The Ocracoke Observer offers a bit of silliness for the holiday season, with our version of a classic holiday song (sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”).
By Rita Thiel and Connie Leinbach. Illustration by Pat Garber
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
An Ocracat in a fig tree
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Two Scotch bonnets
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Three new skiffs
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Four laughing gulls
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Five golden hooks
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Six homemade fig cakes
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Seven ghost crabs digging
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Eight thousand cormorants
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Nine Dolphins winning
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Ten surfers surfing
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Eleven shellers shelling
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Twelve clammers clamming
What good fun!
Love your books P.G.!!
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