As requested by Tom ‘PoTTerTea’
Words & Music by Shane MacGowan & Jem Finer.
Playalong with The Pogues - featuring Kirsty MacColl:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8&feature=youtu.be 10s It was Christ..—mas Eve babe.
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In the drunk tank.
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An old man .. said to me .. won't see .. an——oth———er one.
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And then .. he sang .. a song.
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The rare .. old moun——tain .. dew.
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I turned my face a———way.
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And dreamed .. a——bout .. you.
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Got on .. a luck..——y one
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Came in .. at ten to one.
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I've got a feel——ing.
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This year's .. for me and you.
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So hap..—py Christ..—mas.
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I love .. you ba..——by.
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I can see .. a bet——ter time.
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When all .. our dreams .. come true
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Musical interlude. 1.31s They've got cars .. big as bars.
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They've got riv——ers .. of gold.
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But the wind goes right through you.
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It's no place for the old.
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When you first took my hand .. on a cold .. Christ—-mas Eve.
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You prom—ised .. me Broad—way was wait——ing for me.
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You were hand——some.
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You were pret——ty.
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Queen of New York Cit——-y.
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When the band fin—ished .. play—ing.
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They howled out for more.
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Sin——at———ra was swing——ing.
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All the drunks .. they were sing——ing.
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We kissed on a corn..—-er.
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Then danced through the night.
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The .. boys .. of the N Y .. P D .. choir.
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Were sing——ing .. "Gal.....—way .. Bay”.
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And the bells .. were ring——ing out .. for Christ——mas day.
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Musical interlude 2.16s You're a bum.
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You're a punk.
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You're an old slut on junk.
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ly——ing there .. al——most dead .. on a drip in that bed.
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You scum—bag .. you mag——got.
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You cheap .. lous——y fag——got.
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Hap——py Christ———mas your [butt].
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I pray God it's our last.
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The boys .. of .. the N Y .. P D .. choir.
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were sing——ing .. "Gal......—way .. Bay”.
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And the bells .. were ring——ing out .. for Christ——mas day.
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Musical interlude.
2.49s I .. could have been some—one.
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Well so .. could a——--y——one.
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You took my .. dreams .. from me
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When I first found you.
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I kept them .. with me babe.
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I put them .. with my own.
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Can’t .. make it all a——lone.
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I've built .. my dreams a—round .. you.
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The boys .. of the N Y P D .. choir.
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Were sing——ing .. "Gal——way Bay”.
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And the bells .. were ring——ing out .. for Christ——mas day.
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