LISTEN: The 12 Days of Christmas - teacher style

We asked for your help coming up with new lyrics for the Christmas classic. The final version didn’t disappoint...
23rd December 2019, 5:02pm

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LISTEN: The 12 Days of Christmas - teacher style

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The 12 Days Of Christmas - Teacher Style

It’s a festive fusion that celebrates all that’s joyous about Christmas.

Start with a classic Christmas song, add the creative genius of teachers – and throw in a performance by one of education’s best-known musical talents.

The result is a new interpretation of The 12 Days of Christmas, with alternative, classroom-based lyrics crowdsourced by teachers on Twitter.


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Tes asked readers to come up with their own lyrical suggestions, and we compiled the 12 finest to create our own version of the song.

We then asked Bedford College principal Ian Pryce, whose recent covers of songs (complete with lyrics inspired by further education) by the likes of Dolly Parton, Katy Perry and Queen have attracted plenty of plaudits, to record it for us.

The results are, we’re sure you’ll agree, spectacular. Enjoy – and a very merry Christmas to all our readers.

The lyrics in full

On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

12 pointless briefings

11 observations

10 “Is it lunchtime?”s

9 risk assessments

8 plimsolls missing

7 unnamed jumpers

6 more hairs a-greying

5 gold stars

4 piles of marking

3 red pens

2 tea-stained mugs

… and the ability to hold in a wee

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