The Happy Wordcrafter

A Little Music Lesson Before The Song:

“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” is my favorite Christmas song of all time.  Now, I love many Christmas songs with a passion, so, believe me, they get their share of attention.  But this one carol just worked its way into my heart years ago and nestled right down into its own special place.

So … you can imagine how unhappy I was when I heard someone sing it incorrectly. Of course, hearing it sung incorrectly once or twice in a lifetime is not much, and had that been the scope of things, I would not be sharing this little lesson. However, sadly, but truly, during the past dozen years, I can honestly say that every time I have heard the song publicly performed or played via recorded media, every single song artist has sung the song incorrectly — and, what’s worse — every…