REY PARTRIDGES WILL FOREVER BE associated with Christmas, thanks to their unlikely starring role in one of, nature writer Stephen Moss puts forward his theory that every verse is about a different British bird – the “eleven pipers piping” are actually common sandpipers, he suggests, and so on. But we will never know if he’s right, because the folk song’s origins are mysterious.
Partridge (not) in a pear tree
Nov 16, 2023
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