# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**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, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/21 "2001-12-03T02:12:21Z")
Got on the lucky one…came in at ten to one I’ve got a feeling this years for beginnings So happy Christmas…I love you baby I can see a better time when all our dreams come true ---
**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, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/22 "2001-12-03T02:12:28Z")
_Got on a lucky one; Came in eighteen to one. I’ve got a feeling, This year’s for me and you._ [sub]I would also like to note that I saw Shane MacGowan and the Popes perform at the Fillmore in San Francisco. And he rocked. :)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/23 "2001-12-03T02:45:58Z")
_So Happy Christmas, I love you baby. I can see a better time, When all our dreams come true…_ ---
**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, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/24 "2001-12-03T02:54:31Z")
_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._ ---
**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, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/25 "2001-12-03T11:08:35Z")
_When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve You promised me Broadway was waiting for me_ ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/26 "2001-12-03T12:47:28Z")
Guess what I’m listening to right now? You were handsome You were pretty Queen of New York City When the band finished playing They howled out for more I love this song! I always said I’d play it at my wedding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/27 "2001-12-03T12:47:30Z")
_You’re handsome, you’re pretty, Queen of New York City_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/28 "2001-12-03T15:08:49Z")
> [@](#): > > _Coldfire wrote:_ > **Best X-mas record ever, IMHO.** Yeah, I’d have to agree with you there, Coldie! I think the only reason it didn’t get a lot of airplay over here is because that lame-o “Do They Know It’s Christmas” was getting all of the press. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/29 "2001-12-03T16:41:05Z")
_When the band finished playing They howled out for more_ ---
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505/30 "2001-12-03T17:39:45Z")
_Sinatra was swinging, All the drunks they were singing. We kissed on a corner Then danced through the night._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fairy-tale-of-new-york/96505.md?page=1)