Written by: Sammy Cahn
Written by: Jimmy Van Heusen
With Nancy Sinatra, Tina
Sinatra and Frank Sinatra, Jr.
Arranged by: Nelson Riddle
From the Album: The Sinatra Christmas Album
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: August 12, 1968
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(not Frank's version, this is
the traditional)
On the (first) day of Christmas
my true love sent to me
Twelve lords leaping, Eleven
ladies dancing, Ten pipers piping
Nine drummers drumming, Eight
maids milking, Seven swans swimming
Six geese laying, Five gold
rings
Four calling birds, Three french
hens, Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree
(this is Frank's version)
On the (first) day of Christmas,
we gave our loving dad (my children gave to me)
Twelve dozen kisses, Eleven jars
of jelly, Ten silken hankies,
Nine games of scrabble, Eight
pairs of cufflinks, Seven books of fiction,
Six golden lighters, Five ivory
combs,
Four mission lights, Three golf
clubs, Two silken scarfs,
And a most lovely lavender tie.