A little something from Christmases past ...
Askari
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I’ll Be DARK for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)
[With apologies to Bing Crosby; sung to the tune arranged by John Scott Trotter, Oct. 1943]
I’ll be Dark for Christmas,
Nothing ‘Lite’ for me;
Please have coins and currency
As presents under the tree.
Crowns and Shillings for you,
Marks and Thalers for me;
Nothing slabbed would ever do,
Raw or toned, nat’ral they’ll be.
Gothic Crowns, such beauties,
Britannias are my love,
But Notgeld, too, and APCs
Are part of my treasure trove.
So much the Dark Side offers,
So strongly does it tease.
Lost in attics and cellars
Are treasures such as these:
Staters, Drachms, and Follis,
Lepton, Karshapana,
Dirham and Denarius,
Antoniniani, Prutah,
Shillings, Pounds and Pesos,
Dinara, Yen and Pence,
Centimes and Centavos,
Sols and Livres and Francs,
Bani, Lei and Lira,
Hellers, Øre and Sen,
Centesimi, Leva,
Pfennigs and Kronen,
Drachmai, Rubles, Kopeks,
Gulden, Yuan, Rupees,
Perper and Karbowanez,
Kronur, Reals, Zlotych…
I could go on forever
With this pleasant reverie,
Of copper, gold and silver,
And paper currency.
Longer grow my wantlists,
No end in sight, it seems.
I’ll be Dark for Christmas,
If only in my dreams.
[With apologies to Bing Crosby; sung to the tune arranged by John Scott Trotter, Oct. 1943]
I’ll be Dark for Christmas,
Nothing ‘Lite’ for me;
Please have coins and currency
As presents under the tree.
Crowns and Shillings for you,
Marks and Thalers for me;
Nothing slabbed would ever do,
Raw or toned, nat’ral they’ll be.
Gothic Crowns, such beauties,
Britannias are my love,
But Notgeld, too, and APCs
Are part of my treasure trove.
So much the Dark Side offers,
So strongly does it tease.
Lost in attics and cellars
Are treasures such as these:
Staters, Drachms, and Follis,
Lepton, Karshapana,
Dirham and Denarius,
Antoniniani, Prutah,
Shillings, Pounds and Pesos,
Dinara, Yen and Pence,
Centimes and Centavos,
Sols and Livres and Francs,
Bani, Lei and Lira,
Hellers, Øre and Sen,
Centesimi, Leva,
Pfennigs and Kronen,
Drachmai, Rubles, Kopeks,
Gulden, Yuan, Rupees,
Perper and Karbowanez,
Kronur, Reals, Zlotych…
I could go on forever
With this pleasant reverie,
Of copper, gold and silver,
And paper currency.
Longer grow my wantlists,
No end in sight, it seems.
I’ll be Dark for Christmas,
If only in my dreams.
Askari
Come on over ... to The Dark Side!
Come on over ... to The Dark Side!
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You inhabit the Deep Dark.
You are the Spark of the Dark--the instigator: the bringer of ideas.
Thanks for the song. I've always been fascinated by the Dark Side of Christmas.
You are Da Man. And here's wishing you a Dark little Christmas fearless leader.
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Nice lyric touch
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