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Fairytale of New York

from WinterFolk by O'Hooley & Tidow

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An Irish immigrant's Christmas Eve spent sleeping off a binge in a New York City drunk tank, reminiscing about an argument with his love…

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It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
‘The Rare Old Mountain Dew’
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on the lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind blows right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on the corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing ‘Galway Bay’
And the bells are ringing out
For Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last

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from WinterFolk, released December 4, 2020
Jem Finer/Shane MacGowan

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O'Hooley & Tidow Huddersfield, UK

ENGLAND'S ANSWER TO THE MCGARRIGLES

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