The Twelve Days of Christmas
~ 1953
Recording
On the first day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
a partridge in a pear tree!
On the second day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the third day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
three French hens
two turtle
doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
four calling birds
three French
hens
two turtle
doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
five golden rings!
four calling
birds
three French
hens
two turtle
doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the sixth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
six geese a layin'
five golden
rings!
four calling birds
three French
hens
two turtle
doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the seventh day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a
layin'
five golden rings!
four calling
birds
three French
hens
two turtle
doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the eighth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
eight maids a milkin’
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a layin'
five golden
rings!
four calling birds
three French
hens
two turtle
doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the ninth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
nine pipers pipin’
eight maids
a milkin’
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a
layin'
five golden rings!
four calling birds
three French
hens
two turtle
doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the tenth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
ten ladies dancin’
nine pipers
pipin’
eight maids
a milkin’
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a
layin'
five golden rings!
four calling
birds
three French hens
two turtle
doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the eleventh day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
eleven Lords a leapin’
ten ladies
dancin’
nine pipers
pipin’
eight maids
a milkin’
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a
layin'
five golden rings!
four calling
birds
three French
hens
two turtle
doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
twelve drummers drummin’
eleven Lords a leapin’
ten ladies dancin’
nine pipers pipin’
eight maids milkin’
seven swans
a swimmin’
six geese a layin'
five golden
rings!
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
Traditional Christmas Music
Public Domain
| Twelve Days of Christmas Graphic |With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Chorus Produced by Henri René Recorded RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City Recorded May 26, 1953 |
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