freely, trying to muddle through somehow
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Get this ready to sing the evening of each December 5 for St. Nick’s Eve as it’s celebrated in Southest Germany/Austria and Southeast Wisconsin: the tender tale of a young/old man’s wistful wishing for a visit from a whip-wielding goat-man-demon-beast who stuffs bad children in sacks and takes them who knows where. Good kids get an orange. Don’t forget to put your shoes by the door.

The audio reference track is the same as the the audio track for the video posted directly below it from 2021, featuring my daughter, Irenevipersdottir (she plays the Krampus). Watch for the twist!

This song is also one of three (so far) for which I’ve created a full piano/ukulele sheet music arrangement. We sold one copy to the Bavarian/Austrian member of a German tour group who stumbled into one of our California Clipper performances in Chicago in what remains one of my favorite performing memories. Cover below.