Baby, It's Cold Outside – English Lyrics

• By: She & Him
• Album: A Very She & Him Christmas

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the cozy charm of “Baby, It's Cold Outside” by She & Him! This classic holiday song provides a glimpse into the language of 1940s courtship, offering a fun and engaging way to explore historical perspectives on love, societal expectations, and the art of playful persuasion.

[English]

(hand knocks)

- [Singer] One, two, one.

(upbeat music)

(birds chirp)

♪ I really can't stay ♪

♪ Baby it's cold outside ♪

♪ I gotta go away ♪

♪ Baby it's cold outside ♪

♪ This evening has been ♪

♪ Been hoping that you'd dropped in ♪

♪ So very nice ♪

♪ I'll hold your hands they're just like ice ♪

♪ My mother will start to worry ♪

♪ Beautiful what's your hurry ♪

♪ My father will be pacing the floor ♪

♪ Listen to the fireplace roar ♪

♪ So really I'd better scurry ♪

♪ Beautiful please don't hurry ♪

♪ Well maybe just a half a drink more ♪

♪ I'll put some records on while I pour ♪

♪ The neighbors might think ♪

♪ Baby it's bad out there ♪

♪ Say what's in this drink ♪

♪ No cabs to be had out there ♪

♪ I wish I knew how ♪

♪ Your eyes are like starlight now ♪

♪ To break this spell ♪

♪ I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell ♪

♪ I ought to say no, no, no ♪

♪ Mind if move in closer ♪

♪ At least I'm gonna say that I tried ♪

♪ What's the sense of hurting my pride ♪

♪ I really can't stay ♪

♪ Baby don't hold out ♪

♪ Baby it's cold outside ♪

(singers whistle)

(record scratches)

♪ I've got to get home ♪

♪ Baby you'll freeze out there ♪

♪ Say lend me your comb ♪

♪ It's up to your knees out there ♪

♪ You've really been grand ♪

♪ I feel when I touch your hand ♪

♪ But don't you see ♪

♪ How can you do this thing to me ♪

♪ There's bound to be talk tomorrow ♪

♪ Think of my life long sorrow ♪

♪ At least there will be plenty implied ♪

♪ If you caught pneumonia and died ♪

♪ I really can't stay ♪

♪ Get over that hold out ♪

♪ Baby it's cold outside ♪

♪ Baby it's cold outside ♪

♪ Baby it's cold outside ♪

(hand knocks)

(birds chirp)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
stay /steɪ/ A2	verb - to remain in the same place or condition
cold /koʊld/ A2	adjective - having a low temperature
outside /ˈaʊt.saɪd/ A2	adverb - at or to the exterior of something
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for something to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for something to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true
drop /drɒp/ A2
warm /wɔːrm/ B1	adjective - having a pleasingly high temperature
sweep /swiːp/ B2	verb - to clean a surface by brushing it with a broom
fireplace /ˈfaɪərˌpleɪs/ B2	noun - a structure designed to contain a fire
hurry /ˈhɜːri/ B1