Fairytale of New York (The Pogues cover) feat. Zimmy Dry Martini

by Key O' Sea

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Here's a Christmas classic one!

Our tribute to The Pogues, Shane MacGowan and the mighty Christy Moore.

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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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released December 26, 2020
Recorded somewhere between lockdown and hell in our secret hideouts.

Mixed and mastered by the smuggler Alessandro Berto.

Videoclip made in 24h and some of no-sleep by Elia Penna aka Elijah “The Quill”.


Key O' Sea on this recording are:

Captain Dave J. "The Varg": Vox

Raw Bertha: Vox

Commander Sam "The Bald": Accordion

Quartermaster Elijah "The Quill": Guitar, banjo, piano, synth

Boatswain Mikey "The Brute": Guitar

El Bandido Misterioso: Cajon, improvised objects

Zimmy Dry Martini: Stand up bass

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Key O' Sea Bologna, Italy

Our aim is to revisit traditional songs with a specific focus on maritime music, and amuse ourselves by introducing elements of pop, rock, metal and punk culture, and famous movie soundtracks. Our favourite stages are smelly pubs, infamous bars, ship decks, drifting rafts, secret coves, rebel hideouts, mountain shelters, your living room with fireplace. ... more

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