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SONG AND A CHRISTMAS TREE OR THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
ANDY
WILLIAMS
SONGWRITER:
FREDERIC AUSTIN
COUNTRY:
U.S.A.
ALBUM: THE
ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS ALBUM
LABEL: COLUMBIA
RECORDS
GENRE: CHRISTMAS
SONG
YEAR: 1963
"The Twelve Days of
Christmas" (Roud 68) is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the
manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each
of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas
season, starting with Christmas Day). The song, published in England in 1780
without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin. "The
Twelve Days of Christmas" has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68. The tunes of collected versions
vary. The standard tune now associated with it is derived
from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic
Austin, who first introduced the now familiar prolongation of the verse
"five gold rings".
On the First day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
A song and a Christmas tree.
On the Second day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
Two candy canes
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Third day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
Three boughs of holly
Two candy canes
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Fourth day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
Four colored lights,
Three boughs of holly,
Two candy canes,
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Fifth day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
A shining star.
Four colored lights,
Three boughs of holly,
Two candy canes,
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Sixth day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
Little silver bells
A shining star
Four colored lights,
Three boughs of holly,
Two candy canes,
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Seventh day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
Candles a-glowing,
Little silver bells
A shining star
Four colored lights,
Three boughs of holly,
Two candy canes,
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Eighth day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
Gold and silver tinsel,
Candles a-glowing,
Little silver bells
A shining star
Four colored lights,
Three boughs of holly,
Two candy canes,
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Ninth day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
A guardian angel,
Gold and silver tinsel,
Candles a-glowing,
Little silver bells
A shining star
Four colored lights,
Three boughs of holly,
Two candy canes,
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Tenth day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
Some mistletoe,
A guardian angel,
Gold and silver tinsel,
Candles a-glowing,
Little silver bells
A shining star
Four colored lights,
Three boughs of holly,
Two candy canes,
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Eleventh day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me
Gifts for one and all,
Some mistletoe,
A guardian angel,
Gold and silver tinsel,
Candles a-glowing,
Little silver bells
A shining star
Four colored lights,
Three boughs of holly,
Two candy canes,
And a song for the Christmas tree.
On the Twefth day of Christmas
My good friends brought to me,
All their good wishes,
Gifts for one and all,
Some mistletoe,
A guardian angel,
Gold and silver tinsel,
Candles a-glowing,
Little silver bells
A shining star
Four colored lights,
Three boughs of holly,
Two candy canes,
And a song for the Christmas tree.
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