Another type of Classic...

[v8250]

Woke up this morning with the tune of 'Good King Wenceslas' in my head and have been humming/singing the carol all morning. Anyone else experience this 'classic' experience in the run up to Christmas? May be another tune?

Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel
When a poor man came in sight
Gath'ring winter fuel

Now, there's no snow in Oxfordshire but there was a very good frost here this morning and the moon did shine very brightly last night. Off now to gather some winter fuel

[mickyveloce]

Ha ,
Happens to me all the time , this type of thing .
Always enjoyed this particular carol whilst at school . Mainly as it allowed one to sing /shout the word sod without getting into bother .....

[v8250]

Such an excellent word, 'sod'. Not offensive by today's standards and does have that warming schoolboy humour about it, similar to gusset and discombobulation.

The other Christmas Carol that brought us much humour was We Three Kings. We always sang it like this...

We three Kings, of Orient are,
One in a taxi, one in a car,
One on a scooter, beeping his hooter,
Smoking a fat cigar.

CHORUS

Oh, star of wonder
Star of might
Fill your pants with dynamite
Light the fuse and off we go ...
Around the world to Mexico.

[Hooli]

I tend to suffer more with tunes like the Ying Tong Song appearing in my head for weeks on end.

[LordBretSinclair]

Hooli said:

I tend to suffer more with tunes like the Ying Tong Song appearing in my head for weeks on end.

Showing your age there Eccles

[niagra]

Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Stephen
Snowball hit him on the snout
Made it all uneven
Brightly shone that conk that night
Though the pain was cruel
Til a doctor came in sight
Riding on a mule

[Quikcurl]

LordBretSinclair said:

Hooli said:

I tend to suffer more with tunes like the Ying Tong Song appearing in my head for weeks on end.

Showing your age there Eccles

As I swam ashore, I dried myself to save time.

[crankedup]

I'm walking backwards for Christmas
across the Irish sea
I'm walking backwards for Christmas
its the only way for me

I've tried walking sideways
and walking to the front
but people only look at me
and call me a ****

Evokes many a Christmas long past

[lowdrag]

LordBretSinclair said:

Hooli said:

I tend to suffer more with tunes like the Ying Tong Song appearing in my head for weeks on end.

Showing your age there Eccles

Do you remember the EP (not the LP) with the cartoon of cannons going of etc.? On one side was some tiny writing so I turned the sleeve around to read it. Wait for it.................













"Do not hold sleeve this way or the record will fall out".


Doh!!!!!

[Shotgun Rider]

Hooli said:

I tend to suffer more with tunes like the Ying Tong Song appearing in my head for weeks on end.

Twice recently I've been unable to get the sun bingo jingle out of my head!

Make that three times now. :-(

[Riley Blue]

Having read another PH thread before breakfast I was munching my Crunchie Nuts in time to 'Two Little Boys' this morning...

[felixlighter]

I recall this from school


While sheperds wash there socks at night,
All seated round the tub,
A bar of sunlight soap came down,
And they began to scrub.

Still makes me grin, sadly I can't remember the rest.

[niagra]

v8250 said:

CHORUS

Oh, star of wonder
Star of might
Fill your pants with dynamite
Light the fuse and off we go ...
Around the world to Mexico.

Ours went:
Oh star of wonder
Star of might
Charlie caught his pants alight
He went screaming
Through the ceiling
Sat on a box of dynamite

[timolloyd]

Hark, the Herald axles sing, glory be...etc etc.