Here is the Australian version of The Twelve Days of Christmas. All 12 are animals…
On the First Day of Christmas
(Australian Version)On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me…
1. An emu up a gum tree.
2. Two pink galahs.
3. Three jabirus.
4. Four kookaburras.
5. Five kangaroos.
6. Six platypuses.
7. Seven koalas climbing.
8. Eight possums playing.
9. Nine wombats working.
10. Ten lizards leaping.
11. Eleven numbats nagging.
12. Twelve parrots prattling
Many thanks to Andrew for sending me this song.
Here are some links to see photos of these animals…
Unique Australian Animals Photos
Australian Photographs – Click on “Animal Photos”
Come visit The Mama Lisa’s World Australia page for more Australian Songs.
More Christmas Songs from Around the World Coming Soon!
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5 Responses to “The Australian “Twelve Days of Christmas””
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November 8th, 2006 at 6:53 am
thank you so much as a child care worker it is sometimes hard to find the exact words to songs
December 10th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
We sang this version when I was at school. But it should by a kookaburra in a gum tree for number 1, not an emu. ^_^
February 25th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
does anyone have the correct verison: kookaburra in a gum tree??
November 29th, 2010 at 9:11 am
Has anybody heard a version with an ending “and a wally nugger up a gum tree”
December 22nd, 2013 at 11:33 pm
I remember singing this song in infants school, either being year 1 or 2 and it was an Emu up a gum tree. That was back 1989?!?