{"id":881,"date":"2014-12-20T11:58:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T10:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liceocuneo.it\/massa\/?p=881"},"modified":"2015-01-16T21:43:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T20:43:05","slug":"a-christmas-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liceocuneo.it\/massa\/a-christmas-carol\/","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Carol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, not Dickens’s story, but a very popular song called “12 Days of Christmas<\/strong>“. It is a cumulative song<\/a>, with twelve verses, each describing a series of increasingly grand gifts given by “my true love” on one of the twelve days of Christmas.<\/p>\n

The song, first published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin; the version we know is a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin.<\/p>\n

\"Schermata<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Lyrics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

On the first day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nA Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the second day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the third day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the fourth day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nFour Calling Birds
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the fifth day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nFive Golden Rings
\nFour Calling Birds
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the sixth day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nSix Geese a Laying
\nFive Golden Rings
\nFour Calling Birds
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the seventh day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nSeven Swans a Swimming
\nSix Geese a Laying
\nFive Golden Rings
\nFour Calling Birds
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the eighth day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nEight Maids a Milking
\nSeven Swans a Swimming
\nSix Geese a Laying
\nFive Golden Rings
\nFour Calling Birds
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the ninth day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nNine Ladies Dancing
\nEight Maids a Milking
\nSeven Swans a Swimming
\nSix Geese a Laying
\nFive Golden Rings
\nFour Calling Birds
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the tenth day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nTen Lords a Leaping
\nNine Ladies Dancing
\nEight Maids a Milking
\nSeven Swans a Swimming
\nSix Geese a Laying
\nFive Golden Rings
\nFour Calling Birds
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the eleventh day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nEleven Pipers Piping
\nTen Lords a Leaping
\nNine Ladies Dancing
\nEight Maids a Milking
\nSeven Swans a Swimming
\nSix Geese a Laying
\nFive Golden Rings
\nFour Calling Birds
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

On the twelfth day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\n12 Drummers Drumming
\nEleven Pipers Piping
\nTen Lords a Leaping
\nNine Ladies Dancing
\nEight Maids a Milking
\nSeven Swans a Swimming
\nSix Geese a Laying
\nFive Golden Rings
\nFour Calling Birds
\nThree French Hens
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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