# Happy Soltice!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-soltice/46857>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 22, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-soltice/46857 "2000-12-22T15:43:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-soltice/46857/1 "2000-12-22T15:43:12Z")

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Winter is a’cumin in  
Sing goddamn!  
Winter is a’cumin in  
Sing goddamn!

Freezth river  
turnth liver  
And how the wind doth ram.

Sing GAWD-DAMN!!!

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**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-soltice/46857/2 "2000-12-22T16:03:04Z")

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Sung to the tune of?

And baby, it’s cold outside. Do you celebrate the Winter Solstice? Holiday greetings to all of you who do!

----:)/ x x x  
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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-soltice/46857/3 "2001-01-12T14:49:15Z")

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Of course you’re not supposed to bump your own thread, especially when it’s beem gone so long. However:

This is the third time it’s snowed JUST THIS WEEK and I really think it is time to praise the Gods of winter.

Anyway, I was asked a question:

It’s to the tune of “Sing Cuck-coo” a traditional English song welcoming spring. It was written by Ezra Pound.

Now. Everybody with snow in their shoes. Everybody whose lungs hurt from breathing 2 degree air. Everybody with a really bad cold:

“Sing GAWD-DAMN!!!”

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**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-soltice/46857/4 "2001-01-12T14:57:33Z")

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----🆒/  
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We’ve had a thaw here, so it’s relatively warm (up to thirty-eight degrees Wednesday).

But yesterday there was freezing drizzle, which made for awful driving conditions.

So, I’ll sing it: gawd-dammmnnnnn!