Name: ______________________________
Change the Lyrics: Alliteration in
the Twelve Days of Christmas
Below is a list of items in the classic Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
Seven of the days have an alliteration in the phrase. Change the items for the
alliteration, but use an alliteration of the same letter. Try singing the whole song when
you are finished.
The Twelve Days
of Christmas
❆
Example:
P: A peanut on
a pie plate.
(T) two turtle doves:
On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me:
a partridge in a pear tree
two turtle doves
_______________________________________________________
(S) seven swans a-swimming:
_______________________________________________________
three french hens
four calling birds
five golden rings
six geese a-laying
(M) eight maids a-milking:
_______________________________________________________
(L) ten lords a-leaping:
seven swans a-swimming
eight maids a-milking
nine ladies dancing
ten lords a-leaping
_______________________________________________________
(P) eleven pipers piping:
_______________________________________________________
eleven pipers piping
twelve drummers drumming
(D) twelve drummers drumming:
_______________________________________________________
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Key
Name: ______________________________
Change the Lyrics: Alliteration in
the Twelve Days of Christmas
Below is a list of items in the classic Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
Seven of the days have an alliteration in the phrase. Change the items for the
alliteration, but use an alliteration of the same letter. Try singing the whole song when
you are finished.
The Twelve Days
of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me:
❆
Example:
P: A peanut on
a pie plate.
Student’s answers will vary. Examples of correct answers:
(T) two turtle doves:
two types of toast
_______________________________________________________
a partridge in a pear tree
(S) seven swans a-swimming:
two turtle doves
seven sacks of silver
_______________________________________________________
three french hens
four calling birds
five golden rings
six geese a-laying
seven swans a-swimming
eight maids a-milking
(M) eight maids a-milking:
eight mice a-munching
_______________________________________________________
(L) ten lords a-leaping:
ten larks a-landing
_______________________________________________________
nine ladies dancing
(P) eleven pipers piping:
ten lords a-leaping
eleven ponies playing
_______________________________________________________
eleven pipers piping
twelve drummers drumming
(D) twelve drummers drumming:
twelve doggies digging
_______________________________________________________
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