Twelve Days Of Christmas

Album: Holiday Spirits (2008)
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  • 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 fourth day of Christ
    On the third 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 ninth day of Christmas, (on the eighth day of Christmas)
    My true love gave to me (my true love gave to me)
    Nine ladies dancing (eight maids a milking)
    Eight ladies dancing (seven maids a milking)
    Seven ladies dancing (six maids a milking)
    Six ladies dancing (five)
    Better not shout, you better not cry
    You better not in a pear tree

    On the ninth, no!
    On the eighth, come on!

    On the seventh day of Christmas (deck the halls)
    My true love gave to me (with boughs of holly)
    Seven swans a swimming (here we come a wassailing)
    Six geese a laying (among the leaves so)
    Five golden rings (fa-la-la-la-la)
    Four calling birds
    Three french hens
    Two turtle doves (here we come a wassailing)
    The boar's head in hand bear I (among the leaves so green)
    Bedeck'd with bays

    And partridge in a pear tree

    On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me
    Eleven pipers piping (ding)
    Ten lords a leaping (dong)
    Nine ladies dancing (ding)
    Eight maids a milking (dong)
    Seven swans a swimming (ding)
    Six geese a laying (dong)
    Five golden rings
    Four calling birds
    Three french hens
    Two turtle doves
    And Rudolph the red nosed reindeer!

    On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

    I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay
    And when it's dry and ready, my dreidel I shall play
    Oh dreidel dreidel dreidel (hey, 12 days of Christmas)
    (What? Eight days of Hanukkah. It's a Christmas medley)

    On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

    Do do do do doot do (do de do de do de do de do de)
    Do do do do doot do (do de do de do de do de do de)

    On the twelfth day my true love gave to me
    Twelve drummers drumming like Olympus above the Serengeti
    Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba oh
    Eleven pipers piping, ten lords a leaping (ba ba ba ba ba ba ba oh)
    Nine ladies dancing they were dancing for me
    Eight maids a milking they were milking just for me

    I had Christmas down in Africa
    I had Christmas down in Africa
    I had Christmas down in Africa (five golden rings)
    I had Christmas down in Africa (five golden rings)
    I had Christmas down in Africa (five golden rings)
    Couldn't take the halls into the things we never had

    Do do do do doot do (do de do de do de do de do de)
    Do do do do doot do (do de do de do de do de do de)
    Partridge in a big pear tree (do de do de do de do de do de)
    Partridge in a big pear tree Writer/s: David Paich, Felix Bernard, Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots, Jeffrey T. Porcaro, John D. Marks
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group, Word Collections Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Rex Solomon from Houston, TexasRichard C. Gregory passed away today at 90 May 31, 2023 former-faculty at the Williston Northampton School... an obit is on their site: Williston. For the record, Straight No Chaser did not get the arrangement from the Nassoons, but I actually sent it to them in the early 1990's as part of my arrangement exchange that was part of "The List" which was the first a cappella directory [pre www] and became an exclusive feature to subscribers to the CAN "The Collegiate A Cappella Newsletter" in October 1990, and was latter transformed into The Contemporary A Cappella Association www.Casa.org. A member of Straight No Chaser requested some humorous arrangements and I sent them a few including this arrangement of Christmas Soup from my days at Williston. One page was missing from the copy that I sent them....the rest is history. Mickey Rapkin documented much of it in his blog in 2008 "Who is Richard Gregory". In a very real sense modern a cappella would not exist without Richard C. Gregory
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