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Song Parodies -> "God Rest Ye"
Original Song Title:
"God Rest Ye"
Original Performer:
Traditional
Parody Song Title:
"God Rest Ye"
Parody Written by:
Elizabeth Block
The Lyrics
This was inspired by a world-class typographical error, made by some hapless church secretary and reprinted in the New Yorker. It's in the third line.
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our savior was born on Xmas day
To save us all from Santa's power when we had gone astray
O tidings of candy and toys.....
The Santa Claus parade is just the place to catch the flu
You sit around while wind and rain turn toes and fingers blue
and listen to the honking of the cars that can't get through
And get climbed on by little girls and boys.....
Small children visit shopping centre Santas by the horde
They stand in line for hours, growing hungry, cross, and bored
And then they ask for presents that their parents can't afford
Things they've seen on TV that make noise
Horrible noise
Things from TV ads that make a lot of noise
At Xmas parties drunken men make passes left and right
In stores exhausted shoppers find it hard to be polite
And meanwhile the Post Office loses parcels just for spite
Some it loses and some it destroys......
When Santa Claus has gone at last and taken his reindeer
And we are nursing headaches brought on by too much good cheer
We all will say, "Thank God that's over for another year!
We've had far too much candy and toys
Candy and toys
For a whil let's have no candy and toys!
Remember Christ our savior was born on Xmas day
To save us all from Santa's power when we had gone astray
O tidings of candy and toys.....
The Santa Claus parade is just the place to catch the flu
You sit around while wind and rain turn toes and fingers blue
and listen to the honking of the cars that can't get through
And get climbed on by little girls and boys.....
Small children visit shopping centre Santas by the horde
They stand in line for hours, growing hungry, cross, and bored
And then they ask for presents that their parents can't afford
Things they've seen on TV that make noise
Horrible noise
Things from TV ads that make a lot of noise
At Xmas parties drunken men make passes left and right
In stores exhausted shoppers find it hard to be polite
And meanwhile the Post Office loses parcels just for spite
Some it loses and some it destroys......
When Santa Claus has gone at last and taken his reindeer
And we are nursing headaches brought on by too much good cheer
We all will say, "Thank God that's over for another year!
We've had far too much candy and toys
Candy and toys
For a whil let's have no candy and toys!
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This is the type of human error that begs to be parodied, and you did it well, Elizabeth. I like the way you point out what a devilish character Santa is. The rhyming is particularly clever.
Nice commentary, Elizabeth. I hope that you will contribute more to the AIR site.
A very auspicious beginning, Elizabeth
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