Twelve Days of Christmas (The)

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 Theme code Index    1116L 1355
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:John Bell
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    Northumbrian/Borders
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    ENGLAND(North East)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:J. Collingwood Bruce & John Stokoe
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Northumbrian Minstrelsy
 Tune and/or Page number    pp. 129-131
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1882
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 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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 Score   (1)   



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||