Can’t believe how fast this year has gone by!!

Can’t believe how fast Christmas has come down upon us!!

There are only seven days left until Christmas day.

Let’s start to get into the spirit of the holidays.

Let’s continue the countdown of classic Christmas songs … here’s #7

Carlson School of Management Flash Mob, Deck the Halls

Uploaded on Nov 30, 2011

The Carlson School of Management received a surprise visit from a saxophonist…and nearly 300 of his friends from the University of Minnesota’s School of Music this November.

“Deck the Halls” arr. Francisco J. Núñez and Jim Papoulis from “Coolside of Yuletide”

“Deck the Halls” or “Deck the Hall” (which is the 1877 title) is a traditional Christmas, yuletide, and New Years’ carol. The melody is Welsh dating back to the sixteenth century, and belongs to a winter carol, “Nos Galan”, while the English lyrics date to 1862.

The English lyrics first appeared (still called “Nos Gallan”) in volume 2 of Welsh Melodies, a set of four volumes authored by John Thomas with Welsh words by John Jones (Talhaiarn) and English words by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, although the repeated “fa la la” goes back to the original Welsh “Nos Galan” and may originate from medieval ballads.

The song is in AABA form. The series Welsh Melodies appears in four volumes, the first two in 1862, the third in 1870 and the final volume in 1874. As can be seen from the translation of “Nos Galan” below, “Deck the Hall(s)” is not a translation but new words by Oliphant to an old song.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_the_Halls

“Deck The Halls”

Deck the hall with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
It’s the season to be jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Don we now our gay apparel
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Sing the ancient Yule-tide carol
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

(Yeah)See the blazing Yule before us
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Strike the harp and join the chorus
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Follow me in merry measure
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
While I tell of Yule-tide treasure
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

(La la la la) Deck the halls with boughs of holly
(La la la la) Deck the halls with boughs of hollyDeck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
It’s the season to be jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Don we now our gay apparel
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Sing the ancient Yule-tide carol
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la