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Wednesday, December 28
The Fourth Day of Christmas
On the fourth day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me
Four colly birds,*
Three French hens
,
Two turtledoves
, and
A partridge in a pear tree
!
* This is usually misunderstood these days as “Four calling birds.” A “colly bird” is a common blackbird.
Cheers!
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