I was thinking that songs for children should be up-to-date and educational. I want to update a numbers song. I thought of the first day of Christmas.
It was published in 1780 so it is out of copyright. There's a website called songfinder. But I decided it was safer to use Wikipedia. I found the words
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to meA partridge in a pear tree
On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to meA partridge in a pear tree
On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
- four calling birds
- five gold rings
- six geese a-laying
- seven swans a-swimming
- eight maids a-milking
- nine ladies dancing
- ten lords a-leaping
- eleven pipers piping
- twelve drummers drumming
My updated version starts:
On the first day of Christmas please draw for me
A parakeet in a pear tree (or A parrot in an apple tree)
On the second day of holiday please draw for me
two black cats and two red roses
three dogs with big eyes, long tails, black noses
four pretty flower posies
five funny little fishes
six filled bowls and fruit dishes
Seven swans, and cygnets swimming
Eight cows, cups of milk and drinking
nine little children dancing
Ten gymnasts bravely leaping
Eleven pretty pipers piping
Twelve little drummers drumming
Thirteen in a choir, humming
Hum-m-m!
During the holidays I went to the park
Just for the afternoon, it soon got dark
We swam in one heated pool
Had a shower to stay cool
We rode on a wooden donkey
And climbed like a real life monkey
We swung on one swing
And climbed up two sets of ropes
We ran through three tunnels
Asked for ice cream, full of hopes
We rode on a little train
Which went round and round again
We saw people walking dogs
And a pond with fish and frogs
We went to soft play at a zoo
Saw an animal or two
I saw one rabbit
Which had a chewing habit
I saw two little sheep
Their white wool was very deep.
It grew dark and we were tired
From running around with soft toys we'd acquired
And once somebody fell on the muddy ground
For five minutes they cried and wailed a dreadful sound
But their mother gave them a mermaid sticking plaster
And soon they giggled and I heard lots of laughter
And I was yawning and ready for a sleep
At the end of the day and my eyes could hardly keep ...
So we fed the animals some food
But then grandma said we had to go away
So I waved goodbye to pigs and promised
Grinning goats, dears, we'll come back another day.
-ends-
Dears hints at deer.
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