​A Delicious Advent Carol...

[moonwitch]

While shepherds watched their flocks at night while eating fish and chips

The angel of the lord came down and charged them three and six

Or the very un PC one about the German Psychiatric patients.

God rest ye jerry mental men

[cambrensis]

While shepherds watched their flocks at night while eating fish and chips

The angel of the lord came down and charged them three and six

Or the very un PC one about the German Psychiatric patients.

God rest ye jerry mental men

Oh wonderful! Always thought something should be done with the tune of "God rest ye, merry, gentlemen"

Not heard that version of "shepherds" either....better and better!

[Tropical_Trish]

Before I offer my rendition of a Christmas carol that us Stokie kids used to sing some 60 odd years ago, I thought that you may appreciate that we didn't pronounce window - as it is spelled, we weren't posh!)
In Stoke, a window was a winder (pronounced winnder)!

OK, so here we go ...

Good King Wenceslas last looked out,
Through his bedroom winnder,
Silly bugger, he fell out out,
and landed on a red hot cinder.

Brightly shone his bum that night,
the pain, oh it was cruel,
so he sat down in the snow -
and let his poor arse coo -ell.

I remember that we once got a sixpence apiece for this rendition at a posh house - it made the occupants laugh!

[cambrensis]

Before I offer my rendition of a Christmas carol that us Stokie kids used to sing some 60 odd years ago, I thought that you may appreciate that we didn't pronounce window - as it is spelled, we weren't posh!)
In Stoke, a window was a winder (pronounced winnder)!

That pronunciation is standard throughout Essex, hence the expression "If I don't see yer through the week, I'll see you through the winder!"

There are lots of odd pronunciations around here though. A mirror is likely to be a "mirrow" (written that way too!) and often you will hear that nearly every lady carries a "hambag".

I have never understood why it is that those who drop their aitches are most likely to mispronounce the letter's name as "haitch"; always the wrong way around...a kind of "mirrow" image!!!. Oh...while I remember, a car does not have a "windscreen" but a "windowscreen"!! I've often wondered about the whereabouts of the window which is being screened!

In one town nearby, many have watched "Startrack" on TV but not "Startrek"! Most of the local anomalies may be traced back to the rise of Norman French over the Saxon and Anglisc dialects - however, it may not be blamed for the "Startrack" nonsense.

[HerMajesty]

As kids, we sang:
We Three Kings of Orient are
Trying to smoke a rubber cigar.
It was loaded, and exploded,
and that's how we got this far.....

[cambrensis]

As kids, we sang:
We Three Kings of Orient are
Trying to smoke a rubber cigar.
It was loaded, and exploded,
and that's how we got this far.....

Thank you Fy Frenhines i.......(My Queen)

I have no idea what is a rubber cigar or, afer half a century of pipe smoking, why I should want to smoke it.....BUT....I remember being a chid...and teaching children and young people and.....this is wonderful!!! Many thanks...