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Four calling birds
As usual, no birds. I guess turtle doves just aren’t nocturnal… Image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merope.jpg I know about this piece of music thanks to Francis Roads, Tim Henderson and...
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Five Gold Rings
Finally off the poultry! Though if you look closely there is the Holy Spirit, represented by a dove, in this stained glass window of the Annunciation....
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Six Geese-a-Laying
More geese!? This isn’t the most popular tune for this particular carol; though it is in Carols for Choirs 1, I’ve never heard it sung in a service. Any mother will tell you that “no crying he makes”...
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Seven Swans-a-Swimming
I think it’s illegal to eat swans over here, except with special permission of the Queen or someone important. I’m told the ones on Wanstead Lake were swimming quite happily today; I didn’t get there...
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Eight Maids-a-Milking
Can you milk swans? Or do the maids bring their own cows? I’m not convinced about all these presents. Image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Maria_del_Mar2.JPG. I don’t have much to...
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Nine ladies dancing
Image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonnenaufgang_mit_As.jpg From the rising of the sun to the ends of the earth, let us sing of Christ the Prince,born of the Virgin Mary. Image from...
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Ten Lords-a-Leaping
Image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27%27_Nativity_%27%27_.JPG A pretty little carol, which, like “Away in a Manger”, I’ve only ever heard sung to a different tune than this one....
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Eleven Pipers Piping
I suppose the Lords-a-Leaping and those dancing ladies have some appropriate music, now, at least. Image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adoration_of_the_magi_st.michael_toronto.jpg. It...
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Twelve Drummers Drumming
I wonder if the “true love” in the song remembered to get a gift receipt. Image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vitraj_Crkva_Gospe_Trsatske_2.jpg I was feeling indecisive, so you get...
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If you buy my music, I will make more.
If you liked the Twelve Days project and you’d like to support me in making more music, the album is now available to purchase from Bandcamp. You can pay as little or as much you like, and you can...
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