The 12 Days of Christmas in Dubai

A special song written for the 26 of Dec 2007 in Sheedys – a great night…

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

An island shaped like a palm tree,

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

2 Al Murjans,

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

3 Fendi Bags,

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

4 Calling Mullahs,

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

5 Diamonds from Phil,

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

6 Lakes a Leaking,

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

7 Sheikhs a smiling,

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

8 Expats Whining,

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

9 Nine Wests,

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

10 Towers Tilting,

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

11 Roads for Tolling,

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me;

12 Drillers Drilling.

——

God rest ye merry gentlemen

Let nothing you dismay

Remember Brendan Noonan

Is bound to have his way

To save us all on DVD

With backing tracks of joy

And captions so witty and so coy

Witty and coy

With captions so witty and so coy

—-

Motorbikes can be a folly,

Fa la la……

Poor Emon was not that jolly

Fa la la……

But the leg is now much better

Fa la la………….

That’s ten more dirhams for Cormac’s treasure

—-

Cormac the red nosed banker

Bet you’ve never seen him doze

Be it at the Wharf or Fairmont

Wherever wine and champers flows

All of the other bankers

Would like to laugh and call him names

But they’ll never beat our Cormac

At signing all those big customer names

—-

I’m dreaming of a Dubai Christmas

NOT like the ones we used to know

Where the swimming pools glisten

And the traders listen

To hear if the dollar peg will go

I’m dreaming of a Dubai Christmas

With every mail and text I write

May your maids from Kerala be bright

And may all your Christmasses be like tonight

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