John and Gary's Xmas party! Day 15: Wednesday15 December

Shameless nostalgia today! Danish duo Nina and Frederick's big hit from the early 60s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qudi6JqE-M

Fredrik, aka Baron Von Pallandt, came to a very sticky end. From singing about donkeys, he became a drug mule for an Australian crime syndicate and was murdered in the Philippines in 1994.

This song, by the way, was recently covered by wonderful Scottish indiekids Camera Obscura.

I put this on the Farrow family musical Xmas card, much to the delight of Corinne in Valencia who hadn't heard it for donkeys' years.Her partner, Andrew, was more enthusisatic about the song I'd found about a psychopathic Santa!