2006-12-22 05:57:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Not only can I sing it, I can tell you about the symbolism in it:
1st Day: The partridge in a pear tree is Christ Jesus upon the Cross. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented as a mother partridge because she would feign injury to decoy a predator away from her nestlings. She was even willing to die for them.
The tree is the symbol of the fall of the human race through the sin of Adam and Eve. It is also the symbol of its redemption by Jesus Christ on the tree of the Cross.
2nd Day: The "two turtle doves" refers to the Old and New Testaments.
3rd Day: The "three French hens" stand for faith, hope and love—the three gifts of the Spirit that abide (1 Corinthians 13).
4th Day: The "four calling birds" refers to the four evangelists who wrote the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—which sing the song of salvation through Jesus Christ.
5th Day: The "five golden rings" represents the first five books of the Bible, also called the Jewish Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
6th Day: The "six geese a-laying" is the six days of creation.
7th Day: The "seven swans a-swimming" refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord.
8th Day: The "eight maids a milking " reminded children of the eight beatitudes listed in the Sermon on the Mount.
9th Day: The "nine ladies dancing" were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.
10th Day: The "ten lords a-leaping" represents the Ten Commandments
11th Day: The "eleven pipers piping" refers to the eleven faithful apostles.
12th Day: The ‘twelve drummers drumming" were the twelve points of belief expressed in the Apostles’ Creed: belief in God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, that Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, made man, crucified, died and arose on the third day, that he sits at the right hand of the father and will come again, the resurrection of the dead and life everlasting.
2006-12-22 06:07:55 · answer #1 · answered by badseamstress 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Holly-day
Mince Pie-day
Present-day
Tree-day
Angel-day
Reindeer-day
2006-12-22 14:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
2006-12-22 14:42:28 · answer #3 · answered by noodles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love to but got a cold and lost my voice. I am so sorry.
2006-12-22 14:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by Gsplan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would but i really don't want to upset the local wild life in the area
2006-12-22 14:05:26 · answer #5 · answered by Tek ~aka~Legs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You got it all wrong! The guy who wrote this song just likes birds! Norman, I think his name is.
2006-12-22 15:31:07 · answer #6 · answered by popcorninmytooth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How bout I just staple your bottom lip to a ceiling fan?
mmmkay?
2006-12-22 14:01:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
On the first day of christmas my true love sent to me lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah and a partrich in a pear tree. :) happy xmas
2006-12-22 14:02:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really... i know the words and stuff but i dont have a good voice =(
2006-12-22 14:01:39 · answer #9 · answered by Jizzle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not me
2006-12-22 14:40:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋