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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).
Not much of the song makes much sense in the modern age, but knowing the rich history behind the elaborate song (which ends up totaling 364 gifts, by the way) puts the seemingly odd lyrics in ...
Changes in temperature and ice over the last 450,000 years (Antarctic data).Life appeared on Earth between 3.8 and 3.5 billion years ago, in the form of the first cells. It was the first living organisms capable of recovering carbon from atmospheric CO2 dissolved in water and progressively enriching the atmosphere with oxygen (photosynthesis) that set in motion the dynamic cycle of water and ...
Austin in 1907. Frederic William Austin (30 March 1872 – 10 April 1952) was an English baritone singer, a musical teacher and composer in the period 1905–30. He is perhaps best remembered for his arrangement of Johann Pepusch's music for a 1920 production of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, and its sequel Polly in 1922; and for his popularization of the melody of the carol The Twelve Days ...
This version of the classic Christmas song was written just for David Bowie and Bing Crosby's 1977 performance, and remains the most moving rendition ever recorded. 4. Elton John, "Step Into ...
In the Christian faith, the 12 days of Christmas are known as the period between the birth of Christ and the three wise men's visit to baby Jesus. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and ends on ...
Let It Snow!", also known as simply "Let It Snow", [1] is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945 in Hollywood, California, during a heatwave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions. [2] [3] The song was first recorded that fall by Vaughn Monroe, was released just after Thanksgiving, and became a hit by ...
When it comes to holiday music, Christmas celebrants seem to fall into one of two camps. There are people who love to blast festive tunes while the rest of the world is prepping for Halloween, and ...