I Saw a Ghost on Christmas

I saw a ghost on Christmas floating o'er the drift I saw a ghost on Christmas day in nothing but a shift She bade me come unto her and join her in the air She said "Come, be my partner. Dance with me if you dare" And I dared, and the air swept beneath me And we danced to the fading of the light And the beautiful remnants of this Christmas revenant stayed with me Deep into the night And as I looked more closely in the half-light of the moon I saw it was my love who had died in the the flower of her youth She leaned in close to kiss me and in her cold embrace I saw a ghostly tear of joy stream down her perfect face And the years just rolled off my shoulders And my feet kicked light into the air And we spun and twirled and sailed throughout the heavens Free of all earthly cares And then I looked below us and frozen in the drift I saw what was my body which had now become stiff I must have stayed out too long in the frigid cold outside And now if you look up on Christmas Day, you'll see me dancing with my bride