O timings of sadness and woe

Today I post my obligatory rant on the government imposed clock change, in the spirit of the Christmas holidays, with a hymn that may be sung to the English carol God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.

God bless you meddling government,

From those whom you dismay:

The bumbling crime, you mess with time

To gain an hour a day,

To save us all from our own selves

As if from work we stray.

O timings of sadness and woe (sadness and woe),

O timings of sadness and woe!

Please consider “bless” in the first line within the same Southern tradition as we often say “bless your heart.”