Fairytale of New York是The Pogues与Kirsty MacColl一同合作的单曲。The Pogues是爱尔兰传统曲调风格的一个乐队,由8人构成。乐器上,除了传统的三大件:吉他、贝司、鼓之外,他们还加入了班卓琴、曼陀林、笛子、萨克斯、风琴等乐器。庞克音乐与性合唱团的出现及其反制度、反传统的信条影响了当时无数的青少年也导致音乐形态的革命。棒客乐团的中心人物Shane MacGowan也就是深受庞克影响的其中一人。
Fairytale of New York歌词:
It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me
Won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you
Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen-to-one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So Happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true
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
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
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 a corner
Then danced through the night
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing Galway Bay
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day
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
You scumbag you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last
The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing Galway Bay
And the bells are ringing out
For Christmas day
I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you
The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing Galway Bay
And the bells are ringing out
For Christmas day
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