Shane MacGowan, 'The Pogues' frontman and 'Fairytale of New York' singer, dead at 65

Shane MacGowan, the lead singer of Celtic punk band The Pogues and known the world over for the 1987 hit "Fairytale Of New York," has died aged 65.

MacGowan’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced the singer’s death via a post on Instagram Thursday.

"There's no way to describe the loss that I am feeling and the longing for just one more of his smiles that lit up my world," she wrote.

MacGowan had been receiving treatment for an illness at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin for several months. He had also suffered from encephalitis, inflammation in the brain.

He was discharged on Nov. 22 and returned home to spend time with his friends and family, according to Irish news outlet RTE.

The Irish star had suffered from several health issues in recent years and was wheelchair-bound.

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Yeah, the band, Flogging Molly, posted a tribute early this morning. I’d like to think he’s walking on the sunny side of the street.

My favorite Pogues song:

I love this performance of the Dubliners together with the Pogues...

It's hilarious to me that Fairytale of New York ranks as the UK's favorite Christmas song year after year, meanwhile most Americans have no clue that even is a thing.

Kind of like how American tourists go to the sites where The Sound Of Music was filmed in Austria and think all those songs and things are traditional Austrian meanwhile the Austrians barely even know about this musical and movie.

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It's hilarious to me that Fairytale of New York ranks as the UK's favorite Christmas song year after year, meanwhile most Americans have no clue that even is a thing.

You should hear the other shit they play at Christmas. Mariah Carey ain't in it!

The Pogues are a regular on my playlist. Sad day.
Well Shane:

If I should fall from Grace with God
Where no doctor can relieve me
If I'm buried 'neath the sod
But the angels won't receive me

Let me go, boys
Let me go, boys
Let me go down in the mud
Where the rivers all run dry

This land was always ours
Was the proud land of our fathers
It belongs to us and them
Not to any of the others

Let them go, boys
Let them go, boys
Let them go down in the mud
Where the rivers all run dry


Bury me at sea
Where no murdered ghost can haunt me
If I rock upon the waves
No corpse will lie upon me

Comin' up threes, boys
Comin' up threes, boys
Let them go down in the mud
Where the rivers all run dry

If I should fall from Grace with God
Where no doctor can relieve me
If I'm buried 'neath the sod
Still the angels won't receive me

Let me go, boys
Let me go, boys
Let me go down in the mud
Where the rivers all run dry

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Originally posted by Dzozer:
I love this performance of the Dubliners together with the Pogues...

Is there an english translation of this song?

https://youtu.be/G5X5IrA0zEs?si=W6A6CmjlKrQox0aG