这首歌的歌词,表面上是讲圣诞节的十二天里要做的事,看起来其实就只是一首很可爱的歌而已,好像没有什么太大的含意在里面,其实,不只是这样喔!The Twelve Days of Christmas可以说是一首寓意极为深远的“启蒙歌曲”。
这首圣诞歌最原始是由英国的新教派所写成,由于十六世纪之后的一两百年,英格兰的国会并不承认这个教派,所以他们依法不能传教,或公开从事他们的信仰活动。在当时,身为一位新教徒可是违法的呢!被抓到之后,轻则牢狱之灾,重则被砍头或被吊死都有可能。既然如此,新教派应该如何秘密传教呢?于是,他们便写了这首歌!歌曲乍听之下跟宗教完全不相干,只是在讲十二天里要为圣诞节准备十二种礼物,其实,这十二种礼物暗示着里十二种宗教上的含义。
The Twelve Days of Christmas歌词:
On the first day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree
On the second day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the third day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the fourth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the fifth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the sixth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the seventh day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the eighth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the ninth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the tenth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the eveth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
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
On the Twelve day of Christmas
My true love sent 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
And a partridge in a pear tree
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