The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #75609   Message #1329815
Posted By: MMario
17-Nov-04 - 08:33 AM
Thread Name: Yuletide carols
Subject: RE: Yuletide carols
actually - if you check the records -
Don we now our gay apparel,
Fa la la, la la la, la la la.
Troll the ancient Yule tide carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la


was substituted for older lyrics about 1911 or so...earlier the lines refferred to drinking and carousing.