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J. David Moore
Fresh Ayre Music (J. David Moore)
Twelve Days In Twenty Seconds (SATB)
The shortest version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” available. Merry Christmas.
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Twelve Days In Twenty Seconds
SATB a cappella
This piece was written for the occasion of the retirement of Larry Gerber, who was my voice teacher and the director of the Florida State University Men’s Glee Club during my first years there. The text is by the renowned Tudor composer William Byrd, in the introduction to his 1598 volume Psalmes, Sonets, & Songs of Sadnes and Pietie. It struck me as something that Larry would appreciate, as would anyone who has so wholeheartedly made a career of mentoring young and inexperienced singers.
Text
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Twelve drummers drumming
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
…and a partridge in a pear tree.
-trad. English
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