Twelve days of Christmas

[ladyofastolat]

It seems that while everyone who sings The Twelve Days of Christmas agrees on what arrived on the first 8 days, everything goes horribly wrong after that. Lots of people seem to be passionately convinced that their version is "the right one", even as printed books give a variety of different answers. So, once again, when faced with a contraversial issue, I appeal to my friends list on LJ to conclusively prove what it right.

(Just imagine how much easier things would have been in the past if people had been able to recourse to the LJ poll to answer such issues. Can't work out when Easter will be celebrated in your kingdom? Post the LJ Poll of Whitby to find out. Simples!)

But, anyway...



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Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Let's see...

12 for the 12 disciples
11 for the 11 who went to heaven
and 10 for the 10 commandments
9 for the 9 bright shiners
8 for the April rainers
7 for the 7 stars in the sky
and 6 for the 6 proud walkers
5 for the symbols at your door
and 4 for the Gospel makers
3, 3, the ri-i-i-i-vals,
2, 2 the lily-white boys, cloth-ed all in green-o
One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so.

See, writing it, I can manage it without any of the filk versions sneaking it. Singing it is quite another matter. :-)

[segh.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

One's for the grunge upon my splod, it's ruined my cordwangle.
- K. Williams

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

I wonder what some of these _mean_. Always have.

Oh. There's google. http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/green_grow_the_rushes.htm