The Twelve Days of Christmas in Alaska

Sue Ann Bowling


(1987)

On the first day of Christmas,
My true-love gave to me,
A Spruce hen in a spruce tree.

On the second day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree.

On the third day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Three mammoth cows,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Four chickadees,
Three mammoth cows,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Five solar flares,
Four chickadees,
Three mammoths,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree

On the sixth day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Six Aurorae swirling,
Five solar flares,
Four chickadees,
Three mammoths,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree

On the seventh day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Seven blizzards raging,
Six Aurorae swirling,
Five solar flares,
Four chickadees,
Three mammoths,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree

On the eighth day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Eight cars polluting,
Seven blizzards raging,
Six Aurorae swirling,
Five solar flares,
Four chickadees,
Three mammoths,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree

On the ninth day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Nine houses sinking,
Eight cars polluting,
Seven blizzards raging,
Six Aurorae swirling,
Five solar flares,
Four chickadees,
Three mammoths,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree

On the tenth day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Ten glaciers surging,
Nine houses sinking,
Eight cars polluting,
Seven blizzards raging,
Six Aurorae swirling,
Five solar flares,
Four chickadees,
Three mammoths,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree

On the eleventh day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Eleven vents erupting,
Ten glaciers surging,
Nine houses sinking,
Eight cars polluting,
Seven blizzards raging,
Six Aurorae swirling,
Five solar flares,
Four chickadees,
Three mammoths,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree

On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true-love gave to me,
Twelve plates colliding,
Eleven vents erupting,
Ten glaciers surging,
Nine houses sinking,
Eight cars polluting,
Seven blizzards raging,
Six Aurorae swirling,
Five solar flares,
Four chickadees,
Three mammoths,
Two ptarmigan
And a spruce hen in a spruce tree