In the early versions, "my true love sent" me the gifts. However, a 20th-century variant has "my true love gave to me"; this wording has become particularly common in North America. In one 19th-century variant, the gifts come from "my mother" rather than "my true love". Some variants have "juniper tree" or "June apple tree" rather than "pear tree", presumably a mishearing of "partridge in a pear tree". The 1780 version has "four colly birds"—colly being a regional English expression for "coal-black" (the name of the collie dog breed may come from this word). This wording must have been opaque to many even in the 19th century: "canary birds", "color'd birds", "curly birds", and "corley birds" are found in its place. Frederic Austin's 1909 version, which introduced the now-standard melody, also altered the fourth day's gift to four "calling" birds, and this variant has become the most popular, although "colly" is still found.

"Five gold rings" has often become "five golden rings", especially in North America. In the standard melody, this change enables singers to fit one syllable per musical note. The gifts associated with the final four days are often reordered. For example, the pipers may be on the ninth day rather than the eleventh.

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May I interrupt this song for #TreeTuesday post? #TreeTuesday is brought to you by @Old-GuyPhotos and this picture is dedicated to him and his challenge. Bring out your trees!

Just look at the beauty of the evergreens. They are forever green. My family and I have spent much time cruising the landscape of Colorado. It has been nicknamed the Centennial State because it became a state on the 100th (centennial) anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I always loved it because the scenery is to die for. Desert, mountains and plenty of rivers. I even took a wild ride down the Colorado River. Ye-Haw!

It is getting so close to the end of the year, and even though there are many people who I truly enjoyed reading that no longer show up for roll call, some are still in the peripheral, doing different kinds of work, curating, delegating or shifting gears to one of the hives or communities... some are still contemplating their next move. I am carrying on, perhaps missing the party somewhere, but, this steemit thing still feels like home to me, so I am reluctant to change. I still remain hopeful that all will be calm, all will be bright, sort of like a Christmas story. Am I delusional? I don't think so. I call it optimistic. Hopeful, if you will. If there is enough hope and optimism out there, surely it can only go up.

Right???

You get a banana tree for a bonus #TreeTuesday picture. I am hungry, and well, scrolling through, it looked like a good idea. We all know that bananas are the perfect fruit, right?

Flowers. There must always be flowers. This picture is for #TuesdayOrange #ColorChallenge by @Kalemandra who colors my every day. Here! Take a Gerbera Daisy.

Closed eyes turning
Faced into the wind
Chasing you, chasing me
Promises spent before they are made
Chasing time
Again

Holding court with the dream
Always
A veil of words dangling
Hiding my truth behind it

And just like that, this show is over! I want to thank you for visiting my post. The support you give me is always appreciated and I thank you for that and as always, have a great day!

Love to all, Denise

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I dedicate this post to all of you. You bring joy to my soul and spread your love across the world. For this, I thank you. And just like that, these musings are done...and just so you know, although we are throwing glitter around the globe, I can guarantee you that there is still a little left to take us through Christmas. Have a most fabulous day!

Thank you for visiting my post 💖 Because of you, I come back to post, again and again, I am encouraged by you, for the time you take to visit, comment or even upvote. For all of these reasons, I am eternally grateful. Don't ever forget what a wonderful world we live in, people. Some days, it is not as easy to see, how wonderful it really is. Kindness counts. Wherever you go, whatever you do.

We Are The World

There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all

We can't go on
Pretending day-by-day
That someone, somewhere soon make a change
We're all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know, love is all we need
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives

It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
Oh, send them your heart
So they know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand

We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Oh, there's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall
Well, well, well, well let us realize
Oh, that a change can only come
When we stand together as one, yeah, yeah, yeah

We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

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