I always sing it, and although I remember the book I memorized the words from, I have no memory of where I learned the tune.
Does anyone else remember the Mad parody that started:
'Twas Brillo, and the G.E. stoves
Did Proctor-Gamble in the Glade?
All the YouTube videos make the ‘g’ hard.
Possibly the Disney movie?
God, I remember that! I must have been about 15 years old. So it’s still floating around out there in the aether somewhere?
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I don’t think I’ve seen it since it first aired. I’m not sure if Arnez was completely ‘in’ on the joke, he seemed genuinely perplexed by it. At one point in the middle he just looks off camera and says, “Who the hell talks like this?!”
“Gyre” is a real word, dating back well before Carroll. It is indeed pronounced with a soft “g”.
Here you go:
I first saw this in a children’s reading book while I was substitute teaching.
[Singing in my head . . .] Woah! That’s pretty cool. It’s a fitting tune too. Do you alternate the verse and chorus, stick with the verse, or what? I’ve also had it memorized (with I believe Carroll’s pronounciation) since high school and might have to make singing it my new thing 
It’s the only poem I know by heart. My performance is the definitive one. 
For some reason, when reading Jabberwocky, a Scottish accent always sneaks into my thoughts.
Particularly at the end of several stanzas:
‘He went galumphin’ back '.
‘He chortled in his joy’ - aye.
Since it is composed of made-up words about a mythical creature, I don’t think there is any particular way you should recite it. Though I would suggest doing it completely straight - almost dead-pan.
Read it like this.
OK, I have another question—do the words “One two! One two! And through and through” have an actual, specific meaning in sword fighting? If they do, I want to accurately simulate these moves with a mock sword.
I always remember a fellow student in drama school who interpreted the entire thing from the perspective of being horribly drunk, room spinning and needing to vomit, desperately. Thus, the vorpal sword was a finger to be thrust down the throat. Can’t shake the image to this day - 20+ years later!