Sing along,now, everyone –
“It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank…”
Best Christmas song ever.
Can’t believe I just now discovered it, thanks to Boerewar’s Emergency Medicine Chronicles. (He’s got a very funny video cover and all the lyrics there. ) The Telegraph has a nice write up about the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkhe0exOXuU
Best version!
That’s the one I linked to up there – it’s a riot! I love it most when the audience all sings along – it’s so clear the entire population of Ireland has it memorized…Makes me proud to be the daughter of one Patsy Ford.
Don’t know much about Irish music, but I found it mesmerizing at 2:16 am on new year’s day. Loved listening but couldn’t follow all the words.
IRENE –
The lyrics are on the site I linked to in the post – Here it is agian
http://boereworsmedicine.blogspot.com/2011/12/fairytale-of-new-yorkas-youve-never.html
Worth the read!
PEGGY