No one writes real Christmas songs anymore -- luckily there's "Fairytale of New York."
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em>It was Christmas Eve, babe
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In the drunk tank
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An old man said to me,
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"Won't see another one"
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And then he sang a song,
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"The Rare Ole' Mountain Dew"
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I turned my face away
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And dreamed about you
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But all is not lost. He hopes for a brighter new year than the
turbulent ones that led him to the stone lonesome.
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em>Got on the lucky one
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Came in at 18-to-1
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I've got a feeling
Patrick Hynes is an account executive with the consulting firm Marsh Copsey + Scott and the proprietor of the websites www.passionforfairness.com and www.crushkerry.com.