The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square — The Twelve Days of Christmas

[Intro: Count von Count, Grover, & Ernie] Cue the pipe organ! Okay, Grover Greetings, it is I, the Count! Ah, yes And now, the great Richard Elliott shall play his masterful version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" And I, The Count, shall help him count [Verse 1: Count von Count] Day one On the first day of Christmas, what did my true love give to me? One partridge in one pear tree A very strange gift, but thoughtful just the same [Verse 2: Count von Count] Next comes day two Two turtle doves And as we say on Sesame Street, the letter T is for "two" Ah, ha, ha [Verse 3: Count von Count] Day three My true love gave to me three Three French hens She must have a thing for birds [Verse 4: Count von Count] Day four You guessed it, more birds [Organ Solo: Richard Elliott] Hmm, calling birds Who knew they liked to use the telephone? Ah, ha, ha [Verse 5: Count von Count] And now, day five Oh, happy day Five golden rings and five happy couples [Organ Solo] Oh, oh, I always cry at weddings, oh [Verse 6: Count von Count] Now, on day six My true love gave to me Six geese a-laying Again with the birds! [Verse 7: Count von Count] Day seven Unbelievable, but true My true love gave to me Seven swans As if I did not have enough birds already! [Verse 8: Count von Count] But then we get to day eight And finally, my true love has taken the hint No more birds Just eight maids a-milking Ah, wonderful! [Verse 9: Count von Count] Day nine! Oh, this is a fun one Nine ladies dancing And I want to dance as well! [Verse 10: Count von Count & Richard Elliott] Mmm, oh yes Day ten! Ten lords a-leaping [Organ Solo] Wow! Those are some leaping feet, Mr. Elliott Thank you [Verse 11: Count von Count] And now, my favorite part The pipers piping part One moment Day eleven We don't need the eleven pipers piping We have plenty of pipes to go around Let us play together Here we go [Verse 12: Count von Count] And now, finally On the twelfth day of Christmas My true love gave to me Twelve drummers drumming [Outro: Count von Count & Organ Solo] The twelve days of Christmas, ah, wonderful Now, what else can I count? Ah, the trees That's one Christmas tree, two Christmas trees Three trees, four trees Ah, what else? Ah yes, the Choir, I will count the choir That's one choir member, two choir members Three— 360 choir members! Ah, now, all the people Ah, I will, uh, count yourselves, people! The Twelve Days of Christmas I love it! [Organ Solo] Ah, ha, ha! Wonderful, ah yes Just wonderful, Mr. Elliott