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Thread #8079   Message #49393
Posted By: George Henderson Nenagh singers circle
14-Dec-98 - 06:49 AM
Thread Name: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
Subject: Lyr Add: THE POACHER'S CHRISTMAS (Sid & Bob Kipper
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