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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty MacColl
Vocals
Jem Finer
Jem Finer
Banjo
Shane MacGowan
Shane MacGowan
Vocals
James Fearnley
James Fearnley
Accordion
Darryl Hunt
Darryl Hunt
Bass Guitar
Terry Woods
Terry Woods
Cittern
Andrew Ranken
Andrew Ranken
Drums
Philip Chevron
Philip Chevron
Guitar
Fiachra Trench
Fiachra Trench
Strings
Spider Stacy
Spider Stacy
Tin Whistle
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jem Finer
Jem Finer
Songwriter
Shane MacGowan
Shane MacGowan
Songwriter
James Fearnley
James Fearnley
String Arranger
Fiachra Trench
Fiachra Trench
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Chris Dickie
Chris Dickie
Engineer
Dave Jordan
Dave Jordan
Engineer
Nick Lacey
Nick Lacey
Engineer
Paul Scully
Paul Scully
Engineer
Roy Spong
Roy Spong
Engineer
Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite
Producer

Lyrics

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 a lucky one Came in 18 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 goes 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 a corner then danced through the night The boys of the NYPD choir Were singing "Galway Bay" And the bells were 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 The boys of the NYPD choir Still singing "Galway Bay" And the bells were ringing out For Christmas day I could have been someone Well, so could anyone You took my dreams from me When I first found you I kept them with me, babe I put them with my own Can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you The boys of the NYPD choir Still singing "Galway Bay" And the bells are ringing out For Christmas day
Writer(s): Jeremy Max Finer, Shane Patrick Lysaght Mac-gowan Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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