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Posted on December 31, 2008 - by Daina

On the Fourth Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me Four “Colly” Birds

On the Fourth Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me Four Colly birds… No, this is not a typo. Originally the song was written to say “Colly Birds”.

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Colly meaning black birds. Colly means “black as coal”, in old English, as in “colliery”, which is a coal mine and its connected buildings dated back to 1635 according to Webster’s Dictionary. Not the most attractive representation.

Since the song was written, the word Colly had been changed to Calling Birds as we know it today.

This is one of the best illustration and representation pictures… You can get it at Google.. “free stock photographs”

The four calling birds were meant to represent The Four Gospels: 1) Matthew, 2) Mark, 3) Luke, and 4) John, which proclaim the Good News of God’s reconciliation of the world to Himself in Jesus Christ.

They are typically portrayed as an Angel, Lion, Ox, and an Eagle… not quite sure how they became “Calling Birds”. However I have a feeling it had to do with the memory version, of the song, for the kids.

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These gospels are telling us the story of Jesus from His birth through the Virgin Mary to His death.

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Jesus was “perfect” and never needed to be punished, however, He took the punishment for the entire world through His crucifixion.

So, after Christmas is over and you have headed back to work or are preparing for the New Year keep this quote in mind…

“There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel’s veins;

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and sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains”~~ William Cowper

It isn’t just on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day that we should be thanking and praising Jesus for all He has done for us through his birth and existence. It should be every day, every minute, and every breath we take as we receive these things from Him who gives us all we need.

Merry Christmas and may the Blessings continue!

See you on the “Fifth Day of Christmas” tomorrow… “Five Golden Rings”.

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