Monday, December 23, 2019

Dashing through the snow, in a rusty old ski-doo

"we aren't all that bad at singing the song"
One an episode of the Simpson's, Bart sings these famous lines:

Jingle bells, Batman smells / robin laid an egg

Batmobile broke its wheel / the joker got away

I was wondering if I could get around those lyrics that even 4 year old Betty knows.

 So I bought a book up at Chapters: Dashing Through the Snow: A Canadian Jingle Bells by Helaine Becker and Werner Zimmermann.

The lyrics go:
Dashing through the snow,
On a rusty old Ski-Doo
Through the bush we go
Dodging caribou,
Frostbite on my ears,
Nose completely numb,
Faster, faster”” Beaver cheers,
“For Christmas Even has come!” 
Jingle Bells, Beaver yells
“Santa’s on his way?”
Oh what fun it is to ride
The jolly True North way, eh?”
OK.

The funniest part of the song is that we shout the Canadian “eh” at the end of the chorus.

Arta

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