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What do four calling birds represent in the song the twelve days of Christmas?
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∙ 15y ago
the term 'calling birds' in the song is a deviation from the original term 'colly' or 'collie bird'. 'Colly' means 'black' and came from the old word for coal, so the four colly birds in the carol are in fact Blackbirds.
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∙ 12y ago12 drummers drumming
11 pipers piping
10 lords-a-leaping
9 ladies dancing
8 maids-a-milking
7 swans-a-swimming
6 geese-a-laying
5 GOOLLLDDDEENNN RRIIINNGGGSSS!
4 calling birds
3 french hens
2 turtle doves
AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE!
The song listed 4 calling birds.
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Four calling birds is an extract from which Christmas song?
Four calling birds is an extract from the song the Twelve Days of Christmas. The song originates in England in 1780 and the calling birds refers to "colly birds" or the European Blackbird.
What is did your true love bring you on the fourth day of Christmas?
4 Calling Birds - this refers to the Four Gospels and/ or the Four Evangelists.
How many calling birds were given on Christmas?
According to the Christmas song there were 4 Calling birds 3 French hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a pear tree.
What was sent on 4 day of the twelve days of Christmas?
Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge in a pear tree.
How many birds are there in the Christmas carol the twelve days of Christmas?
23
How many birds in the Christmas carol twelve day of Christmas?
4
How many birds in Christmas carol twelve days of Christmas?
6 (partridge, turtle doves, French hen, calling birds, geese alaying, swans aswimming)
What did tru love give on the 4 day?
Calling birds:"On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: four calling birds...."
How many Colly birds are in the 12 day Christmas song?
Four. They are actually "calling birds."
How many birds are sung in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas?
23
How much does a calling bird cost?
Birds vary in price. But if one is looking for the birds spoken of in the Christmas song, the four calling birds, there is news. They are not calling birds, but rather are colly birds, meaning "black as coal". Black birds (blackbirds or a cousin, the starling) can be had cheaply.
What do you receive from your true love on the fourth day of Christmas?
Four calling birds
