The ConDem Christmas Carol

Students of the UCL occupation wrote and performed a festive carol outlining some of the things we have to look forward to if the vote on Thursday goes the wrong way.

Lyrics
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On the first day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
A three-fold increase in my fees.

On the second day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the third day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the fourth day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
Less humanities;
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the fifth day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
Lifelong debt;
Less humanities;
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the sixth day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
No school sporting
Lifelong debt;
Less humanities;
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the seventh day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
Corporate business training;
No school sporting
Lifelong debt;
Less humanities;
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the eigth day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
No graduate jobbing;
Corporate business training;
No school sporting
Lifelong debt;
Less humanities;
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the ninth day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
Tax-dodging banking;
No graduate jobbing;
Corporate business training;
No school sporting
Lifelong debt;
Less humanities;
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the tenth day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
Less graduate funding;
Tax-dodging banking;
No graduate jobbing;
Corporate business training;
No school sporting
Lifelong debt;
Less humanities;
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the eleventh day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
My department closing;
Less graduate funding;
Tax-dodging banking;
No graduate jobbing;
Corporate business training;
No school sporting
Lifelong debt;
Less humanities;
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a three-fold increase in my fees.

On the twelfth day of Christmas
The Condems gave to me:
Democracy not working;
My department closing;
Less graduate funding;
Tax-dodging banking;
No graduate jobbing;
Corporate business training;
No school sporting
Lifelong debt;
Less humanities;
No EMA;
Fewer teaching staff
and a kettle but not for tea.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• student
• protest
• condem
• christmas

[claudiuscrow]

This is excellent! Protesting that is intelligent, funny and thought-provoking.

[myskillsmatter]

this should be the xmas number one!

[ringtailedfox]

oh, this is awesome! i've always loved you limeys! moar boar wants MOAR! :D

[cruyffianslip]

That's brilliant!!!

[pf31j0]

Congrats from Portugal!

stay well!

[MentalMindFork]

Awesome!

[TheWilliamszoe]

i have a version- and a few other carol parodies (jingle bell cuts, O come all ye protest etc, haha). the movement definitely needs more songs and visual puns :)

[rhitsvu]

Ha ha this is brilliant. As a potential doctoral student with no available funding, all I can do right now is sing carols.

This is fabulous!

[RobbiePGPickles]

Fantastic work guys! Everyone at Lancaster passes on their congratulations!!

[jessglod]

genius!

[mawkernewek]

Well, maybe if you die less than 30 years after graduation.