Monday, December 7, 2009

Deck The Halls with Gasoline

Deck the halls with gasoline
Fa la la la la la la la la
Light a match and watch it gleam
Fa la la la la la la la la
Burn the whole school down to ashes
Fa la la la la la LA la la
Aren't you glad you played with matches?
Fa la la la la la la la la!


Common by the 80s, at least.

10 comments:

  1. Elementary school. Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Circa 1985:

    It's the season to be naughty

    Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

    Break a window, pop a tire!

    Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

    Set the teacher's hair on fire!

    Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

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  2. Deck the halls with gasoline, fa la la la la la la la la

    Light a match and watch people scream, fa la la la la la la la la

    Sit back and watch the school burn to ashes fa la la la la la la la la

    And laugh as teachers burn their **ses fa la la la la la la la la

    (Really evil and demented Christmas Songs. Friend, Weatherford, Texas, 2008)

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  3. Deck the halls with gasoline
    fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

    Light a match and watch it gleam
    fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

    Break a window, cut a wire
    fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

    Set an old man's beard on fire
    fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

    (Some girl in 4th grade, around 2005)

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  4. Deck the Halls with Pussy and Balls

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  5. told you its all shit that ops into my head

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  6. The version I heard, the third line went "Now the school is burnt to ashes" but the rest was the same. This would have been sometime early 1990s- (Chicago).

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  7. We sang it "Douse the halls" and "Strike a match" and "Watch the school", but essentially the same message. Circa 1984-85

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  8. the last line should read "hope the teachers burn their a****"

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  9. I learned it as "Burn the school and sweep the ashes" - I suppose even when being destructive we thought we should tidy up afterwards!

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    1. This would be in Memphis in the 80s, at an all-girls' school.

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