Christmas is coming
I'm getting fat
Cruising
through town in a black cadillac

I remember when i
gave you your first bat
its the time to bring that feeling
back

I wanna Transylvanian christmas
like the
ones we had back home
I wanna ride on a cute, cool
sleigh
beneath the mistletoe
Because I'm homesick
for the old country
and it never seems to snow around
here
I wanna Transylvanian christmas
this year.

So Santa Claus is coming round tonight
when he gets
to my house he's gonna get a fright

It's
not that I'm a sick sadistic creep
it;s just that
I'm so excited i cant sleep

I wanna
Transylvanian christmas
like the ones we had back home
I wanna ride on a cute, cool sleigh
beneath the
mistletoe
Because I'm homesick for the old country
and it never seems to snow around here
I wanna
Transylvanian christmas
this year.

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Their first single to attract Triple J airplay was the humorous "Scallops" in 2001, a song about ordering food at a take-away shop. Later tracks included "77%" which featured the line "77% of Aussies are racist", referring to the number of Australians announced in a survey that agreed with the Australian federal government's response to the MV Tampa incident, and "Burn Down the Parliament", which was to be interpreted metaphorically, but unfortunately was released the same week as the January 2003 Canberra bushfires.

The Herd weave colloquial tales of ghostly country towns and world-weary urban dwellers, celebrating raucous highs and reflecting on the more sombre moments. Darker commentary on social upheaval converge with a sincere respect for war veterans and disillusioned peacekeepers. The same group that cried, "Wake up this country needs a shake-up" is more than capable of delivering subtle, multi-layered observations. The musical platform shacks up in perfect synchronicity with the vocals; slide guitars sunbaking under heavy bass backdrops; snares cracking like burnt eucalypt branches; accordions shaken and stirred by the thump of kick drums. Gatecrashing The Herd party are colourful and unconventional samples: bellowing trumpets, percussion and cello, juxtaposed with double-timed, multi-syllabic, multi-lingual dialects.

For an artist who's had a career spanning more than 25 years and been called a spokesperson for his generation, Billy Bragg hasn't spent that much time in the studio. But Yep Roc Records has collected his first four studio albums and a wealth of bonus material on the seven-CD, two-DVD set, Volume 1. The albums, with bonus discs, are also available separately.

Bragg first emerged on the scene with 1983's Life's A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy debut. Armed with just a cheap electric guitar and a strong British accent, Bragg picked up the torch from American troubadours Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs in writing songs that alternated between those with definite socio-political messages and others conveying sensitive portrayals of love and relationships. While never becoming a superstar, he's been recognized around the world as a vital songwriter and a valuable activist for a variety of worthwhile causes.

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