Fum Fum Fum

On December five and twenty Fum, Fum, Fum

On December five and twenty Fum, Fum, Fum.

Oh, a child was born this night, so rosy white, so rosy white.

Son of Mary Virgin Holy, in a stable mean and lowly,

Fum, Fum, Fum

On December five and twenty Fum, Fum, Fum

On December five and twenty Fum, Fum, Fum.

Comes a most important day, Let us be gay, Let us be gay! 

We go first to church and then we have the sweetest buns and candy,

Fum Fum Fum

God will send us days of feasting, Fum, Fum, Fum

God will send us days of feasting, Fum, Fum, Fum

Both in hot months and in cold, for young and old, For young and old.

When we tell the Holy Story, Ever singing of His glory,

Fum, Fum, Fum

We take a trip to Spain for today’s carol – A traditional Catalan carol translated into English when I sing it and for the people who listen.

In Carolers of Note we like to sing it through twice, first time at a nice clip, and the second time at a sprint. It is a rollicking tune that can handle the tempo.

I think one of the reasons I like the song is that it is a dance tune, and even if you aren’t dancing, you still get that same sense of movement when you hear it.

The lyrics don’t try to be too deep, which is why they seem so natural. They combine the mention of the “Holy Story” with the joy of “sweetest buns and candy”. There is no separation of physical and spiritual, of sacred and secular, they are all part of one and the same joy.