“On the first day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me”…
Neither Scrooge nor Humbug here, the Blogbrary would like to offer you, dear Yuletide readers, a very special gift; a Christmas ‘catablog’ of fine things to read, to the tune of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’
(Hum along with it, if you like…I am!…)
The Blogbrary gave to me”…
Neither Scrooge nor Humbug here, the Blogbrary would like to offer you, dear Yuletide readers, a very special gift; a Christmas ‘catablog’ of fine things to read, to the tune of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’
(Hum along with it, if you like…I am!…)
On the second day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the third day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the fourth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the fifth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the sixth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the seventh day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the eighth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the ninth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the tenth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the eleventh day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Twelve Drummers Drumming
Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
But, if you’ve got any better suggestions (within reason) for what to include in our Christmas ditty, do let us know – just use the comments box below.
So, all that remains is to wish you all very happy, peaceful and merry Christmas from the Blogbrarian and his team of trusty elves…
Ho ho ho, and TTFN
9 comments:
That’s very impressive, young man!
And I always thought that Harry Turtledove must be called that for a reason – now I know what it is!
How about 22,554,198 Australians bleating? I am sure that by the new year the Ashes will be ours and not one of the entire population will agree that we deserved to win; they will winge, whine, and bleat.
Can you suggest any publication that may help them cheer up a bit?
Dear correspondents ~
Thank you both.
Yes, I always knew that ‘Harry Turtledove’ would come in handy at some stage…
I like the cricket-themed comment, although it may well take me some time to add another 22,000,000 additional verses to the original?
As for the book, how about the Warne/Hurley diaries, out soon?
TTFN
I see that you have chosen to mention our French language books on the third day of Christmas. Surely you also could have created a link to our books on keeping chickens.
Apart from this, another wonderful posting. Very imaginative.
(Library elf)
Dear ‘Library Elf’…
Many thanks.
Yes, we do have a good selection of books on poultry keeping etc, but – since we’ve already got links to turtledoves, birds and geese, I didn’t want to “put all my eggs in one basket”, as it were…but it’s a good point, so thanks again….
Now, I`m sure you’re very busy at this time of year, so I`d better let you get on…
Enjoyed singing along and reading the blog. When I was young I thought it was 4 collie birds, so that made me laugh.
Happy Christmas,
HH
Thank you, HH ~
And, on the same subject, how many of us used to think that Good King Wences “last” looked out…? I know I did.
On that theme - I came home from school and announced we had sung a hymn which included the words "we lay our crumbs at His tiny feet"
[crowns].
And there's always the "While shepherds washed their socks by night" version, but I think that this was a deliberate mistake...
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