Twelve Days of Christmas (The)
X:1 T:Twelve Days of Christmas, The L:1/8 M:2/4 S:John Bell music manuscript collection c. 1812 (Northumberland) B:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882) N:The first verse (“On the first day of Christmas”) is the first line of music. N:The second line of music picks up from “The twelth day of Christmas…” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|G2 GA|(GF) ED|GG BG|d3F|G2 (Bd)|cA (GF)|G3|| D|G2 GA|(GF) ED|GG BG|d4|c2 Ac|BG z2|cc Ac| Bg z2|c2Ac|BG z2|c2 Ac|BG z2|c2 Ac|BG z2|c2 Ac| Bg z2|c2 Ac|d2d2|G2B2|E2 z2|F2 AF|D2 z2| G2B2|E2 z2|F2 AF|D2 EF|G2 (Bd)|cA (GF)|G3||