At The..

[melv16]

...carol service tonight in the local pub, my favourite carol will be Good King Wenceslas sung to the tune of On Ilkley Moor bah tat.

[melv16]

Sorry, wrong carol. Should have said while shepherds watched.

[gness]

You're in the pub already then, Melv?..... ;-)

[Peter Pedant]

shepherds washed their socks by night

surely

[Canary42]

I'm confused - is that Good King Wencelas sung to tune of While Shepherds Watched - or While Shepherds Watched to the tune of On Ilkley Moor ;-)

[aelmpvw]

//Good King Wenceslas sung to the tune of On Ilkley Moor bah tat//

just tried it, it doesn't flow ...

[melv16]

While shepherds watched! Bring on the Thornbridge Jaipur..hic

[Prudie]

Good King Stephen last went out
On the feast of Wenceslas
When a snowball hit him in the eye
Nearly knocked him senseless

[atalanta]

I'll have you know "On Ilkla Moor" is sacred. You can't sing tatty old carols to that tune. ( Especially carols to which you can't remember the words)
It's my national anthem. Like I said, sacred.
Up the White Rose.
So there.

[seadogg]

If you like that melv try While Shepherds in the version by John Foster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6djjh5eGGeQ