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06 Dec 25 - 02:34 PM (#4232582) Subject: The Twelve Nights of Christmas From: Vincent Jones A forgotten gem(?) of my adolescence. As I'm approaching my dotage I'd like to be reminded of the missing six days. My memory stretches thus far: On the seventh night of Christmas I took to bed with me Seven sex-starved spinsters Six convicted vicars Five ? Four virgin maids Three French whores Two shithouse doors And my Lord Montague of Beaulieu I won't be singing it at the folk club, or even whispering it while my daughter is around for Christmas as she is even more ideologically sound than I am, but I'm hoping that if I know the whole of the lyric it will stop it from being a constant earworm that's becoming almost as persistent as my tinnitus. Ta. And merry Christmas. |
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06 Dec 25 - 03:34 PM (#4232585) Subject: RE: The Twelve Nights of Christmas From: GerryM There are several virgins, I mean, versions, at https://www.diamondgeezers.org.uk/sounds/lyrics/onthefirstdayof.html |
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06 Dec 25 - 03:37 PM (#4232586) Subject: RE: The Twelve Nights of Christmas From: GerryM A version close to what you want was posted to this very website, 20 years ago, by Joe Fineman. Look for Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas From: Joe_F Date: 17 Nov 04 - 10:14 PM |
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06 Dec 25 - 03:52 PM (#4232587) Subject: RE: The Twelve Nights of Christmas From: Stilly River Sage Thanks for the search breadcrumbs, Gerry! New words for the 12 days of Christmas (link goes directly to the Joe_F contribution). |
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06 Dec 25 - 05:33 PM (#4232589) Subject: RE: The Twelve Nights of Christmas From: Sandra in Sydney Many years ago a friend re-wrote the original lyrics as her 18yo nephew was on his first visit from the UK to the dangerous Land of Oz, & had a dread of all our creepy crawlies. 12 of us stood on stage holding up a page saying SNAKE, SPIDER, etc etc as we & the whole audience sang away. Gerry, were you there that night? |
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07 Dec 25 - 02:52 AM (#4232597) Subject: RE: The Twelve Nights of Christmas From: GerryM Sandra, I don't remember seeing that. I do remember writing a 12 days where all the references were folkie things – four handsome Johnnies, three pretty Pollys, that sort of thing – and I think I sang it at the Dog. |
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07 Dec 25 - 03:05 AM (#4232598) Subject: RE: The Twelve Nights of Christmas From: Vincent Jones Good grief. What a pic'n'mix. I've no idea why my pre-post search didn't catch any of them. Thank you all. |
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08 Dec 25 - 08:04 AM (#4232640) Subject: RE: The Twelve Nights of Christmas From: GUEST,Jerry Here was my take on it: COLD TURKEY By the twelfth day of Christmas, I truly had to eat:- Twelve turkey tikkas, eleven poultry pizzas, Ten tagliatelles, nine vermicellis Eight turkey cobblers, seven curried gobblers, Six Norfolk goulash, five...turkey...hash, Four buzzard stews, three ragus, two vindaloos, And more sarnies with turkey jerky meat. |