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Thread #28733   Message #4138714
Posted By: Jim Dixon
17-Mar-22 - 01:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Alphabet Song variations
Subject: Lyr Add: A CHRISTMAS ALPHABET (Carolyn Wells)
I started searching for the song that was mentioned by "ev" and by Dar Mueller above, that begins: “A is for the apple that hangs upon the tree” and I haven’t found it (yet) but I found this, which, I suppose, isn’t the same song but may be worth having in its own right:

From The Merry-go-round by Carolyn Wells (New York: R. H. Russell, 1901), page 151:


A CHRISTMAS ALPHABET

A is for Apple that hangs on the tree.
B is for Bells that chime out in glee.
C is for Candy to please boys and girls.
D is for Dolls with long flaxen curls.
E is for Evergreens decking the room.
F is for Flowers of exquisite perfume.
G is for Gifts that bring us delight.
H is for Holly with red berries bright.
I is for Ice so shining and clear.
J is the Jingle of bells far and near.
K is Kriss Kringle with fur cap and coat.
L is for Letters the children all wrote.
M is for Mistletoe, shining like wax.
N is for Nuts which Grandpapa cracks.
O is for Oranges, yellow and sweet.
P for Plum Pudding, a holiday treat.
Q the Quadrille in which each one must dance.
R for the Reindeer that gallop and prance.
S is for Snow that falls silently down.
T is for Turkey, so tender and brown.
U is for Uproar that goes on all day.
V is for Voices that carol a lay.
W for Wreaths hung up on the wall.
X is for Xmas, with pleasures for all.
Y is for Yule-log that burns clear and bright
Z is for Zest shown from morning till night.