Jolly Old St. Nick (1984 C64 Upgrade Version)

from A Very Commodore 64 Christmas by Bedford Level Experiment

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lyrics

Jolly old St. Nicholas, Lean your ear this way!
Don’t you tell a single soul, What I’m going to say;
Christmas Eve is coming soon; Now, you dear old man,
Whisper what you’ll bring to me: Tell me if you can.

When the clock is striking twelve, When I'm fast asleep,
Down the chimney broad and black, With your pack you'll creep;
I do love the computer that I got last year, but
Now would like some upgrades please, won't you, Santa dear?

I would like my own disk drive, cassette's too slow to load
And a big pack of blank disks, On which to save my code
Also get me a disk notcher, to use the back side
Yes I know I could use scissors
But this is quicker... and looks much more nice

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from A Very Commodore 64 Christmas, released December 23, 2016
Original lyrics (first half of song) by Emily Huntington Miller (1833-1913)

New lyrics (2nd half of song) by Bedford Level Experiment, 2016

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Bedford Level Experiment Thunder Bay, Ontario

Bedford Level Experiment makes sincere nerdrock, ranging from folk-rock to post-punk to shoegaze. We focus on creating concept albums around geek themes - procedurally generated Shakespeare lyrics, the sci-fi musings of John Wyndham, or growing up in the '80s as a computer nerd without a computer, for example. ... more

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