Google "little ice age" - it WAS cooler back in 1857. Most schools only teach the chorus.
> From: > Paul Sorenson > t 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
