It must have been cooler in Wisconsin in the late 1940's, too, 'cause I remember this as a song that was sung in school from just before Thanksgiving until Christmas. Another was "Over the River and Through the Woods.."
We *did* sing that verse along with others using "The Little Golden Book of Songs". I remember quite a few songs in that book that were considered innocent that would not be politically correct now. I wish I still had a copy. -p P. J. Alling wrote: > In 1857 the Earth was still officially in the "Little Ice Age", it was a > lot cooler. > > graywolf wrote: >> I just came across a site on the web that says that Jingle Bells was >> originally written as a Thanksgiving Day song. Must have been cooler back in >> 1857. Strangely I do not remember this verse from school, >> >> >>> A day or two ago >>> I thought I'd take a ride >>> And soon Miss Fanny Bright >>> Was seated by my side >>> The horse was lean and lank >>> Misfortune seemed his lot >>> We got into a drifted bank >>> And then we got upsot >>> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
