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12-14-2002, 01:34 AM | #1 |
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A bit early for a christmas song
Joy to the world the lord has come,
He splashed across my bum, I scooped it up into some jars, Ten grand and no returns. erm, dum-de-dum-de-dum. (try it a Futurama-Nixons-head-in-a-jar voice) Or Jingle bells, Batman smells Robin flew away. The bat-mobile has lost a wheel, And Alfred says he's gay Hey! |
12-14-2002, 03:19 AM | #2 |
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One of my favorites:
THE DITCHLING CAROL Be merry all, be merry all. With holly deck the festive hall. Prepare the song, the feast, the hall To welcome merry Christmas. cho: And all remember, gentles gay: For you who bask in fortune's ray The year is all a holiday. The poor have only Christmas. You who in velvet mantle go, Defy December's tempest's roar. Oh, spare one garment from your store To clothe the poor at Christmas. You who the costly banquet deal To friends who never famine feel, Oh, spare one morsel from your meal To feed the poor at Christmas. With blazing logs of fuel the while, Your homes are within summer's smile. Oh, spare one log from off your pile To warm the poor at Christmas. So shall each note of mirth appear More sweet to Heaven than praise or prayer, And angels in their carols there Shall bless the poor at Christmas. |
12-14-2002, 03:24 AM | #3 |
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Or this one, which is even more bitter:
HOMELESS WASSAIL (Ian Robb) "Wassail, wassail,all over the town, Our cup is white and our ale is brown" But huddled on the iron grate we poor and hungry curse our fate. cho: No wassail bowl for such as these No turkey scraps, no ale nor cheese, This Christmas Eve our heart's desire Is a bottle of gin and a trashcan fire. Good Christian, mind, as home you go With dreams of holly and mistletoe That the holly bears a dreadful thorn For those who wake to a frozen dawn. Oh, where is He, that holy child Once born of Mary, meek and mild? And whither peace, goodwill to men Now and forevermore, amen? All ye who dine with face aglow In Reninensi atrio (in the Queen's hall---Latin) Pray pause awile at pleasure's door And sup some sorrow with the poor. "Wassail, wassail,all over the town, Our cup is white and our ale is brown" This cold and hunger, pain and care Sweet Jesus Christ, it's hard to bear. |
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