X: 1
T:The Twelve Days of Christmas
Z:aar09:pop.dial.pipex.com (Phil Taylor) abcusers 2001-12-20
M:none %a cop out
P:AB ACDB AC2DB AC3DB AEDB ACEDB AC2EDB AC3EDB AC4EDB AC4EDB AC5EDB AC6EDB
N:A Christmas challenge: find the shortest abc for the music to the Twelve
N:Days of Christmas. (all verses, & all extensions suggested in this thread
N:are welcome, of course.)
K:D
[P:A] AA | A2 dd d2 cd | efge f3 ||
w:On the nth day of Christmas* my true love sent to me
[P:B] g |a2 bg fd e2 | d3 ||
w:a partridge** in a pear tree.
[P:C] a2 | ef g2 [P:D]||f ||
w:Two tur-tle doves and
w:Three French* hens
w:Four ca-lling birds
%etc
[P:E] a2 b^g a4 || agfe d2 g2 | B2 d2 edcB A2 |
w:Five gold* rings, Four* calling birds, Three french hens, Two turtle doves