As a Christmas special to fans of my musical poetry (!!!), that I
normally sing unaccompanied, I've recorded a new version of "Fairytale
of New York" with musical acompaniment supplied by a karaoke CD. I
have included the lyrics below; to download it in MP3 format, go to my
musical poetry page at www.socialiststeve.me.uk/poetry.htm. [Clicking
on the link to the MP3 file should play or save it on most computers,
and this format should be suitable for iPods/MP3 players.]

The song is partly fictional, but is dedicated to an Indian activist
based in New York who sometimes calls herself "warcry". I have reason
to believe that she is in, or has been in, a psychiatric institution
in the USA that she has compared to Auschwitz concentration camp. For
more details, visit the Warcry Allies website I have set up to try to
help her situation, at www.warcryallies.net. If anybody knows what has
happened to her, I'd be very grateful if somebody could let me know.

Happy Christmas to you all,
Steve.