# Sing with me won't you? It was Christmas Eve babe in the drunk tank... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675 "2002-11-30T21:11:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **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:** [November 30, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/1 "2002-11-30T21:11:04Z")
An old man said to me, won’t see another one And then he sang a song The rare old mountain dew… [sub]Just trying to get a little christmas spirit[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/2 "2002-11-30T21:32:45Z")
[sub](Yay! My favorite Christmas song.)[/sub] I turned my face away, and dreamed about you… ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/3 "2002-11-30T21:38:34Z")
“… suuuuuuuuuuudenly … I got that ol’ time feeeeelin’ as I brushed your arm, and walked soooooooo cloooooose to youuuuuuuuuuuuu …” ---
**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:** [November 30, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/4 "2002-11-30T22:18:39Z")
_Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one I’ve got a feeling This year’s for me and you_ ---
**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:** [November 30, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/5 "2002-11-30T22:27:49Z")
_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:** [November 30, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/6 "2002-11-30T22:35:33Z")
_They got cars big as bars they 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 day you promised me broadway was waiting for me._ ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/7 "2002-11-30T22:53:55Z")
\*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 the corner Then danced through the night \* ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/8 "2002-11-30T23:00:56Z")
The boys of the NYPD choir Were singing ‘Galway Bay’ And the bells were ringing Out for Christmas day ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/9 "2002-11-30T23:05:15Z")
_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._ ---
**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:** [November 30, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/10 "2002-11-30T23:40:02Z")
_You scumbag! You maggot! You cheap, lousy faggot! “Happy Christmas”, your arse I pray God it’s our last._ ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/11 "2002-12-01T00:08:58Z")
Chorus… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*The boys of the NYPD choir > Were singing ‘Galway Bay’ > And the bells were ringing > Out for Christmas day \*\* I could have been someone… ---
**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 1, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/12 "2002-12-01T00:14:33Z")
_well so could anyone…_ [sub]Where’s Coldie?[/sub] ---
**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 1, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/13 "2002-12-01T00:33:25Z")
You took my dreams from me ---
**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 1, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/14 "2002-12-01T00:40:13Z")
_I’ve kept them with me, babe, And put them with my own. Can’t make it all alone. I’ve built my dreams around you._ ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/15 "2002-12-01T00:50:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Where’s Coldie? The way I hear it, one evening he was lying down by Leicester Square, where he was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls. Between the metal doors at Vine Street he was beaten and mauled, and they ruined his good looks for the old main drag… sorry…wrong album. 🙂 Oh, and stick this up there somewhere … _When I first found you_ ---
**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 1, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/16 "2002-12-01T01:40:14Z")
[sub] **neofish** I meant **Coldfire** , he usually pops into this thread when it makes the annual appearance. :)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/17 "2002-12-01T04:30:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*_You scumbag! You maggot! > You cheap, lousy faggot! > “Happy Christmas”, your arse > I pray God it’s our last._ \*\* Ok, is there anyone else who thinks this is the BEST XMAS SONG EVER? Especially that bit? I miss her, BTW. ---
**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 1, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/18 "2002-12-01T15:07:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*The boys of the NYPD choir > Were singing ‘Galway Bay’ > And the bells were ringing > Out for Christmas day \*\* Repeat chorus. The End. RIP Kirsty ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-with-me-wont-you-it-was-christmas-eve-babe-in-the-drunk-tank/139675/19 "2002-12-01T15:13:17Z")
Mods, lock this thread - it’s perfect.