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Fum, Fum, Fum

Postby KRUG » 14 Dec 2016 08:32

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Fum, Fum, Fum (/ˌfʊm ˌfʊm ˈfʊm/ fuum fuum fuum; Catalan: [ˈfum ˈfum ˈfum]) is a traditional Catalan Christmas carol.

It is thought to have originated in the 16th or 17th century. The word "fum" means smoke in Catalan, and it may simply refer to the smoke rising from a chimney as seen from afar, or, as indicated in the New Oxford Book of Carols, "may imitate the sound of a drum (or perhaps the strumming of a guitar)".[1] It is not typical of Spanish tradition but rather of Catalan tradition. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) defines "fum" as "to play upon a fiddle," quoting Ben Jonson, "Follow me, and fum as you go."[2]

One source, the Musical Heritage Society insert 3428 (Christmas Songs From Around the World), indicates that "fum, fum, fum" is an onomatopoeia imitating the noise of a rocking cradle, and that the rhythms come from the Sardana, a courtly dance which originated in Catalonia and the Provence.

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.
We will tell the holy story
Ever singing of his glory,
fum, fum, fum.


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Re: Fum, Fum, Fum

Postby JohnT » 14 Dec 2016 09:25

Hi Keith Another one you have found I've never heard. You made it a bouncy number. Enjoyed it. John
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Re: Fum, Fum, Fum

Postby KRUG » 14 Dec 2016 09:50

Glad that you enjoyed it John. The sort of thing you might hear on Christmas Eve on the service of carols and lessons from King's College, Cambridge.

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Re: Fum, Fum, Fum

Postby Brian007 » 14 Dec 2016 10:34

Hi Keith,

A unusual one, but with some good voices and well played.

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Re: Fum, Fum, Fum

Postby papadeedee » 19 Dec 2016 13:37

A nice version, well played. :D :D :D
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