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{{song credits
|title = St. Stephen's Day Murders
|writer = [[Paddy Moloney]] & [[Elvis Costello]]
|performer = [[The Chieftains]] with [[Elvis Costello]]
|producer = [[Paddy Moloney]]
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals  <br> [[Derek Bell]] - harp, tiompán, harpsichord <br> [[Martin Fay]] - fiddle <br> [[Seán Keane]] - fiddle <br> [[Kevin Conneff]] - bodhrán, vocals <br> [[Matt Molloy]] - flute <br> [[Paddy Moloney]] - Uilleann pipes, tin whistle
|record_info = May 1991, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
|release_info = October 28, 1991
|albums = [[The Chieftains]] - [[The Chieftains: The Bells Of Dublin]], 1991<br>[[Mighty Like A Rose (Rhino reissue)]], 2002
|singles = 
|collections = 
|soundtracks = 
|various_artists = [[CD Review's Holiday Music Sampler]], 1995
|promos = 
|videos = 
|length = 3:21
}}<br>

{{song notes
|first = [[Concert 1995-06-30 London|June 30, 1995, London, England]]
|last = [[Concert 2010-12-20 Chicago|December 20, 2010, Chicago, IL]]
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==Chords==
 I transcribed this from a 1995 solo performance, as I do not have the original version. Sorry for any inaccuracies this may cause. -- [[User:If|If]] 10:14, 27 September 2006 (CDT)If
    Dm                          C             F
 I once knew two sisters whose name it was Christmas
                    Dm                       C             F
 And one was named Dawn of course, the other one was named Eve
    Dm                     C          F
 I wonder if they grew up hating the season
         F
 Of the good will that lasts ‘til the feast of St. Stephen
 
       F                        C            F
 For that is the time to eat, drink, and be merry
           C            F               C           F
 'Til the beer is all spilled and the whiskey has flowed
           F                       C         F
 And the whole family tree you neglected to bury
      C             F       C           Dm
 Are feeding their faces until they explode
 
 Chorus:
              Dm           C          F      C
 There'll be laughter and tears over tia marias
         F                              C 
 Washed down with that drink made from girders
             Dm             C             Dm              C
 ‘Cause it's all we've got left as they draw their last breath
           Dm           C            Dm          F
 And it's nice for the kids, as you finally get rid of them
 Bb                        C   F
 In the St. Stephen's Day murders
 
 Uncle is garglin' a heart-breaking air
 While the babe in his arms pulls out all that remains of his hair
 And we're not drunk enough yet to dare criticize
 The great big kipper tie he's about to baptize
 
 His gin-flavoured whiskers and kisses of sherry
 His best crimble shirt slung out over the shop
 While the lights from the Christmas tree blow up the telly
 His face closes in like an old cold pork chop
 
 Chorus
          Dm             C         F              C
 And the carcass of the beast left over from the feast
       F             C
 May still be found haunting the kitchen
              Dm         C           Dm         C
 And there's life in it yet, we may live to regret
          F                            C
 When the ones that we poisoned stop twitchin'
 
 Chorus

==Internal links==
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Mighty Like A Rose] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mlar.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mlar.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_a01.htm MLAR info page 1] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/misc/st_stephens_day_murders.html St Stephen's Day Murders info page]
*[[Template: St. Stephen's Day Murders|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: St. Stephen's Day Murders|Covers]]

==External links==
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/mlar.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Mighty Like A Rose]

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