Deck the halls with gasoline, fa la la la la, la la la la!

[missy]

We used to sing:

Jingle bells
Shotgun shells
BB's all the way

Roger

Jingle Bells
Batman smells
Robin laid an egg.
The Batmobile
lost a wheel
and Joker got away......

[djm]

I still remember Pogo's classic:

I remember that! Thanks for reminding me.

djm

[cowtime]

In church on Sunday, we sang the carol "The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came". It has the refrain of "most highly favored lady" which gets updated to "most highly flavored gravy"....

We did this one too. Had never heard the "gravy" angle, but now I'll always think of it every time I play the thing.

[Walden]

This one circulated among the American kids in the Philippines. It is based on the practice of street beggars of saying "Merry Christmas" when they are begging. "Maligayang Pasko" means "merry Christmas" in Tagalog, one of the dialects of the Philippines. "Hey Joe" was a common call made to Americans (or other foreigners assumed to be Americans).

To the tune of "Happy Birthday":

Maligayang Pasko,
Give me money, hey Joe!
No money, no go!
Maligayang Pasko!

[Flyingcursor]

Like Random Notes I thought of the Pogo caroles. The second part goes:

"Don't we know archaic barrel,
Lullaby, lillabey, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Molly don't love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!


Here are some alternate choruses by Walt Kelly

Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Polly wolly cracker n' too-da-loo!
Donkey Bonny brays a carol,
Antelope Cantaloup, 'lope with you!

Hunky Dory's pop is lolly-
gaggin' on the wagon, Willy follow go through!
Chollie's collie barks at Barrow,
Harum scarum five alarum bung-a-loo!

Duck us all in bowls of barley,
Hinkydinky dink an' polly voo!
Chilly Filly's name is Chollie,
Chollie Filly's jolly chilly view halloo!

Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Double-bubble toyland trouble! Woof, Woof, Woof!
Tizzy seas ob melon collie,
Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, Goof, Goof!

Source: http://vets.appliedphysics.swri.edu/pip ... 00377.html

[Jerry Freeman]

Best wishes,
Jerry

[Mike Henry]

oh what fun it is to ride
in a four-door Chevrolet

[jsluder]

Jingle Bells
Batman smells
Robin laid an egg.
The Batmobile
lost a wheel
and Joker got away......

Copy cat.

[Jerry Freeman]

we three kings of orient are
tried to smoke a white owl cigar
it was loaded
it exploded
that was the end of
we three kings of orient are

I've heared one like that, with the last lines being

It was loaded and exploaded
sending his pieces far!

It was loaded
And exploded
Now we're on yonder star.

Best wishes,
Jerry

[fyffer]

How about the American Christmas songs set to a foreign language, which subsequently don't rhyme?

I still remember parts of the song I re-learned in French class in high school:

"Rodolphe au petit nez rouge":

Rodolphe au petit nez rouge, un petit nez qui brillait,
Si on ne voyait jamais, on dirait le meme chose
Et puis les autre renne ....

and the bridge:

Une veille de Noel tout blanc, Pere Noel a dit ...

That's all I can remember. Please, if someone know it, or can correct me (grammar, spelling, etc.), please do! I'd always wondered if the French really sing it, or if it was a creation of my eccentric French teacher.

[I.D.10-t]

How about the American Christmas songs set to a foreign language, which subsequently don't rhyme?

It reminds me of when people translate “Silent Night” into German. :wink:

[djm]

It reminds me of when people translate “Silent Night” into German.

djm

[fearfaoin]

I was just talking to a friend here at work and we got on the topic of those adolesent songs set to Christmas tunes and how his kids picked them up at school. We began to wonder about their origins, as we were both very familiar with identical versions as kids, despite growing up at oposite ends of the country.

It has crossed my mind as well. How could these cross the country
seemingly without the use of mass media? Perhaps they were printed
somewhere before our time, and stuck around until we came along?
Or, it could be a vast Cub Scout conspiracy...


Another common one:

• Joy to the world, the teacher's dead.
  We barbequed her head!
  What happened to the body?
  We flushed it down the potty.
  And watched it roll around,
  And watched it roll around,
  And watched it, and watched it roll around, and around.

(This song was used on the Simpsons, which made me realize it
was more widespread than I would've thought...)

[Joseph E. Smith]

I've always had a soft spot for this timeless carol...

We three drunks from Florida are,
Spending Christmas eve in our car.
Drinking, drinking, bottles clinking,
Who needs a stinking bar?

And here's another classic, from the demented mind of moi...

Outside, the weather's freezin'
And now, I've started sneezin'
It started as a dare
I'm practically bare
Walking in my winter under-wear

[Jerry Freeman]

It has crossed my mind as well. How could these cross the country seemingly without the use of mass media? Perhaps they were printed somewhere before our time, and stuck around until we came along? Or, it could be a vast Cub Scout conspiracy...

Some years ago, I read an article about the transmission of knowledge among children. The example used was the game of marbles, which existed, basically unchanged, since Roman times. The significant fact is that the game of marbles was hardly ever taught by adults to children. It was taught by children to other children, and this mode of transmission was effective in keeping the game intact, literally for thousands of years.

Best wishes,
Jerry