... My true love gave to me 11 Pipers Piping, 10 lords a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids a-milking, 7 swans a-swimming, 6 geese a-laying, 5 golden rings, 4 colly birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.
As it turns out this song has been influenced by the Scots! Traditionally music would be provided at the twelfth night celebrations. As it turns out, the French had incorporated bagpipe music into their own Franco culture, even though we usually associate the bagpipe with Scotland. Also, after Queen Elizabeth I the Stuart Kings of Scotland took rule over the British Monarchy. AND ALSO, the French and English nobility commonly married. SO with all these links to bagpipe music, it is no wonder that bagpipes would be played as the celebratory music for all the Christmas festivities. I read about this here.
Merry Christmas Eve :)
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