# Deck The Halls With Boston Charley

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-boston-charley/429582>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-boston-charley/429582 "2007-12-11T03:49:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-boston-charley/429582/1 "2007-12-11T03:49:46Z")

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The lyrics to Deck The Halls With Boston Charley that Cecil lists are a bit different from those on the Walt Kelly/Pogo site.

They are completely different from those published in the Sunday Comics in (circa) 1963 with the exception of the first verse.

I saw a Pogo paper back in a bookstore a few years ago that had the lyrics I remembered.

Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-boston-charley/429582/2 "2007-12-11T14:48:02Z")

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Presumeably [What are the lyrics to Walt Kelly’s classic carol, “Deck Us All With Boston Charlie”?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_188.html)

The [official Pogo website](http://www.pogopossum.com/) says

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> **Can you tell me the correct lyrics to “Deck Us All With Boston Charlie?”**
> 
> Maybe can. There are many versions of this revered, classic carol and fist fights have been known to erupt when one person defends the sanctity and accuracy of the one he or she learned at Mommy’s knee. People have been hospitalized as a result of such disputes, which is a heckuva thing to happen at any time of year, and especially around the holidays. That said, we can at least direct you to what scholars tell us is the most popular. [Here it is…](http://www.pogopossum.com/deckus.htm) but we assume no responsibility if a rival Boston Charlie caroller takes issue with you and comes out swinging.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-boston-charley/429582/3 "2007-12-11T18:18:32Z")

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Here’s the [last big thread on that column](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=348975). It doesn’t seem to give every verse but there are lots of links to check out.