Frankly, Handel's tune is just a bit unnecessary after a big week of singing. Too much, G.F. Too much.
Try this calmer alternative instead and go and enjoy your pub lunch.
#CursedCarols
11
0
1
0
Hashtag
#CursedCarols
Advertisement · 728 × 90
"The story of a summary trial and vividly-told execution is, one might not unreasonably assume, not a natural place for humour."
Following our latest Holy Week Edition of #CursedCarols, a reshare of one of our blog posts from a couple of years ago.
quiresandplaces.com/blogs/from-q...
3
1
1
0
5
0
1
0
Because it all gets a bit relentlessly grim over the next 48 hours...
#CursedCarols #HolyWeekEditions
7
2
3
0
8
0
1
1
Get Palm Sunday off to a galloping start with this new iteration of Ride On, Ride On in Majesty which has the benefit of actually feeling like you're riding. Somehow this improves both the words AND tune.
#CursedCarols
5
1
2
0
5
1
0
1
Yes, the other tune has been in use since medieval times, but let's shake up the Palm Sunday procession and leave bystanders with a 'wait, what did we just hear?' expression on their face.
(Also, this version doesn't have the chorus repeat every time, so you get through it faster. 😉)
#CursedCarols
8
1
1
0
8
0
2
0
10
0
1
0
11
1
3
0
7
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
Somehow I've been sharing #CursedCarols for five year, since I shoved Hark! the Herald into Aberystwyth in 2021.
1/5
7
0
1
0
8
1
1
0
Look, if you run with torches, chances are you're going to end up in Casualty.
This is another one of those brain-melty ones. With apologies to non-UK folk who will end up scratching their heads. (The clue is capitalised above.)
#CursedCarols
13
0
1
0
12
4
2
0
2
0
0
0
13
2
0
1
Don't sing it Upside Down.
#CursedCarols
(What, you thought we'd let the cultural phenomenon go uncommented-upon?)
4
2
0
0
10
1
2
0
OK, let's bring it back to something a bit calmer, a bit more sensible. Something <almost> nice. And yes, not technically a carol, but it feels festive-y and I make the rules, so...
(Also, it will hurt your head a bit.)
#CursedCarols
4
0
2
0
... Today, still wanted by the government they survive as Wise Men. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....maybe you can hire The Three Kings.
2/2
#CursedCarols
10
1
1
0
In 0 AD, a crack royal unit was sent to Bethlehem to find a Saviour they weren't sure was real. These men promptly escaped from Herod, who tried to slaughter them on their way home.
1/2
#CursedCarols
9
3
1
0
27
7
7
6
There are few tunes which could actually make I Saw Three Ships worse than the original. (This isn't one of them.)
#CursedCarols #ActuallyAnImprovement
7
0
0
0
9
0
2
0
Hello, Ding Dong, my old friend.
This one belongs on the same album as Hark! the Herald to "Scarborough Fair".
#CursedCarols
10
1
0
1
It's only two weeks until Christmas. Don't worry, this isn't going to get you Harked. It'll just feel it for about a bar and a half.
(One so obvious we're amazed it hasn't been done yet.)
#CursedCarols
6
1
2
1
All right, the gloves are off. You people have had it too easy lately, with some of the #CursedCarols being "quite nice actually". Well, that stops now. If we can't agree on whether this is an alto or tenor solo, then nobody can have it. This is truly, truly cursed.
13
1
1
0