A Rockford 12 Days Of Christmas
I'm sure you're familiar with the holiday song, The 12 Days of Christmas, but what if there was a Rockford version?
As a kid, I thought it was funny when people took a real song and changed the lyrics to make it a funny one.
For example, when "Jingle Bells" was switched to "Batman Smells."
When I was in high school, my friends and I would change the words to rock tunes all the time. It gave us something to do during lunch.
Then I got an idea. What if I came up with a Rockford version of "The 12 Days of Christmas?" That could be interesting.
I could have easily made it negative, but I decided to just have some fun with it.
"The 12 Days Of Rockford Christmas"
- On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "A partridge in a pear tree"
- New Rockford version - "A sock money on a Symbol statue"
- Rockford is known for sock monkey & Symbol.
- On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Two turtle doves"
- New Rockford version - "Two IceHogs goalies"
- The Rockford IceHogs normally carry two goaltenders.
- On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Three French hens"
- New Rockford version - "Three-pointer from VanVleet"
- Fred VanVleet was a basketball star at Auburn.
- On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Four calling birds"
- New Rockford version - "Four Hall of Famers"
- The four original members of Cheap Trick are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Five golden rings"
- New Rockford version - "Five Rusted Hearts"
- Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts has five band members.
- On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Six geese a laying"
- New Rockford version - "Six points from Lowry"
- Former Boylan football player, Dean Lowry, scored his first defensive touchdown a couple of weeks ago for the Packers.
- On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Seven swans a swimming"
- New Rockford version - "Seven Beef A Roo cheese fries"
- Who doesn't love cheese fries from Beef A Roo?
- On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Eight maids a milking"
- New Rockford version - "Eight Rivets fielders"
- Rockford Rivets baseball team puts eight players on the field to support the pitcher.
- On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Nine ladies dancing"
- New Rockford version - "Nine Rockford Peaches"
- Rockford Peaches played with nine players each game.
- On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Ten lords a leaping"
- New Rockford version - "Ten car was Danica"
- In NASCAR, Roscoe's Danica Patrick drove the number 10 car.
- On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Eleven pipers piping"
- New Rockford version - "Eleven screws made in Rockford"
- Rockford has the nickname "The Screw City."
- On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
- Original - "Twelve drummers drumming"
- New Rockford version - "Twelve Phantom Regiment drummers drumming"
- Phantom Regiment is a drum and bugle corps from Rockford.
What do you think of my version?
Do you have any other "Rockford" lyrics to share?
Video: Steve Lynch from Autograph