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What are the lyrics for \u2018Deck The Halls\u2019?<\/h2>\n
Deck the hall with boughs of holly,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!\n\u2018Tis the season to be jolly,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!\nFill the meadcup, drain the barrel,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!\nTroul\u00a0the ancient Christmas carol,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!<\/p>\n
See the flowing bowl before us,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!\nStrike the harp and join the chorus.\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!\nFollow me in merry measure,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!\nWhile I sing of beauty\u2019s treasure,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!<\/p>\n
Fast away the old year passes,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!\nHail the new, ye lads and lasses!\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!\nLaughing, quaffing all together,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!\nHeedless of the wind and weather,\nFa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Find more\u00a0<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/tag\/christmas-carol-lyrics\/"\">lyrics to your favourite Christmas carols here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\""highlight\"><div class=\""highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <ul><li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/the-best-christmas-classical-music-albums\/"\">The best Christmas classical music albums and recordings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/six-best-pieces-christmas-choral-music\/"\">Six of the best pieces of Christmas choral music<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/five-best-ancient-christmas-carols\/"\">Five of the best ancient Christmas carols<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/article\/five-best-modern-christmas-carols"\">Five of the best modern Christmas carols<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/25-greatest-christmas-carols-all-time\/"\">The 25 greatest Christmas carols of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC Music Magazine Published: Wednesday, 15 December 2021 at 12:00 am When were the lyrics for \u2018Deck The Halls\u2019 written? The melody for \u2018Deck The Hall\u2019s\u2019 originated in Wales in the 16th century and belonged to the Welsh New Year\u2019s Eve carol \u2018Nos Galan\u2019. In 1862 Thomas Oliphant translated and adapted the carol for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7707,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/12\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-deck-the-halls.jpg",1890,1260,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/12\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-deck-the-halls-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/12\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-deck-the-halls-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/12\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-deck-the-halls-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/12\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-deck-the-halls-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/12\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-deck-the-halls-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/12\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-deck-the-halls.jpg",1890,1260,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By BBC Music Magazine Published: Wednesday, 15 December 2021 at 12:00 am When were the lyrics for \u2018Deck The Halls\u2019 written? The melody for \u2018Deck The Hall\u2019s\u2019 originated in Wales in the 16th century and belonged to the Welsh New Year\u2019s Eve carol \u2018Nos Galan\u2019. In 1862 Thomas Oliphant translated and adapted the carol for…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/7706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}