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"Writing My List" was written by Louis in 2007 on the bus home from Manchester Christmas Market (where he was working at the time as an elf). It was released in 2008 as the first single by The Black Velvet Band (which would later become The Bedlam Six). These were the days before Biff and Fran when the sound was much folkier. Line-up included Hannah Miller on cello (best known for her work with The Moulettes).
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SANTA: Well I've been writing my list and now I'm checking it twice,
I'm kicking the snow from my boots and scraping off the ice.
The sleet on the trees sits like a mockery of blossom,
Plenty of children have been bad this year but I ain't forgot 'em.

Ho ho ho
Ho ho ho

CHILDREN: Well I've been writing my list and I've sent it up the chimney,
I've made my christmas wish with all the energy that's in me
And Santa's on his way,
He's saddling up the sleigh,
He's gonna come along and make my yuletide gay.

Ho ho ho
Ho ho ho

SANTA: Don't watch the fireplace and don't try to understand.
Don't stay up because I won't come down,
Believe in me oh children while you can
Because the day will come when I'm not around.

CHILD: Ideas of you are rising up from my head
Like the antlers from a reindeers's brow,
Won't you take me out for a ride on your flying sled?
I long to see the world but I'm not allowed.

SANTA: Tonight I'm getting merry,
I'll be knocking back the sherry,
I'll be dancing on the rooftops,
I'll be shaking my belly

singing
Ho ho ho ho...

credits

from Do​-​Wap In A Manger, released December 5, 2011
Louis Barabbas (writer): Vocals, Guitar
Dan Watkins (producer): Bass
Alison Cegielka: Vocals
Matthew Cleghorn: Banjo, Vocals
Tom Cleghorn; Drums, Vocals
Hannah Miller: Cello, Vocals

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Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six Manchester

Between 2006-2016 the Bedlams relentlessly peddled their peculiar brand of Dirt-Swing, capturing the imaginations of every species of listenership, winning support from the likes of Supergrass, The Mighty Boosh, Har Mar Superstar, UB40, Mark Steel, The Hell’s Angels and BBC Radio, inspiring stage invasions, dancing in the aisles and a confused mixture of exhaustion and bonhomie wherever they went ... more

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