Dear 'The Villan':

There you go Mutley??? You don't even have the grace to spell my moniker correctly.

As for actually printing out the song in full - all you have done is repeat a posting by Bill Sullivan - the second one on this thread
- or didn't you bother reading those?

Finally, IF you had read all of my responses you'd have seen that I posted a reprint of the final verse as well.

Now here's a little activity for you: Try actually READING the lyrics you have so conscientiously posted and just TRY to find a Hallowe'en reference there. Let me save you the trouble - YOU
WON'T!!!
Now try finding a Christmas reference - wel lookee there!! It's in that last verse I already referenced.
Just for your benefit I shall REpost that verse and explain the references for you:

"Now to the lord sing praises all you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace..
This holy tide of christmas of beauty and of grace,
Oh tidings of comfort and joy."

Now to the lord sing praises all you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace..
This is usually sentiment expressed in Christmas Carols - the reference to "love and brotherhood" or otherwise sung as "goodwill to all men" is it's more frequent alternative.



This holy tide of christmas of beauty and of grace,

   The second, third, fourth and fifth words of this line are the clue here.

Oh tidings of comfort and joy.

   Again this phrasing is typical of Christmas Carols - most easily seen in "God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen"

Finally there is NO tradition of Hallowe'en "carols" - thus a-soalin IS a Christmas tradition and not a Hallowe'en one

Muttley - with TWO 'T's!!!