The Twelve Days of Christmas
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"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a traditional English Christmas carol that cumulatively lists an increasingly grand series of gifts given on each of the twelve days of the festive season.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Twelve Days of Christmas | 3 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christmas carol
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English folk song ⓘ cumulative song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| eighthDayGift | eight maids a-milking ⓘ |
| eleventhDayGift | eleven pipers piping ⓘ |
| fifthDayGift | five gold rings ⓘ |
| firstDayGift | a partridge in a pear tree ⓘ |
| firstKnownPublication | 1780 ⓘ |
| firstKnownPublicationForm | printed in a children’s book without music ⓘ |
| firstKnownPublicationTitle | Mirth Without Mischief NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | cumulative song ⓘ |
| fourthDayGift | four calling birds ⓘ |
| FredericAustinArrangementFeature | elongated phrase on “five gold rings” ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas music
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carol ⓘ |
| hasCulturalUse |
children’s singing game
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party game ⓘ |
| hasNotableArrangementBy | Frederic Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecordingBy |
Bing Crosby
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John Denver and the Muppets NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Como NERFINISHED ⓘ The Muppets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
The Twelve Days of Christmas (Australian version)
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The Twelve Days of Christmas (religious symbolism interpretation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holiday |
Christmas
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Christmastide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithPeriod | the twelve days between Christmas Day and Epiphany ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | many Christmas song collections ⓘ |
| isPopularIn |
Australia
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Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | English-speaking schools ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| meter | common time ⓘ |
| ninthDayGift | nine ladies dancing ⓘ |
| notableArrangementYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| numberOfVerses | 12 ⓘ |
| occasion | Christmas celebrations ⓘ |
| secondDayGift | two turtle doves ⓘ |
| seventhDayGift | seven swans a-swimming ⓘ |
| sixthDayGift | six geese a-laying ⓘ |
| structure | each verse adds a new gift and repeats previous gifts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a series of increasingly grand gifts ⓘ |
| tenthDayGift | ten lords a-leaping ⓘ |
| theme | gift-giving ⓘ |
| thirdDayGift | three French hens ⓘ |
| twelfthDayGift | twelve drummers drumming ⓘ |
| type | memory-and-forfeit game song ⓘ |
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