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Show HN: Text “carols” to 907.312.1412 for Christmas carol lyrics

26 points by gregorymichael ↗ HN
I built this a couple days ago after seeing carolers lyric books and thinking, "Who has printers and copiers anymore?"

Here's a pic of the menu. Any songs I should add? http://imgur.com/3ZhAqGd

Disclosure: I'm a Twilio developer evangelist.

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bshimmin
Nice idea. A few typos/errors in the menu I spotted:

  4. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
  6. Here Comes Santa Claus
  14. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
gregorymichael
I must be obtuse. What's the typo?
Shivatron
The typos are in the OP's screenshot; the grandparent reflects the corrected titles.
throwaway344
Those are the correct versions.

It is currently "Here Comes Santa Clause", for instance.

cpr
Nice!

Maybe advent carols, too, like O Come, O Come Emmanuel?

icebraining
Beware copyright infringement; I don't think all those lyrics are in the public domain yet.
Pinn2
I texted to a word game displayed on a Times Square banner. Got monthly "support emails" featuring garbage trivia, and a $10 charge hidden on my at&T bill. I think it was one of those shortened phone numbers, though.
gregorymichael
Yeah, shady stuff happens with shortcodes sometimes. You can rest assured that my ulterior motives are a) spreading holiday cheer b) showing off Twilio.

edit: wording

amk_
Did you pick an Alaska area code on purpose?