“DOMINICK THE DONKEY” – 8 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

We’re about at the seventh inning of the countdown – or the seventh-inning stretch, if you will.

Which makes this song appropriate, at least if you’re a New York Met fan.

Lou Monte is perhaps best known for his rendition of “Lazy Mary,” the Sicilian song that plays at Citi Field after “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

But Monte’s holiday epic is “Dominick the Donkey,” a spirited romp with a hero better equipped than reindeer to handle the hills of Italy. 

The idea that he’s delivering an item of clothing made in “Brook-a-leen” is quaint at a time when it’s more likely to have been made in Burkina Faso.

The video is good if you’d like to sing along.