# A fairy tale of New York **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505 "2001-12-02T22:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/1 "2001-12-02T22:01:42Z")
You’re a bum you’re a punk… ---
**Author:** ![moronmountain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@moronmountain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moronmountain)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/2 "2001-12-02T22:11:30Z")
It’s early morning but you’re drunk… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/3 "2001-12-02T22:18:30Z")
You’re an old slut on junk… ---
**Author:** ![ejolen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@ejolen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ejolen)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/4 "2001-12-02T22:19:02Z")
You’re in the gutter and covered with spunk, ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/5 "2001-12-02T22:19:19Z")
And the boys in the NYPD choir were singing Galway Bay and the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day. I could have been someone. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/6 "2001-12-02T22:26:47Z")
But so could anyone… ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/7 "2001-12-02T23:15:10Z")
You took my dreams . . . _Dammit, Mermaid, you made me pull the CD out and play it. Now I’ll be listening to it all through Christmas._ ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/8 "2001-12-02T23:19:05Z")
I kept them with me babe, I put them with my own, I built my dreams all around you… ::my favorite line:: ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/9 "2001-12-02T23:20:33Z")
you took my dreams from me, when I first found you. I took them with me babe… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/10 "2001-12-02T23:24:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billdo \* > \*\*You took my dreams . . . > > _Dammit, Mermaid, you made me pull the CD out and play it. Now I’ll be listening to it all through Christmas._ \*\* Exactly. I came across it and played it and now it is firmly stuck in my brain. The more the merrier. :Happy Christmas my ass, I thank God it’s our last: ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/11 "2001-12-02T23:39:10Z")
_Heh. Off to South Australia with you._ In South Australia I was born Heave away, haul away In South Australia, round Cape Horn We’re bound for South Australia . . . _Get that out of your head, why dontcha._ ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/12 "2001-12-02T23:41:55Z")
Holy shite you guys are all over the place with this song! 🙂 _Can’t make it all alone I’ve built my dreams around you_ ::sniffle:: Good ol’ Kristy… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/13 "2001-12-02T23:43:09Z")
I have a punk cover by No Use for a Name. It’s sounds great. (Of course, the original is great, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/14 "2001-12-03T01:55:02Z")
_sniff_ That’s one of my favourite songs EVER. Thanks. 🙂 \*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…\* Mr. MacGowan, you’re a genius. Slainthe. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/15 "2001-12-03T02:00:10Z")
Color me stupid, but what in the hell are you guys singing? ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/16 "2001-12-03T02:02:17Z")
Damnit, I’m starting this off at the beginning cuz it’s one of my favorite songs ever! _It was Christmas eve babe, In the drunk tank. An old man said to me, won’t see another one…_ PS. Shirley, it’s the song _Fairytale of New York_ by the Pogues with Kirsty MacColl. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/17 "2001-12-03T02:03:15Z")
Let’s start with the first line…mkaay… It was Christmas evening in the drunk tank ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/18 "2001-12-03T02:03:31Z")
_Sinatra was swingin’ All the drunks they were singin’ We kissed on the corner and were burnt to a crisp by righteous flame._ Is that how it goes? It’s a **Pogues** song, from their album **If I Should Fall From Grace With God**. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/19 "2001-12-03T02:04:56Z")
It’s a song called _Fairy Tale of New York_. It was first performed by The Pogues, with Kirsty Maccol on vocals. She sadly died last year while on holiday in Mexico. The song is fantastic. Best X-mas record ever, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/20 "2001-12-03T02:08:00Z")
That’s a quadruple post. Pretty rare these days. Well, technically, it was just me being slow. Anyway: _And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew. And I turned my face away And dreamed about you_ THAT’s how it continues after Rasa’s post. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505.md?page=2)