{"id":1951,"date":"2011-12-20T19:48:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T23:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2011-12-20T19:48:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T23:48:03","slug":"christmas-carols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=1951","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Carols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Christmas approaches we like to gather around the fire and sing Christmas carols.  Here&#8217;s a contemporary favorite, &#8220;Away in a Dog House.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><i>Sung to the tune of &#8220;Away in a Manager&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Away in a dog house,<br \/>\nNo crib for his bed<br \/>\nThe little dog Owen<br \/>\nLaid down his sweet head<\/p>\n<p>The stars in the bright sky<br \/>\nLooked down where he lay<br \/>\nThe little dog Owen<br \/>\nAsleep on the hay<\/p>\n<p>The cattle are lowing<br \/>\nThe poor doggie wakes<br \/>\nBut little dog Owen<br \/>\nNo barking he makes<\/p>\n<p>I love thee, dog Owen<br \/>\nRun &#8217;round and don&#8217;t bite<br \/>\nAnd stay by my side,<br \/>\n&#8216;Til morning is nigh.<\/p>\n<p>Be near me, dog Owen,<br \/>\nI ask you to stay<br \/>\nClose by me forever<br \/>\nAnd beg every day<\/p>\n<p>Chase all the dear children<br \/>\nIn thy tender care<br \/>\nAnd take them to heaven<br \/>\nTo bark at them there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1956\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSCN0921.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSCN0921-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSCN0921\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSCN0921-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSCN0921.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Inspiration. Little Dog Owen, Asleep<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Christmas approaches we like to gather around the fire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}