Jingle bump, jingle bump

I don't know what to write

I'm too lazy to think of lyrics

For this festive bump

Hi ShamanWolf:

"It's a Pa-gan Christmas,

And I'm riding home to you."

To be sung to the melody of It's a Cowboy Christmas by Rob Dinwoodie.

If you switch "Let us ring in the bright new year"  and "With oak king, holly king and queen"  then you keep with your ABAB rhyme scheme. 

Also, I think it would flow better if you changed it from "With oak king, holly king, and queen"  to "With the king of oak, and the royalty of holly"  or something, saying king so close together twice is kinda repetative.

Just constructive criticism, do with it as you will.

As-Salaamu Alaiykum heathen ^^

-Omni

 I'm keeping the rhyme scheme of the original White Christmas song, which is a bit incoherent.

Love it Shamanwolf! Right on! Or should I say, write on!

How 'bout mine:

Oh sacred night

the stars are brightly shining

it is the night of the great oak king's birth

Long lay the world

in darkening days and dying

til he appeared and the soul felt the light

A thrill fo hope

the weary world rejoyces

for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn'

Awe in the trees

oh hear the ancient voices

oh night divine

oh night the sun was born

oh night oh sacred night

oh night divine

Here's a site full of Pagan Carols for Yule. many of them were adapted from Christmas carosl, but since most Christmas carols were adapted from Pagan folk songs, it seems appropriate.

http://willow.creative-interweb.com/library/songbook/carols/

I guess it's also time to repost my Solstice play, "Winter Kings". We performed it again this year at the Unitarian church and the local Solstice gathering.

http://www.box.net/shared/neaorjydov

Omni

Or you could change it to ABBA, then you would have "Dancing Queen"

IT

Russ

Listen now to the beat of ABBA:

I'm dreaming of a pagan Christmas

Just like in 100 BC

With the White Mare gnashing amongst the mummers

With holly and a sacred tree

 your right at last im not alone

Ya, ya, yai'm, yai'm, yai'm, yai'm dreaming, of a pagan Christmas..

Thanks for those links Witch. Excellent!

 That is awesome, Elanor.  Wow.

I know the seaon has come & gone, but thought this might be of interest:

http://culturalvision.net/html/merry_mithras.html

Elanorgold!  This is beautiful!  Such a lovely melody to begin with, but to be able to have pagan words to it? Thank you so much for posting this!  I will definitely save this for future use!  :-)

And thank you ShamanWolf for your song as well!  :-)  It's always good to have new songs to sing!

Your welcome Island Girl! : ) Me and some others have more poems in the poetry corner in pop culture, and you will also find some of Arminius's scattered about.