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Spanish translation of The Twelve Days of Christmas: Los doce das de navidad El primer da de Navidad, mi amante me mand una perdiz picando peras del peral. El segundo da de Navidad, mi amante me mand dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El tercer da de Navidad, mi amante me mand tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El cuarto da de Navidad, mi amante me mand cuatro pajaritos, tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El quinto da de Navidad, mi amante me mand cinco anillos dorados, cuatro pajaritos, tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El sexto da de Navidad, mi amante me mand seis mam gansas, cinco anillos dorados, cuatro pajaritos, tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El sptimo da de Navidad, mi amante me mand siete cisnitos, seis mam gansas, cinco anillos dorados, cuatro pajaritos, tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El octavo da de Navidad, mi amante me mand ocho lecheritas, siete cisnitos, seis mam gansas, cinco anillos dorados, cuatro pajaritos, tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El noveno da de Navidad, mi amante me mand nueve bailarinas, ocho lecheritas, siete cisnitos, seis mam gansas, cinco anillos dorados, cuatro pajaritos, tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El dcimo da de Navidad, mi amante me mand diez seores saltando, nueve bailarinas, ocho lecheritas, siete cisnitos, seis mam gansas, cinco anillos dorados, cuatro pajaritos, tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El undcimo da de Navidad, mi amante me mand once gaiteritos, diez seores saltando, nueve bailarinas, ocho lecheritas, siete cisnitos, seis mam gansas, cinco anillos dorados, cuatro pajaritos, tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. El duodcimo da de Navidad, mi amante me mand doce tamborileros, once gaiteritos, diez seores saltando, nueve bailarinas, ocho lecheritas, siete cisnitos, seis mam gansas, cinco anillos dorados, cuatro pajaritos, tres gallinitas, dos tortolitas y una perdiz picando peras del peral. Back to Spanish Christmas songs.
To: The Web Walker <the.web.walker@pobox.com> From: Phil Hamilton <phamilton@austin.rr.com> Subject: Re: Origins of "Twelve Days of Christmas" Song Hello, Wilton, Thanks for your response. In case you want a little info on the origins of the song, I've checked it out some. It turns out that the story that many have copied and put on their web sites has no basis in fact. The Austin Public Library research department found information in the book Twelve Days of Christmas: A Celebration and History, by Leigh Grant, ISBN 0-679-74038-4. It says the words from this song first appeared in a book titled Mirth without Mischief. That book came out in 1780 (or 1783) in England. The tune apparently dates back much further and came from France. That 1780 book describes "The Twelve Days of Christmas" as a "memory and forfeits game" played by children at that time. The leader recited the first verse, the next child recited the second verse, and this continued until someone missed his or her verse and had to pay some kind of penalty in the game. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" became popular at the "12th-night parties" that took place in the Christmas season. For more information about the origins of this song and the false information that has been circulating via the Internet, you can check out http://www.snopes2.com/ and search for "The Twelve Days of Christmas." By the way, when I check out the accuracy of stuff I receive or see on the Internet, these other sites also prove valuable: http://www.vmyths.com/ http://korova.com/virus/hoax_index.htm http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxCategories.html (The U.S. Department of Energy operates this site.) http://www.symantec.com/ns-search/sarc/avcenter/hoax.html?NS-searchset=/39cb5/aaa0rBhwHcb53b2&NS-doc-offset=0& (Symantec, the maker of Norton Anti-Virus Software and many other programs, maintains this site.) Have a great holiday season! Phil Hamilton Philip M. Hamilton, CPA Certified Valuation Analyst A Member of the American Business Appraisers National Network of business valuation firms Web Site: www.businessval.com Phone: 512/238-7698 Toll-Free: 800/838-4114 Fax: 512/246-0972 E-mail: ph@businessval.com