Misunderstood the plain language of the song, in which each thing is given on every successive day following its first appearance (not simply one time each),
Presented a niche theory about the meanings of the lyrics as if it is fact, and
Missed the joke.
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She’s probably upset about the 140 human slaves she was gifted
None of my cook books even have a recipe for pipers, what am I to do with them?
Put them in a pie.
That’s what makes them Pied Pipers
That’s the last time I go over the Lecter house for Shepherd Pie.
78 birds in total. They’re all birds. No humans or gold.
First day of Christmas: 1 partridge in a pear tree
Second day of Christmas: 2 turtledoves
Third day of Christmas: 3 French hens
Fourth day of Christmas: 4 calling birds (blackbirds)
Fifth day of Christmas: 5 golden rings (pheasants)
Sixth day of Christmas: 6 geese a-laying
Seventh day of Christmas: 7 swans a-swimming
Eighth day of Christmas: 8 maids a-milking (magpies or cattle egret)
Ninth day of Christmas: 9 ladies dancing (lapwings)
Tenth day of Christmas: 10 lords a-leaping (cuckoos)
Eleventh day of Christmas: 11 pipers piping (sandpipers)
Twelfth day of Christmas: 12 drummers drumming (ruffled grouse)
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