From: “The Hilarious Holiday Songbook”
The Twelve Twelve Days After Christmas by FREDERICK SILVER
Published Under License From
Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
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THE TWELVE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS Words and Music by FREDERICK SILVER Moderato
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first
day
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mas,
my
true
love and
I
had
a
fight.
And
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pear
tree
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down
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burned
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'Ï 'Ï
just
for
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Î
spite;
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shot
that
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love,
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Ï # 'ÏÏ 'Ï
blast - ed
Ï Ïú . Ï n Ï bÏ par
my
Ï Ï 'Ï 'Ï
with
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sin
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Ï Ï Ï Ï jÏ ÏÏ 'Ï Ï n 'Ï -
tridge
, Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï j ÏÏÏ .. ÏÏÏ 'ÏÏ 'ÏÏ Ï . jÏ 'Ï 'Ï Ï ú Ï úÏÏ . Ï Ï ÏÏ ÏÏ Ï Ï ú
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car
my
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true
tridge,
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I
my
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Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï 24 ú
true
love,
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Ï Ï 'Ï 'Ï
Ï Ï 'ÏÏ Ï'
gave
to
me.
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The
44 ÏnÏ n Ï 4 4 f Ï Ï 44
Ï ÏÏ ÏÏú Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï úú úú úú
sec - ond day
af - ter
Christ - mas,
I
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on
the
old
rub - ber
gloves
And
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wrung
the
necks
of
both
the
tur
-
tle
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love,
my
The
true
third
day
love,
my
af
-
ter
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Ï
tly
ÏÏ Ï Ï Ï > >Ï Î
ú.
Ï
doves
My
n 'ÏÏ ÏÏ'Ï 'ÏÏÏ 'Ï n 'Ï 'Ï
n ÏÏ Ï
n Ï bÏ Ï Ï nÏ Ï ú Ï Ï Ï n Ï Ï b Ï Ï Ï n Ï Ï Ï ú ÏÏ Ï Ï Î Ï Ï ú bÏ Ï Ï m f Î Ï Ï Ï Ï . # jÏ Ï Ï 'ÏÏ 'ÏÏ ÏÏ Î Ï ÏÏ Ï ÏÏ ÏÏ #Ï ÏÏ .. Ï f 'Ï Ï' Ï mp Ï Î Ï Ï Ï Ï.
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true
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true
Christ
-
ÏÏ Ï Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ÏÏ ÏÏ Ï ÏÏ Ï nÏ Ï Ï love
gave
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ú
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mas,
my
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moth
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the
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some
chick - en
had
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Ï Ï ÏÏ Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï use
the
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soup.
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scene.
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The
big
Ï Ï « Ï Ï Ï ú Î Ï mis
five
-
gold
take,
rings
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lan
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were com - plete
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and they
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fin
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mas,
the
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six
the whole
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the
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sixth
broaden
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day
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f bÏ Î Ï bbnÏÏÏ Ïn Ï Ï Ï Ï Ïb bbÏÏ Ï bÏ
lay - ing geese
gag - gle
would-n’t
to
the
ú ÏÏ ÏÏ ÏÏ ..
lay:
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I
S.
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sev - enth
day
what a
mess
I
found:
all
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G bbb nÏÏ G bbb nÏÏ F bbb ÏÏ G bbb ÏÎ
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true
of
the swim
love,
my
my
true
-
ming
love, my
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-
mas,
be
-
fore
love,
my
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sev - en
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true
swans
had
drowned
My
true
love
gave
to
me.
true
love
gave
to
me.
true
love,
Slower, freely
rit.
The
eighth
day
af
-
ter
rit.
they
could
sus - pect,
I
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bun - dled
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lad - ies
the
danc - ing,
eight
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lords
broadly
And
broadly
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up
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I
wrote my
true
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Ï Ï Ï Ï « Ï Ï jÏÏ « > « Î >Ïj «
ÏÏ
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them
back
col
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nÏÏÏ
maids a - milk - ing,
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a - leap - ing,
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love,
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pip - ers
pip - ing,
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Nine
are
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ten.
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Ï Ï Ï nÏ Ï ÏÏ ÏÏ ÏÏ
G bbb Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ú said
in
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words,”
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Christ - mas
b _ÏÏÏ _Ï
slight rit.
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for
the
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birds!”
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so
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four
Ï Ï and
a
mf Ï Ï Ï bbÏÏ broaden
call - ing
wÏ par
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tridge
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Ï
in
birds,
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a
_Ï 'Ï Ï'
slightly faster
úÏ .
were
ÏÏ_Ï Ï _ÏÏ Ï' Ï' Ï' Ï'
Ï
Ï
Three
French
44
hens,
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Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï -
gifts
pear
Ï Ï ú É
tree.
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