New words for the 12 days of Christmas

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: muppitz
Date: 05 Nov 04 - 06:58 AM

There is an "Aussie 12 days of Christmas" in the database.
I don't know how to do a link to it, but if you search for the title I've just given, that should take you to it!

muppitz x

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Nov 04 - 08:01 PM

Could be a long wait-

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: Leadfingers
Date: 04 Nov 04 - 07:36 PM

When the Middle East calms down I will post 'The Twelve days of Ramadan' and start it all up again .

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: open mike
Date: 04 Nov 04 - 06:10 PM

ok anyone got the bluegrass version?

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Nov 04 - 04:42 PM

Resurrecting a five y'ar old thread for an old parody from eighteen hundred and forty-six.
Halliwell, "The Nursery Rhymes of England," 1846. Obviously the little kiddies in the nursery had a much better grasp of language then than they do now.

CCXXVII

One old Oxford ox opening oysters;
Two tee-totums totally tired of trying to trot to Tadbury;
Three tall tigers tippling tenpenny tea;
Four fat friars fanning fainting flies;
Five frippy Frenchmen foolishly fishing for flies;
Six sportsmen shooting snipes;
Seven Severn salmons swallowing shrimps;
Eight Englishmen eagerly examining Europe;
Nine nimble noblemen nibbling nonpareils;
Ten tinkers tinkling upon ten tin tinder-boxes with ten tenpenny tacks;
Eleven elephants elegantly equipt;
Twelve typographical topographers typically translating types.

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: Dale Rose
Date: 17 Dec 98 - 12:02 AM

Yes, raccoon. Some consider them a delicacy. Here is an url that will tell you just about everything you need to know about them, and a bit more. Nice picture at the bottom of the page.

I had an infestation at my house a few years ago. Even tying down the lids of garbage cans with bungee cords did not help. The little fellows ripped them right off. Possums (properly opossums) were a problem, too. I trapped one in the corner of my carport one day, and sure enough, he fell over like he was dead. I let him go.

I think if the song were to be rewritten nowadays, someone would likely work the armadillo into the mix, maybe to replace the razorback, seeing as they are all gone anyway.

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 16 Dec 98 - 06:46 PM

Dale, 'coons' is far from PC here, I gather you mean racoons - which to me means some sort of overgrown squirrel. Am I close?

Regards
John

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: Dale Rose
Date: 16 Dec 98 - 01:56 AM

I could not pass up adding this gem~~a standard at Christmas time here in the Ozarks!

The Ozark Twelve Days Of Christmas

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
Twelve stills a’brewing
Eleven catfish swimming
Ten acorns growing
Nine fiddlers fiddling
Eight banjos strumming
Seven coons a’playing
Six hounds a’baying
Five spinning wheels
Four razorbacks
Three fat quail
Two hickory nuts
And a possum in a gum tree!

Note: for those unfamiliar with the term, a razorback is a wild hog, once common in Arkansas, but now extinct, at least in Arkansas. Unfortunately you can’t find out much about them on the internet. Alta Vista lists 38,340 references, but the first 200 are mostly related to the University of Arkansas Razorback athletic teams, and assorted businesses with razorback in the name.

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: bbc
Date: 15 Dec 98 - 08:50 PM

I like that book of thank you notes, too, John. I'm using it in a holiday lesson for 5th graders tomorrow--starting w/ a rap & Chipmunk version of the song, going over the cost of the 12 days of gifts, & reading the thank you notes. I know that at least one of us will enjoy it! :)

Christmas cheer,

bbc

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 15 Dec 98 - 06:47 PM

My favourite monologue is The Twelve Thank You Notes of Christmas. Written and performed from the perspective of an English gentlewomen, I find it a gem of crafted prose - and absolutely hilarious. Thank you for starting this thread; I had no idea that it was in the DT.

Regards
John

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 15 Dec 98 - 05:45 PM

Barbara- It takes time. dick

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: Barbara
Date: 15 Dec 98 - 09:20 AM

I found one parody using Dick's phrase, four using [twelve days], one more using [12 days] and a different set using @parody @xmas.
I didn't find the one I just posted to the 'Young and old' thread, "12 Days of Christmas With My Mother".
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: Richard McD. Bridge
Date: 15 Dec 98 - 06:57 AM

I'll try that searchterm. I wonder what I did wrong when I searched - 'cos I did, honest!

Thanks to others.

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 14 Dec 98 - 03:13 PM

There's at least a half-dozen such parodies in the DT. Try a search for *Xmas12*

Subject: Lyr Add: THE POACHER'S CHRISTMAS (Sid & Bob Kipper
From: George Henderson Nenagh singers circle
Date: 14 Dec 98 - 06:49 AM

The Poachers Christmas written by Sid and Bob Kipper

On the first day of Christmas my dog and me brought back, A partridge in an ould sack.

On the second day of Christmas me dog and me brought back. Two moorhens and a partridge etc.

Three lame ducks,

Four bald coots,

Five Goose eggs

Six bootiful turkey's,

Seven pleasant pheasants,

Eight stone crows,

Nine breeding rabbits (all them dirty habits)

Ten hares retreating,

Eleven salmon smoking,

Twelve stags a rutting.

And finishes with :

On the thirteenth day of christmas my dog and me got caught with,

12 stages a rutting, 11 salmon smoking, 10 hares retreating, 9 breeding rabbits all them dirty habits, 8 stone crows, 7 pleasant pheasants, 6 bootiful turkeys, fuve goose eggs. Four bald coots thre lame ducks two moorhens, And a partridge in an ould sack

Hope this gives you a laugh

Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: AndyG
Date: 14 Dec 98 - 05:17 AM

You might try here,
Not drink but computing.

AndyG

Subject: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
From: Richard McD. Bridge
Date: 14 Dec 98 - 04:59 AM

Has anyone conveniently got any of the sets of alternative words to the 12 days of Christmas?

The preferred ones would be either the set starting with (on the first day) "a pint and a half of real ale" or the set starting (also on the first day) "a port and a double brandy"