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Thread #298   Message #2529054
Posted By: GUEST,MERDDIN
01-Jan-09 - 12:27 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Christmas in the Workhouse
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas in the Workhouse
The (sanitised) version my father used to recite was:

'Twas Christmas day in the workhouse,
and the walls were whitewashed black
along came father christmas
with his sack upon his back.
Up spake one bold rascal
with a voice as bold as brass
I don't want your christmas pudding...........
stick it on the next man's plate.

I have to say it actually scans better than what MAY have been the original version