album: Warmer in the Winter

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the festive charm of Lindsey Stirling's "Santa Baby"! This unique rendition of a holiday classic offers a fantastic opportunity to explore how a familiar song can be transformed through innovative instrumentation and performance. You can learn about modern English expressions of desire and playfulness within a Christmas context, as well as appreciate Stirling's distinctive musical style that seamlessly blends classical violin with contemporary pop elements and dance. Her vocal delivery and violin solos make this song a special and engaging piece for language learners and music enthusiasts alike.

[English]

Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree for me

I've been an awful good girl, Santa baby Now hurry down the chimney tonight...tonight

Santa baby, a '54 convertible too Light blue

I'll wait up for you dear Santa baby, now hurry down the chimney tonight...tonight

Santa baby, I wanna yacht And really that's not a lot

Been an angel all year Santa baby, now hurry down the chimney tonight...tonight

Santa cutie, and fill my stocking with a duplex And checks

Sign your 'X' on the line Santa cutie, now hurry down the chimney tonight...tonight

Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing A ring

I don't mean on the phone Santa baby, now hurry down the chimney tonight...tonight

Santa baby, I wanna yacht And really that's not a lot

Been an angel all year Santa baby, now hurry down the chimney tonight...tonight

Santa cutie, and fill my stocking with a duplex And checks

Sign your 'X' on the line Santa cutie, now hurry down the chimney tonight...tonight

Key Grammar Structures

• I've been an awful good girl, Santa baby

  ➔ Present perfect continuous

  ➔ The phrase **"I've been"** (I have been) shows the present perfect continuous, indicating a state that started in the past and continues up to now.

• Now hurry down the chimney tonight...tonight

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The verb **"hurry"** is used without a subject, giving a direct command.

• I wanna yacht

  ➔ Informal contraction (wanna = want to) + infinitive

  ➔ The slang **"wanna"** replaces **"want to"**, followed by the infinitive **"yacht"** (understood as *have a yacht*).

• And really that's not a lot

  ➔ Contraction (that's = that is) + negative present simple

  ➔ The contracted form **"that's"** stands for **"that is"**, and the verb **"is not"** expresses a negative statement in the present simple.

• Sign your 'X' on the line

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The verb **"Sign"** is used as a command directed to the listener.

• I don't mean on the phone

  ➔ Negative present simple with auxiliary "do"

  ➔ The auxiliary **"do"** forms the negative **"don't"**, followed by the base verb **"mean"**.

• Santa cutie, and fill my stocking with a duplex

  ➔ Imperative mood (verb "fill")

  ➔ The verb **"fill"** is used without a subject, giving a direct request.

• Forgot to mention one little thing

  ➔ Past simple + infinitive complement (to mention)

  ➔ The verb **"Forgot"** is in the past simple, followed by the infinitive **"to mention"** indicating what was forgotten.

• I've been an angel all year

  ➔ Present perfect continuous

  ➔ Again, **"I've been"** (I have been) uses the present perfect continuous to describe a state lasting from the past up to now.