Arlo, you have been fed a confused version. To get it right, listen to the (not always perfect) alliteration and assonance.TweLve Lords a-LeapingeLeven Ladies dancingTen Drummers DrummingnIne pIpers playingEIght mAIds a-milkingSeven Swans a-Swimming..
I turn out my outside Christmas lights (The “old fashioned” kind!) a few Days after New Year’s Day. But I don’t take them down. I turn them on again during snow storms….Fight the Cold! Fight the Dark! with big ol’ brightly colored lights…….It’s good for the soul….
Originally the song was the 7 days of Christmas (for the week between Christmas to New Years) and all of the items were birds. Yes, a golden ring was not a finger ring of gold but a reference to a pheasant which has yellow rings around the neck. A fellow reenactor who studies period music told us this.
Originally the song was the 7 days of Christmas (for the week between Christmas to New Years) and all of the items were birds. Yes, a golden ring was not a finger ring of gold but a reference to a pheasant which has yellow rings around the neck. A fellow reenactor who studies period music told us this.
boydpercy Premium Member over 6 years ago
That means Carnival season in New Orleans.
Robin Harwood over 6 years ago
Arlo, you have been fed a confused version. To get it right, listen to the (not always perfect) alliteration and assonance.TweLve Lords a-LeapingeLeven Ladies dancingTen Drummers DrummingnIne pIpers playingEIght mAIds a-milkingSeven Swans a-Swimming..
William Bednar Premium Member over 6 years ago
Ok, where are the “Ten Trumps a’ Trumpeting”? Yeah, I know it’s not in the “official” version.
jarvisloop over 6 years ago
I think a sudden realization just hit me.
StratmanRon over 6 years ago
How is 10 Lords-a-Leaping problematic for Luddie?
Tyge Premium Member over 6 years ago
Ah. Jimmy follows the traditional date of January 6th for Epiphany. Enough with the Christmas decorations already.
shawnc1959 over 6 years ago
Ludwig was planning on “going big” this year and making a move on the six geese, or even swinging for the fence and going for those seven swans.
HartFelder over 6 years ago
I prefer the unabridged 39 Days of Christmas from The Simpsons.
Varnes over 6 years ago
I turn out my outside Christmas lights (The “old fashioned” kind!) a few Days after New Year’s Day. But I don’t take them down. I turn them on again during snow storms….Fight the Cold! Fight the Dark! with big ol’ brightly colored lights…….It’s good for the soul….
gigagrouch over 6 years ago
i actually got through the season without hearing that damned tune once! Yay!
ElGato over 6 years ago
My Comics not showing at top where you just click one then another, etc etc. Did GoComics stop them? Or is it my system?
lastwyf over 6 years ago
Most people don’t know this…that the 1st day of Christmas is December 25. That’s why my tree stays up until Epiphany!
mafastore over 6 years ago
Originally the song was the 7 days of Christmas (for the week between Christmas to New Years) and all of the items were birds. Yes, a golden ring was not a finger ring of gold but a reference to a pheasant which has yellow rings around the neck. A fellow reenactor who studies period music told us this.
mafastore over 6 years ago
Originally the song was the 7 days of Christmas (for the week between Christmas to New Years) and all of the items were birds. Yes, a golden ring was not a finger ring of gold but a reference to a pheasant which has yellow rings around the neck. A fellow reenactor who studies period music told us this.