Hymns

[keithpenrod]

Oh heck no, big international city where everybody keeps to themselves and only crazy people sing in public.

Ahhh. Never got caught singing by myself in public, although I have this horrid tendency to walk around talking to myself. Gets me all kinds of weird reactions.

I do that all the time. I try to keep it down when other people are around.  But, one time when I was walking around BYU campus late at night, someone came walking past me singing something from My Fair Lady as loud as he could--either unaware of me or apathetic to what I thought.  It gave me a little bit of courage to sing more in public.

[not your typical...]

I do that all the time. I try to keep it down when other people are around.  But, one time when I was walking around BYU campus late at night, someone came walking past me singing something from My Fair Lady as loud as he could--either unaware of me or apathetic to what I thought.  It gave me a little bit of courage to sing more in public.

Haha. Maybe I'll try the singing thing more often. But I don't think I can sing very well.

[Tank]

I really miss singing hymns as a congregation allowed me to sing without caring who heard that I had changed the words 

[Buddy]

Oh heck no, big international city where everybody keeps to themselves and only crazy people sing in public.

Ahhh. Never got caught singing by myself in public, although I have this horrid tendency to walk around talking to myself. Gets me all kinds of weird reactions.

I do that all the time. I try to keep it down when other people are around.  But, one time when I was walking around BYU campus late at night, someone came walking past me singing something from My Fair Lady as loud as he could--either unaware of me or apathetic to what I thought.  It gave me a little bit of courage to sing more in public.

Don't feel bad, I was practicing my French carols while I was riding my horse last night. The other people at the barn thought I was nuts!

[not your typical...]

I really miss singing hymns as a congregation allowed me to sing without caring who heard that I had changed the words 

Haha. maybe I should let you borrow the full song then. You could go caroling again!

[Tank]

I really miss singing hymns as a congregation allowed me to sing without caring who heard that I had changed the words 

Haha. maybe I should let you borrow the full song then. You could go caroling again!

Atheist caroling? Now that sounds like fun 

[Buddy]

I really miss singing hymns as a congregation allowed me to sing without caring who heard that I had changed the words 

Haha. maybe I should let you borrow the full song then. You could go caroling again!

Atheist caroling? Now that sounds like fun 

Sign me up!

[not your typical...]

I really miss singing hymns as a congregation allowed me to sing without caring who heard that I had changed the words 

Haha. maybe I should let you borrow the full song then. You could go caroling again!

Atheist caroling? Now that sounds like fun 

Sign me up!

Yes. The full story is quite amusing. Misery's Fathe is only the second/third installment of it.

Dashing through the snow.. GET OUT OF HIS WAY 
Over corpses he goes, laughing all the way. (HA HA HA Haaaa)
A bloody knife and ax, a smile shining bright,
What fun it is to murder things and ruin Christmas night,
Oh, jingle bells, bullet shells
the mad man's got a gun
He's coming for you late at night so he can have his fun
Jingle bells, bloody hell
Now you'd better run
Hide your kids and hide your wife, cuz soon your end will come.
He's getting gasoline, He's gonna make this count.
While you all squirm and scream, (he's burning down your house.)
Armed with a revolver, a crowbar and jackknife,
(He's gonna make the holiday feel like more like a fright night.)
Scream and yell, the gas smells.
The fire's melting snow.
He's on a rampage in the town to claim everyone's souls.
Fairy tales, Magic spells,
Something make him go. (Far away)
You'd all better start running now while I enjoy the show.

Grandpa fell, wish him well
He's not getting out.
The mad man's right on top of him there's no escaping now.
Grandpa's dead, severed head.
He took one for the team.
Everybody else here really needs to flee the scene.


Now everyone's quiet, they're all shaking with fear.
No one wants to think about the mad man getting nearer.
He burst through the church doors, they know their end is close
It's the mad man's story to tell (and this is how it goes:
Hockey mask, vodka flasks
I'm off my meds again.
I ask the man for Smirnoff, but instead he gave me gin.
Killed him dead, Torn to shreds.
Never to live again.
I'm going to makes sure everyone here has a dreadful end.)

Ignore the parenthesis and crap. Just my way of remembering which parts do what... But yes. And maybe I'll get the chance to post a vid of it soon.

[Buddy]

I really miss singing hymns as a congregation allowed me to sing without caring who heard that I had changed the words 

Haha. maybe I should let you borrow the full song then. You could go caroling again!

Atheist caroling? Now that sounds like fun 

Sign me up!

Yes. The full story is quite amusing. Misery's Fathe is only the second/third installment of it.

Dashing through the snow.. GET OUT OF HIS WAY 
Over corpses he goes, laughing all the way. (HA HA HA Haaaa)
A bloody knife and ax, a smile shining bright,
What fun it is to murder things and ruin Christmas night,
Oh, jingle bells, bullet shells
the mad man's got a gun
He's coming for you late at night so he can have his fun
Jingle bells, bloody hell
Now you'd better run
Hide your kids and hide your wife, cuz soon your end will come.
He's getting gasoline, He's gonna make this count.
While you all squirm and scream, (he's burning down your house.)
Armed with a revolver, a crowbar and jackknife,
(He's gonna make the holiday feel like more like a fright night.)
Scream and yell, the gas smells.
The fire's melting snow.
He's on a rampage in the town to claim everyone's souls.
Fairy tales, Magic spells,
Something make him go. (Far away)
You'd all better start running now while I enjoy the show.

Grandpa fell, wish him well
He's not getting out.
The mad man's right on top of him there's no escaping now.
Grandpa's dead, severed head.
He took one for the team.
Everybody else here really needs to flee the scene.


Now everyone's quiet, they're all shaking with fear.
No one wants to think about the mad man getting nearer.
He burst through the church doors, they know their end is close
It's the mad man's story to tell (and this is how it goes:
Hockey mask, vodka flasks
I'm off my meds again.
I ask the man for Smirnoff, but instead he gave me gin.
Killed him dead, Torn to shreds.
Never to live again.
I'm going to makes sure everyone here has a dreadful end.)

Ignore the parenthesis and crap. Just my way of remembering which parts do what... But yes. And maybe I'll get the chance to post a vid of it soon.

Do eettt!

[Tank]

Ignore the parenthesis and crap. Just my way of remembering which parts do what... But yes. And maybe I'll get the chance to post a vid of it soon.

Do it!

[not your typical...]

But yes. And maybe I'll get the chance to post a vid of it soon.

Do eettt!

Do it!

Yiiiiiis masters.

[The Magic Pudding]

I don't really concede beautiful human creations to god.
Humans created god and songs, pyramids and cathedrals.
There's a song that evokes for me weeks spent with a new love in a beautiful landscape.
The song rejoices in the idea of going to heaven.
I can relate, I've been there.

[xSilverPhinx]

I like Gregorian chants, they make me feel funny.

[Pharaoh Cat]

Atheist caroling? Now that sounds like fun  

I agree!

Some of the carols could be simple, gentle rewordings, like, "We Wish You a Merry Xmas!"

That "X" pisses fundies off.

Actually, a whole Xmas movement could be started.  "Merry Xmas" greeting cards, winter hats, temporary tattoos, necklace pendants...

More carol titles:

"Merry Xmas to You" (The Xmas Song) - Nat King Cole

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas"

"I'd Like You for Xmas" - Julie London

"All I Want for Xmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)"



(Edited to take the hyphen out of the key word as I noticed, googling, that most people don't hyphenate it.)

[Tank]

Mythras would scan better.