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"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. A classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous gifts given to the speaker by their "true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day).
1922 publication of the song. When They Ring Those Golden Bells (also known as There's a Land Beyond the River or When They Ring the Golden Bells) is a prominent American gospel and bluegrass song written in 1887 by Daniel de Marbelle, a European immigrant, veteran of the American Civil War and Mexican War, and circus leader. [1]
"Alla fiera dell'est", an Italian song by Angelo Branduardi and its English version "Highdown Fair" "One Man Went To Mow" (Roud 143) is an example of a cumulative counting song. "To Kokoraki" (as sung by Donald Swann on Flanders and Swann's "At the Drop of a Hat") is a Greek counting song about animals. "Oh Sir Jasper!"
"Golden Ring" is a song written by Bobby Braddock and Rafe Van Hoy, and recorded by American country music singers George Jones and Tammy Wynette. It was released in May 1976 as the first single and title track to their duet album of the same name .
Multiple audio recordings have been made of the song, particularly in the town of Castleton, Derbyshire, England, [3] [4] where the famous composer and folk song collector Ralph Vaughan Williams encountered and transcribed a version sung by a Mr. J Hall in 1908. [5] Like many English folk songs, it seems to have naturally made its way to the ...
"Ring a Ring o' Roses", also known as "Ring a Ring o' Rosie" or (in the United States) "Ring Around the Rosie", is a nursery rhyme, folk song, and playground game. Descriptions first appeared in the mid-19th century, though it is reported to date from decades earlier. Similar rhymes are known across Europe, with varying lyrics.
5 Gold Rings is a British game show that aired on ITV from 5 March 2017 to 6 December 2020. It was hosted by Phillip Schofield. It was based on the Dutch game show 5 Golden Rings, with the first series being filmed on the same set in the Netherlands and the second through fourth series at BBC Elstree Centre in London. An app had also been ...
While the title of the song is All That Glitters Is Not Gold, the first reference in the lyrics is all is not gold that glitters. The song is perhaps best remembered today for its inclusion in Bowery Bugs (1949), a Bugs Bunny cartoon based on the story of Steve Brodie. In 1946, a different song, also by the name "All That Glitters Is Not Gold ...