Carols

In  The Oxford Book of Carols  there is a footnote to "Good King Wenceslas". It begins

This rather confused narrative owes its popularity to the delightful tune, which is that of a Spring carol, "Tempus adest floridum", No. 99. Unfortunately Neale in 1853 substituted for the Spring carol this 'Good King Wenceslas', one of his less happy pieces, which E. Duncan goes so far as to call 'doggerel', and Bullen condemns as 'poor and commonplace to the last degree'.

A to Q

Ⓐ is for AWOL, away without leave.
Ⓑ is the Bug that is eating your sleeve.

Ⓒ is for Commissar; his ways are so set, that when asked for a favor he'll always say nyet.

Ⓓ is for Dancer, who may be exotic.
Ⓔ is for Everything wild and Erotic.

Ⓕ is for Fruitcake, a Christmas Day treat.
Ⓖ is for Goldfish, much better to eat.

Ⓗ is our Hero, Charlton Heston.
Ⓘ is the organ we call our Intestine.

Ⓙ is for Jesus, the son of a Jew.
Ⓚ is for Khrushchev, who's known for his shoe.

Ⓛ is for Let; it happens in tennis.
Ⓜ is a Merchant whose home is in Venice.

Ⓝ is for Nixon; he leads our great nation.
Ⓞ is his policy: Obliteration.

Ⓟ is for Pompey, Caesar's great rival.
Ⓠ is for Quicksand, which hinders survival.

doggerel

Ⓡ is for Rhinoceros,
Ⓢ is for his Snout,
Ⓣ is for the Trampoline on which he romps about.

Ⓤ is for his Underside;
Ⓥ's the Vest he wears,
and Ⓦ's the Woolen thread to mend it if he tears.

Ⓧ is for the Xerox which he likes to play,
Ⓨ is for the Yellow spot that always comes out gray,
and Ⓩ is for the Zero; there is nothing more to say.

- Anon