what's with bristish Christmas carols?
'the holly and the ivy'
'the boar's head carol''good king wenceslas'
'i saw three ships'
that's all i can think of right now, but i know there are a lot more like that. didder?
posted by melilotnfosco | 4:33 PM
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i was going to say "bring a torch, jeanette, isabella", but that's french, so never mind.
"God rest ye merry gentlemen" isn't bad, though. i'll try to think of some more. maybe there's a reason they're not often recorded.
I think Good King Wenceslas is Czech (or at least Bohemian)
but yes, the English just don't do well with Christmas carols, although Charles Wesley wrote one but I can't think of which one that is right now and the Hymnal is upstairs.
how do you find out which ones are british anyway? i don't know the lyrics to most of those!
charles wesley wrote 'hark! the herald angels sing' :)
oh, and i guess i don't know about 'good king wenceslas.' i just know it's not american and it's dorky.
conclusion: must be british ;)
"good king wenceslas" is czech? interesting.
i think we assume it's british because they always sing it in "a Christmas carol" and other such shows.
oh! how about "twelve days of Christmas"? there's a song that gets really annoying really fast.
I don't mind that song but I get really annoyed when they mix up the order. ;) (hmm, is that OCD-ish?;)
it is an annoying song (although the muppet version is enjoyable)
yes, i like the muppet version, and the mckenzie brothers (and a beer...in a tree), but the veggie tale one is really annoying.
enrique wants the polynesian one, because he remembers hearing it when he lived in guam, but i had goose cousin search all over hawaii for it and she couldn't find it. that was pre-amazon.com though, so maybe i should look again.
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