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  2. The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Cumulative song - Wikipedia

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    1. Now in the bog there was a tree, A rare tree, a rattlin' tree, The tree in the bog, And the bog down in the valley-o. (CHORUS) 2. And on that tree there was a branch, A rare branch, a rattlin' branch, The branch on the tree, and the tree in the bog, And the bog down in the valley-o. (CHORUS)

  4. The Deeper Meaning Behind the "12 Days of Christmas" Song - AOL

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    In other old versions of the song, the partridge we all know and love is replaced with a "very pretty peacock upon a pear tree." There's also a Scottish version that gifts "an Arabian baboon."

  5. Partridge - Wikipedia

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    The first gift listed is "a partridge in a pear tree", and these words end each verse. Since partridges are unlikely to be seen in pear trees (they are ground-nesting birds) [5] it has been suggested that the text "a pear tree" is a corruption of the French "une perdrix" (a partridge). [6]

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  9. Coventry Carol - Wikipedia

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    Mawdyke wrote out the music in three-part harmony, though whether he was responsible for its composition is debatable, and the music's style could be indicative of an earlier date. [10] The three (alto, tenor and baritone) vocal parts confirm that, as was usual with mystery plays, the parts of the "mothers" singing the carol were invariably ...