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    Who wrote "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?

    Question #128190. Asked by Cece1952. (Dec 04 12 8:17 AM)


    Mugaboo

    		No one knows for sure, but some think it was written by an English Jesuit during the 16th century, going by the name of Drennon.

    http://www.doodlespage.com/12daysofChristmas.html

    Dec 04 12, 10:08 AM
    GregWiggins

    		The lyrics have been accumulated through the years but the music became standard after Frederic Austin wrote his arrangement in 1909

    Dec 05 12, 3:30 AM

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