Fum, Fum, Fum Facts for Kids

Fum, Fum, Fum is a very old and popular Christmas carol from Catalonia, a region in Spain. It's sung during the Christmas season.

People think this carol was first sung around the 1500s or 1600s. The word "fum" means smoke in the Catalan language. Some people believe it sounds like smoke rising from a chimney. Others think it sounds like a drum beating or a guitar being strummed.

Another idea is that "fum, fum, fum" sounds like a baby's cradle rocking. The rhythm of the song might even come from the Sardana, a traditional dance from Catalonia.

Song Lyrics

The English version of "Fum, Fum, Fum" is not a direct translation of the original Catalan song. It was created in 1953 by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw. This version helped make the carol famous in the United States and other English-speaking countries. There are also a few other English versions of the song.

English version	Catalan Version	Alternate Catalan version
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,<br fum, fum, 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.	A vint-i-cinc de desembre fum, fum, fum (bis) Ha nascut un minyonet ros i blanquet, ros i blanquet; Fill de la Verge Maria, n'és nat en una establia. Fum, fum, fum. Allí dalt de la muntanya fum, fum, fum (bis) Si n'hi ha dos pastorets abrigadets, abrigadets; amb la pell i la samarra, menjant ous i botifarra. Fum, fum, fum. Qui dirà més gran mentida? Fum, fum, fum (bis) Ja en respon el majoral el gran tabal, el gran tabal; jo en faré deu mil camades amb un salt totes plegades. Fum, fum, fum. A vint-i-cinc de desembre fum, fum, fum (bis) n'és el dia de Nadal, molt principal, molt principal,<br quan n'eixirem de matines, farem bones escudines. Fum, fum, fum. Déu vos do unes santes festes fum, fum, fum (bis)<br amb temps de fred i calor, i molt millor, i molt millor fent-ne de Jesús memòria perquè ens vulgui dalt la glòria. Fum, fum, fum.	El vint-i-cinc de desembre fum, fum, fum (bis) Ha nascut un minyonet ros i blanquet, ros i blanquet; Fill de la Verge Maria, si n'és nat en una establia. Fum, fum, fum. Aquí dalt de la muntanya fum, fum, fum (bis) N'hi ha dos pastorets abrigadets, abrigadets; amb la pell i la samarra, mengen ous i botifarra. Fum, fum, fum. Qui dirà més gran mentida? Fum, fum, fum (bis) Ja respon el majoral amb gran cabal, amb gran cabal; jo faré deu mil camades amb un salt totes plegades. Fum, fum, fum.

Fum, Fum, Fum facts for kids

Song Lyrics

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