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"The Twelve Days of Christmas" seemed to me to be crying out for an astrological parody - 12 days, 12 zodiac signs! Passing readers will be relieved to hear that I had neither the voice, nor the technical know-how to inflict on them a recording of the following ditty, cobbled together by yours truly. There's a traditional version of the song, from YouTube, below.
Michelle, at "Crows Feet" tells an interesting tale about the song's history HERE
On the first day of Christmas
My astrologer showed to me
Aries in a big hurrreee
On the second day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreeee
On the third day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee
On the fourth day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me
Four Cancer moms
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee.
On the fifth day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me
Five...... Leo........ kings.......,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee.
On the sixth day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me
Six Virgos checking,
Five....... Leo...... kings.....,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee
On the seventh day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five........ Leo... kings........,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee.
On the eighth day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me
Eight Scorps seducing
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five.......... Leo..... kings.....,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrrreee.
On the ninth day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me
Nine Saggies expanding,
Eight Scorps seducing,
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five....... Leo.... kings.......
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrrreeee.
On the tenth day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me,
Ten Capricorns counting,
Nine Saggies expanding,
Eight Scorps seducing
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five...... Leo...... kings.....,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrrreee.
On the eleventh day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me
Eleven Aquarians knowing,
Ten Capricorns counting,
Nine Saggies expanding,
Eight Scorps seducing,
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking
Five..... Leo....... kings.....,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreeee.
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
My astrologer showed to me,
Twelve Pisceans dreaming,
Eleven Aquarians knowing,
Ten Capricorns counting,
Nine Saggies expanding,
Eight Scorps seducing,
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five..... Leo........ kings......,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And .... Aries in a big hurrrrreeeeee..
And now, the original:
PS forgot to say - MERRY CHRISTMAS! to any who will be absent from blogland over the holiday. I'll be around - 'cos the 'flu bug hit us. We are in the midst of a whingeing competition - to decide who feels worst!
Michelle, at "Crows Feet" tells an interesting tale about the song's history HERE
On the first day of Christmas
My astrologer showed to me
Aries in a big hurrreee
On the second day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreeee
On the third day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee
On the fourth day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me
Four Cancer moms
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee.
On the fifth day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me
Five...... Leo........ kings.......,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee.
On the sixth day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me
Six Virgos checking,
Five....... Leo...... kings.....,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee
On the seventh day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five........ Leo... kings........,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreee.
On the eighth day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me
Eight Scorps seducing
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five.......... Leo..... kings.....,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrrreee.
On the ninth day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me
Nine Saggies expanding,
Eight Scorps seducing,
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five....... Leo.... kings.......
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrrreeee.
On the tenth day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me,
Ten Capricorns counting,
Nine Saggies expanding,
Eight Scorps seducing
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five...... Leo...... kings.....,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrrreee.
On the eleventh day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me
Eleven Aquarians knowing,
Ten Capricorns counting,
Nine Saggies expanding,
Eight Scorps seducing,
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking
Five..... Leo....... kings.....,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And Aries in a big hurrreeee.
On the twelfth day of Christmas,My astrologer showed to me,
Twelve Pisceans dreaming,
Eleven Aquarians knowing,
Ten Capricorns counting,
Nine Saggies expanding,
Eight Scorps seducing,
Seven tactful Librans,
Six Virgos checking,
Five..... Leo........ kings......,
Four Cancer moms,
Three chatty Gems,
Two Taurus bulls,
And .... Aries in a big hurrrrreeeeee..
And now, the original:
PS forgot to say - MERRY CHRISTMAS! to any who will be absent from blogland over the holiday. I'll be around - 'cos the 'flu bug hit us. We are in the midst of a whingeing competition - to decide who feels worst!
Merry Christmas,little mouse!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ratty - same to you!
ReplyDeleteI love it, Twilight, especially the "Virgos checking". That one made me laugh out loud. That is so true! :-D
ReplyDeletePS... I actually hate this song. The repetition is boring to my impatient fiery Leo patience... roaring "Off with all the superfluous heads and let's get to the point!" ;-)
But I do like your version. Now... is there any way I can get my Aries hubby to stop dashing about in a hurrreee? nah... I suppose not. :-\
Thanks, Michelle!
ReplyDeleteI agree about the song being boring. It's a bit like that other one "Ten green bottles hanging on the wall..." - and the only way to truly enjoy either of these would be after several glasses of a favourite tipple. :-)