I was watching the Pythons last night, and remember a story they told of performing the lumberjack song in Germany, learned parrot fashion (how else?) in translation, to be told how good it was to hear it in the original language. Maybe there is a common joke style involved. Piece in the Guardian today about pub carols and the multiplicity of versions of While Shepherds Watched, which was how, though I didn't cite it above (and notice how the site has connected it anyway) the subject came up. I want my carol singing to include it to Cranbrook, if it happens. Pub tradition
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