Fay McKay

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Fay McKay (August 10, 1930 – April 4, 2008) was an American entertainer, best known as a singer of comedic songs. She spent the majority of her career in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Born as Fayetta Gelinas in

She appeared on television talk shows, including The Mike Douglas Show, The Dick Cavett Show and The Merv Griffin Show,^[5] and took a voice acting role as a supporting character in Roger Corman's English edition of Galaxy Express 999 in 1980.

She released two albums, A-Live at the Dunes and Winter Favorites.

The Twelve Daze of Christmas

She is most well-known for "The Twelve Daze of Christmas",^[1] a parody of the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" in which her true love gives her various forms of alcohol each day.

• 12 dry Martinis
• 11 Bloody Marys
• 10 dry Manhattans
• 9 Margaritas
• 8 sweet Old Fashioneds
• 7 Johnnie Walkers
• 6
  Cuba Libres
• 5 dry Rob Roys
• 4 Old Fitzgeralds
• 3 Old Crows
• 2 Cutty Sarks
• And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

As the song progresses, McKay varies the wording and pronunciation to simulate becoming progressively more inebriated. As examples, at various points in the song "margaritas" becomes '

McKay died in Las Vegas, Nevada, aged 77, from undisclosed causes.[1]

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