Who the heck?
What the heck?
It’s a catchy tune. Don’t have a clue or am not inclined to find out what the heck the story is. (Or proper spelling)
I don’t think I’ve ever heard it correctly.
Yep. Got the EARWORM!
The ear-wormiest of earworms! (day 3)
It’s a Feast of Stephen carol.
Mandatory xkcd:
Good King Wenceslaus was a Duke of Bohemia, Wenceslaus I, whose name in Czech is Vaclav, which is pronounced “VA-tslav,” because the letter C, without a diacritic, is pronounced “ts” in Czech. Wenceslaus is the Polish spelling, and it’s worth noting that “Czech” is also the Polish spelling of Czech. In Czech, it is “Čech.”
This Duke of Bohemia was posthumously promoted to king by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. King Vaclav was called “Vaclav the Good,” because he was both a generous, merciful ruler, and pious. However, I think “King” was just honorary, and Bohemia remained a duchy until the 1100s.
He was assassinated (by his brother) and considered therefore a martyr and was canonized. He is the patron saint of the Czech Republic, and Vaclav has since been a popular boys’ name, remaining so throughout the “Czechoslovak” Communist period, so that the last president of Czechoslovakia, and the first of the modern Czech Republic was named Vaclav Havel.
My mother spoke Czech and Slovak both fluently enough to be published in both languages. She met both Vaclav Havel and Bill Clinton at some event she was invited to, because it had something to do with Czechoslovakia, and she was a nationally-regarded expert on Czech, with the bonus of speaking Slovak as well.
This stuff was dinner table conversation.
Safe to say, the Good King never massacred anyone.
It is pronounced “ˈwo͝ostərSHər”.
Nice. 
Which led to Señor Wences: ‘s all right!
“Good King What’s-His-Face”
Hither, Page, and stand by me
If thou knowst it, telling
Yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and whence his dwelling?
Sire he live a good league hence
Underneath the mountain
Up against the forest fence
By St Agnes Fountain
*from memory
The catchy tune is Tempus adest floridum (The blooming time is here), a spring carol of the 13th century.
I have to say this thread is not curing the ear-worminess of the thing.
How did Good King Wenceslas like his pizza cooked?
Deep and crisp and even.
Dangit, I was just about to post that!
Best known today for his Place of Automobiles.
Good King Winklehof looked out
On his feets uneven..
And while we’re at it:
Deck us all with Boston Charley
Walla Walla, Wash, an’ Kalamazoo
Nora’s freezing on the trolley
Swallar dollar cauliflower Alley-garoo.
I have my own lyrics, since I don’t know the real ones. But they’re naughty, and probably not allowed here.
Never trust Black Hat Guy in XKCD.
I went on line to check the “correct” lyrics, and this thread from 2005 is the first result from google.
Ah. You would know I’d be 20years late.
There is nothing new under the sun.