{"id":2352,"date":"2015-12-21T19:11:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T19:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2016-01-21T07:58:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T07:58:17","slug":"17-animal-themed-christmas-pieces-and-tunes-through-the-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/17-animal-themed-christmas-pieces-and-tunes-through-the-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Animal-Themed Christmas Pieces and Tunes Through the Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Tis the season to celebrate the animal kingdom! Christmas music through the ages makes references to animals in the titles and\/or the lyrics. Here’s a compilation of classical\/traditional and popular Christmas pieces and tunes, courtesy of fellow musician\/cat lady\/blogging partner, Meri Dolevski-Lewis, in our joint cybercorner of the world, The Freethinkers<\/a>. (Note: edits are mine.)<\/p>\n

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  1. Twelve Days of Christmas: <\/i>a <\/i>PARTRIDGE in a pear tree, two TURTLE DOVES, three French HENS, four calling BIRDS, six GEESE a-laying, seven SWANS a-swimming<\/li>\n
  2. Jingle Bells: <\/i>\u201cIn a one-HORSE open sleigh\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. Handel’s Messiah, <\/i>selections<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    • He shall feed his flock like a shepherd:<\/em> \u201cand he shall gather the LAMBS with his arm\u201d<\/li>\n
    • All we like SHEEP have gone astray<\/em> (one line of lyrics are the same as title)<\/li>\n
    • Behold the LAMB of God:<\/em> \u201cbehold the LAMB of God that taketh away\u201d<\/li>\n
    • I know that my redeemer liveth:<\/em> \u201cAnd though WORMS destroy this body\u201d<\/li>\n
    • Worthy is the LAMB that was slain<\/em> (two references to animals: one line of lyrics is same as the title; the other is \u201cand upon the throne unto the LAMB\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed REINDEER: <\/i>one line of lyrics is same as title; another is \u201cand do you recall\/The most famous REINDEER of all?\u201d The last is \u201cThey wouldn’t let him play any REINDEER games\u201d<\/li>\n
      2. Grandma Got Run Over by a REINDEER: <\/i>one line of lyrics are the same as title; the other, in the eighth verse, is \u201cNow the GOOSE is on the table\/And the pudding made of PIG\u201d<\/li>\n
      3. Good Christian Men Rejoice: <\/i>\u201cOX and ASS before him bow\u201d<\/li>\n
      4. In the Bleak Midwinter: <\/i>fourth verse, last phrase (\u201cthe OX and ASS and CAMEL adore\u201d)<\/li>\n
      5. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly: <\/i>\u201cfor his bed a CATTLE stall, OXEN lowing, little knowing\u201d<\/li>\n
      6. Away in a Manger<\/i> : \u201cThe CATTLE are lowing, the baby awakes\u201d<\/li>\n
      7. ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime: <\/i>\u201cwhen all the BIRDS had fled\u201d<\/li>\n
      8. What Child is This?<\/i> (second verse: \u201cwhere OX and ASS are feeding\u201d)<\/li>\n
      9. Christmas is Coming: <\/i>“Christmas is coming, the GOOSE is getting fat\u201d<\/li>\n
      10. I Want a HIPPOPOTAMUS for Christmas: <\/i>one line of lyrics is the same as title; the other is part of the fourth verse \u201cNo CROCODILES or RHINOCEROSES\u201d<\/li>\n
      11. Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride: <\/i>the title and the lyrics imply horses, but the second verse also contains the lyric line \u201cWe’re snuggled up like two BIRDS of a feather would be\u201d<\/li>\n
      12. Battle with the MOUSE King: selection from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker<\/i><\/li>\n
      13. J.S. Bach’s Wauchet Auf <\/i>(Sleepers Awake)<\/em>, recitative: \u201cThe Bridegroom comes, who like a ROE and a STAG\u201d<\/li>\n
      14. Winter Wonderland:<\/i> second verse (\u201cGone away is the BLUEBIRD\/Here to stay is the new BIRD\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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