For he’s a jolly good fellow Popular English Social Song

British version

For he’s a jolly good fellow,

For he’s a jolly good fellow,

For he’s a jolly good fellow, (pause)

CHORUS:

And so say all of us.

And so say all of us,

And so say all of us!

For he’s a jolly good fellow,

For he’s a jolly good fellow,

For he's a jolly good fellow, (pause)

CHORUS American version

For he’s a jolly good fellow,

For he’s a jolly good fellow,

For he’s a jolly good fellow, (pause)

CHORUS

Which nobody can deny.

Which nobody can deny,

Which nobody can deny!

For he’s a jolly good fellow,

For he’s a jolly good fellow,

For he’s a jolly good fellow, (pause)

CHORUS

14. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is an English Christmas carol. The Twelve Days of Christmas are the twelve festive days starting Christmas Day (25 December). This period is also known as Christmastide. The Twelfth Day of Christmas is 5 January, with the celebrations of Christmas traditionally ending on Twelfth Night, the close of the Christmas festivities. In the song 12 Christmas presents are given. On each of the twelve days of Christmas a new gift is added to those already given on all the previous days. The song was first published in England in 1780.

“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by “my true love” on one of the twelve days of Christmas. In each verse the singer names the new present and repeats in reverse order the list of all the presents. The singer always begins with the last present and ends with the first one.

The song was not English in origin, but French, though it is considered an English carol.

“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas. In this song the tempo increases from verse to verse. The last verse is sung at top speed.

Twelve days of christmas

1. On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: A Partridge in a Pear Tree 2. On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Two Turtle Doves

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 3. On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 4. On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Four Colly Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 5. On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Five Golden Rings, Four Colly Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 6. On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Six Geese a-Laying, Five Golden Rings, Four Colly Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 7. On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Seven Swans a-Swimming, Six Geese a-Laying, Five Golden Rings, Four Colly Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 8. On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Eight Maids a-Milking, Seven Swans a-Swimming, Six Geese a-Laying, Five Golden Rings, Four Colly Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 9. On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Nine Ladies Dancing, Eight Maids a-Milking, Seven Swans a-Swimming, Six Geese a-Laying, Five Golden Rings, Four Colly Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 10. On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Ten Lords a-Leaping, Nine Ladies Dancing, Eight Maids a-Milking, Seven Swans a-Swimming, Six Geese a-Laying, Five Golden Rings, Four Colly Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 11. On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Eleven Pipers Piping, Ten Lords a-Leaping, Nine Ladies Dancing, Eight Maids a-Milking, Seven Swans a-Swimming, Six Geese a-Laying, Five Golden Rings, Four Colly Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 12. On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Twelve Drummers Drumming, Eleven Pipers Piping, Ten Lords a-Leaping, Nine Ladies Dancing, Eight Maids a-Milking, Seven Swans a-Swimming, Six Geese a-Laying, Five Golden Rings, Four Colly Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree!

1) partridge – серая куропатка

2) turtle dove – kind of pigeon noted for cooking

3) French hen – red-legged French partridge

4) colly = black

5) a-Laying – laying eggs

6) a-Leaping – jumping

7) piper – bagpipe player

15. “Amazing Grace” (в переводе с английского «Изумительная благодать Господня»; в русской интерпретации «О, благодать») is a Christian hymn written by English poet and clergyman John Newton (1725–1807), published in 1779. “Amazing Grace” is one of the most recognizable songs in the English-speaking world. Its message is the forgiveness is possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God.

Newton wrote the words from personal experience. He was pressed into the Royal Navy and became a sailor, participating in the slave trade. One night a terrible storm battered his vessel so severely that he became frightened enough to call out to God for mercy, a moment that marked the beginning of his spiritual conversion and he began studying theology. In 1764 Newton became curate and began to write hymns with poet William Cowper. “Amazing Grace” was written in 1773. In 1835 in the United States “Amazing Grace” was joined to a tune named “New Britain” to which it is most frequently sung today.

Author Gilbert Chase writes that “Amazing Grace” is “without a doubt the most famous of all the folk hymns”. Jonathan Aitken, a Newton biographer, estimates that it is performed about 10 million times annually.