phle-botomy:

topics apparent in traditional christmas carols that have Strangely Disappeared from modern canon:

• the devil
• the lord of this manor better give us booze or we’ll burn his house Down
• alternatively, give us some cash
• this plant is Red like the blood of Childbirth
• i was wooed in the sheep field
• what up, it’s the Devil again
• goods or tuppence may be exchanged for a viewing of this wren we’ve killed
• SWORD DANCE TUNES
• we sing in thanks of the maidservant who let the mob into the laird’s home
• dancing is a sin but do you think i’m gonna stop
• unlikely
• the apple crop better be good or next year it’ll grow fertilized with your blood
• the winter is cruel but the laird is crueler
• the church is also cruel
• it’s lucky to give us money. in this case, the luck is not getting stabbed
• really there are so many bangers