Do you have the words to the "Twelve Days after Christmas" that Marvin Hamlish sang on a KCET Christmas Special 12/03?Nancy[zukeeper@sbceo.org]

Hi Sandy....I"m a long time lurker who is only a few days behind on blog reading. I remember only two "other" versions of 12DOC. One was one my dad used to sing back in the sixties when I was little. The only line I remember was in place of "and a partridge in a pear tree" you sang "and a Japanese transitor radio, cha-cha-cha!". The other version was one I learned in high school choir during the seventies. It was actually "The Twelve Days After Christmas". The tune was different and the gist of it was...well, here is the first 2 lines. "The first day after Christmas, my true love and I had a fight. And so I chopped the pear tree down and burned it just for spite". It went on from there of course. Ah........memories of Christmas Past. Holiday Greetings to you and yours. I return to lurkdom.Mary[mcliffrd@gvtc.com]

Good list Mary, I didn"t see the Muppets version though!!Visit me @ http://karen.blog-city.com

Huh? What? It"s 11:30 at night I"m maxxed out on algebra. Is this a test question???

Miss you!
xxooKim[gibknits@earthlink.net]

Oh, Sandy - are you ready for this? Here"s the list of just the songs that show up in the Itunes database:

Song Title,Artist,Album
AUTHOR:Sandy
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Bob McKenzie Doug McKenzie,Great White North
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Judy Collins,Christmas at the Biltmore Estate
Twelve Days of Christmas,Perry Como Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra,Perry Como: Greatest Christmas Songs
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Roger Whittaker,The Christmas Song
Twelve Days of Christmas,Harry Belafonte,Harry Belafonte Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Mitch Miller His Orchestra,Holiday Sing Along With Mitch
Twelve Days of Christmas,Do-Re-Mi Children"s Choir,Christmas Sing-A-Longs
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Mitch Miller His Orchestra,16 Most Requested Songs: Christmas
Twelve Days of Christmas (Single Version),The Andrews Sisters Bing Crosby,Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Connie Francis,Christmas Cheer
Twelve Days of Christmas,Natalie Cole,The Magic of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Harry Belafonte,To Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Bob Copper Ron Copper,Songs of Christmas - From The Alan Lomax Collection
Twelve Days of Christmas,Burl Ives,20th Century Masters - Christmas Collection: The Best of Burl Ives
Twelve Days of Christmas,Do-Re-Mi Children"s Choir,All Time Christmas Favorites Volume I
Twelve Days of Christmas (Single Version),Bing Crosby The Andrews Sisters,All Time Christmas Favorites Volume II
Twelve Days of Christmas,Burl Ives,The Very Best of Burl Ives Christmas
Twelve Days of Christmas (Single),Bing Crosby The Andrews Sisters,A Merry Christmas with Bing Crosby The Andrews Sisters (Remastered)
Twelve Days of Christmas,Ramsey Lewis,Traditional Jazz Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Children"s Xmas,Children"s Christmas Favorites
Twelve Days of Christmas,Kenny Burrell,Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas
Twelve Days of Christmas,Jennifer Star,The Acoustic Coffee House Presents - A Very Acoustic Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Gary Hoey,Ho! Ho! Hoey
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Diane Taraz,Hope Says the Holly
The Twelve Days of Christmas,Gary Hoey,Ho! Ho! Hoey: The Complete Collection
The Twelve Days of Cowboy Christmas,Riders in the Sky,Christmas the Cowboy Way
Medley: Deck the Halls/The Twelve Days of Christmas,Kenny G,Wishes - A Holiday Album

:-) You could create a holiday CD with just this song! And then send it to someone who deserves it! :-)Mary[ciscospice@spamcop.net]

well... there"s the Makienzie brothers version (beer in a tree), but that"s the only alternate one I can come up with after a long day at work....melissa

honestly, i"ve never wondered that.
strangely, i"d be interested in hearing about other versions. hehe.Lisa[lisa.downing@verizon.net]