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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: <span name="Tomás Ó Cárthaigh"><span class="gD" name="Tom Mc Rae">Tom Mc Rae</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com">thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com</a>></span></span></font></p>

<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-Humour: Scottish Christmas Fairy</font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br><div align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:red;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:18pt">Scottish Christmas Fairy</span></b><span></span></div>

<div align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:14pt"><img width="356" height="370" src="cid:1.1738515415@web121606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com"></span></b><span></span></div>

<div><div><span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><div align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18pt">CHRISTMAS FAIRY<br><br>I am a little fairy<br>On tap o' the Christmas Tree<br>

It's no' a job I fancy<br>Well how would you like tae be me?<br><br>A'm tarted up wi' tinsel<br>It's enough to mak ye boak<br>An a couple o' jaggy branches<br>Rammed up the back o' your frock.<br>

<br>An' these wee lights a'roon me<br>I canna get my sleep<br>An' there's the yearly visit<br>Fae Santa - Big fat creep!<br><br>On Christmas Day I'm stuck up here<br>While you're a' wirin' in <br>

An' naebody says "Hey you up there<br>Could you go a slug o' gin?<br><br>It's nae joke bein' a fairy<br>The job's beyond belief<br>You've got to go roon' the wean's beds<br>An' lift their rotten teeth. <br>

<br>But o' a' the joabs a fairy gets<br>An' I've mentioned only some <br>The very worst is sitting up a tree<br>Wi' pine needles up yir bum.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:blue;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:18pt"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><br>

<br></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18pt">When a' the fairies meet again<br>By the light of' the silvery moon</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18pt"><br>

Ye can tell the Christmas fairies<br>They're the</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:blue;font-size:24pt"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18pt">wans that canna sit doon.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:24pt"><br>

<br></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18pt">The Christmas tree's a bonny sight<br>As the firelight softly flickers<br>But think o' me I'm stuck up here<br>Wi' needles in my knickers. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:24pt"><br>

<br></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18pt">So soon as Christmas time's right by<br>An' I stop bein' sae full o' cheer<br>I'll get awa back tae Fairyland </span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:24pt"><br>

</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18pt">An' I'll see yous a' next year.</span></b></div></div></font></div><p><font color="#000000">Best Regards</font></p><div><font color="#000000">Tom Mc Rae<br>

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