I found some funny stuff from an old file. These come from a Youth Specialties subscription email I had years ago, 2002! You know how you hear some songs and wonder what the lyrics are. Sometime we just fill in the blanks and “make up” a line or two. Imagine what kids hear…for example. They asked kids about the titles and lines from some standards:
Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly
We 3 Kings of Porridge and Tar
On the first day of Christmas my tulip gave to me
Later on we’ll perspire, as we dream by the fire
He’s makin’ a list, chicken and rice
Noel. Noel, Barney’s the king of Israel.
With the jelly toast proclaim
Olive, the other reindeer…
Frosty the Snowman is a ferret elf they say…
Sleep in heavenly peas
In the meadow we can build a snowman, Then pretend that he is sparse and brown
You’ll go down in Listerine
Oh, what fun it is to ride with one horse, soap and hay
Come, froggy faithful
You’ll tell Carol, “Be a skunk, I require” (I think that is – Yuletide carol being sung by a fire?)