The only Christmas song I know of that uses the word ‘maggot’.
Fairytale of New York
copyright 1988, Shane MacGowan & Jem FinerIt 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… [Duet:]
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 nightThe boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing “Galway Bay”
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day
The song was transformed from being a quirky Pogues tune into something more when Kirsty MacCool serendipitously lent her voice to a demo tape to guide the actual prospective female singer. The band was hooked on her rendition, and she toured with them, her melodic voice acting as a lovely counterpart to the harsher male portion.
