Did you know that the original version of “Deck the Halls” was a bit different? Instead of “Don we now our gay apparel” it was “Fill the mead cup, drain the barrel”; instead of “See the blazing yule before us” it was “See the flowing bowl before us.” Why did they change it? The temperance movement!
That melody is “Deck the Halls.”
Did you know that the original version of “Deck the Halls” was a bit different? Instead of “Don we now our gay apparel” it was “Fill the mead cup, drain the barrel”; instead of “See the blazing yule before us” it was “See the flowing bowl before us.” Why did they change it? The temperance movement!