can my true love bring me advil?

Last night, I was feeling a bit in the Christmas spirit. So, instead of singing the girls the old stand-bys during our bedtime routine, I decided to mix it up with a few Christmas carols. But, in my zeal for getting a little yuletide on the girls, I broke two cardinal rules of song selection.

1. Do not pick songs that you do not completely remember the lyrics.
   
2. Do not pick songs containing new and exciting vocabulary.

The result? The song took much, much, much longer than expected. A sampling of what went on.

Me: On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a Partridge in a Pear Tree...
E: Did Grandmom go to a pear tree to get the pears we ate at her house at Thanksgiving?

Me: On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Two Turtledoves...
E: Mama, what are turtleducks?

Me: On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Three French Horns ... uh, I mean French Hens

Me: On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Four Calling Birds...
E: What's a calling bird?
Me: Uh...a bird that goes "coo"?
A: Cawwing birds go "Coooooooo!" Cooooooooo! COOOOOOOOO! COOOOOOOOOO!

Me: On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Five Golden Rings!
E: I want a ring for Christmas, too!

Me: On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ...
E: You mean Santa?
Me: Excuse me?
E: Santa brings the presents.

Me: On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Nine Ladies Dancing...
E: I want to be a dancing lady!
A: COOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

My true love also initially gave me six, seven and eight lords-a-leaping. Only when I started singing backwards that I was wrong each time. Luckily, thanks to Detective Google...if I decide to brave this song again I now know the real lyrics.