Jingle Bells
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Yeah, that's how it goes right? You couldn't be more fucking wrong. Everything about holidays has pagan/unrefined origins. Are you really that naive, to believe that so-called new innovations are original? Before Christmas, there was the pagan feast of Saturnalia. Before Halloween, there was the Celtic festival of Samhain. And don't get me started on Thanksgiving. Now all these changed because of a single person. They tell you that the original Jingle Bells was made in 1850 and altered sometime later. While they are right, they leave one part out. It was originally based on a song that was sung to ward off an entity. But I think it was actually a requiem for his victims.
Here's the lyrics, well the chorus and a small portion actually. I found it in a book in my grandparents attic. It belonged to my long deceased grandpa. He seems to have been taken notes on the whole thing. According to him, it would play with a sad tune on some occasions and with a happy tune on others.
The ellipsis indicates lost words. I added the brackets.
...man, ...man,
He's gonna take you away.
Oh! what fun it is to...
...
...man, ...man,
He will take you away.
Oh! what fun it is to chide
With a jubilant h[u]rray.
[As for the rest, it is mostly lost. But there is a portion that still remains]
Now the day is twilight
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
And sing this melancholy song;
it will keep him at bay
two-forty as his speed
There's no time to pray
Just run! you'll take the lead.
[There is a huge gap here. There may have been more lyrics]
...man, ...man,
With his outstretched arm
he'll welcome you in a grisly charm.
A concealed grimace
A deadly embrace.
...
...man, ...man,
He'll take us away!
What fun it is to abide
In a gaping dismay.
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