Song 19 in The Christmas Songbook
The Twelve Days of Christmas
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Piano
For The Christmas Songbook (piano edition).
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Ukulele
For The Christmas Songbook (ukulele edition).
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Guitar
For The Christmas Songbook (guitar edition).
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Kalimba
For The Christmas Songbook (kalimba edition).
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Normal speed (0:27)
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Recorder
For The Christmas Songbook (recorder edition).
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All the words
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Six geese alaying,
Five gold rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.7 — Seven swans a-swimming
8 — Eight maids a-milking
9 — Nine ladies dancing
10 — Ten lords a-leaping
11 — Eleven pipers piping
12 — Twelve drummers drumming
About this song
- Music
- Traditional English, arranged by Frederic Austin (1872–1952)
- Words
- Traditional (Austin's 1909 form)
- First published
- Words c. 1780 (Mirth without Mischief); Austin's tune and text 1909 (London: Novello, plate 13056)
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.