# It was Christmas Eve babe... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135 "2014-12-25T02:53:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/1 "2014-12-25T02:53:23Z")
in the drunk tank, ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/2 "2014-12-25T02:55:56Z")
An old man said to me, won’t see another one. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/3 "2014-12-25T03:07:12Z")
And then he sang a song ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/4 "2014-12-25T03:07:16Z")
And then he sang a song That Rare Old Mountain Dew ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/5 "2014-12-25T03:41:05Z")
I turned my face away and dreamed about you. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/6 "2014-12-25T03:45:19Z")
Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/7 "2014-12-25T03:46:05Z")
I’ve got a feeling this year’s for me and you ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/8 "2014-12-25T04:05:19Z")
So happy Christmas I love you baby. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/9 "2014-12-25T04:11:35Z")
I can see a better time When all our dreams come true ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/10 "2014-12-25T04:27:11Z")
They’ve got cars big as bars They’ve got rivers of gold ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/11 "2014-12-25T04:58:06Z")
The wind goes right through you it’s no place for the old ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/12 "2014-12-25T05:01:51Z")
When you fist took my hand On a cold Christmas Eve ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/13 "2014-12-25T05:35:53Z")
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/14 "2014-12-25T05:36:03Z")
You were handsome You were pretty ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/15 "2014-12-25T05:46:02Z")
Queen of New York City ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/16 "2014-12-25T05:49:13Z")
When the band finished playing They howled out for more ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/17 "2014-12-25T05:51:45Z")
Sinatra was swinging All the drunks, they were singing ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/18 "2014-12-25T06:42:03Z")
We kissed on a corner, Then danced through the night. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/19 "2014-12-25T06:43:26Z")
The boys of the NYPD Choir were singing Galway bay, ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135/20 "2014-12-25T06:53:12Z")
and the bells were ringing out for Christmas day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/708135.md?page=2)