Friday, December 21, 2007

12 Days of Cajun Christmas

On dem first day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: A crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem second day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem third day of Christmas my true love she gave to me: Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem fourth day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: Four pousse cafe', Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem fifth day of Christmas, I could not believe in all my days what she come up with: Five poules d'eau, Four pousse cafe', Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem sixth day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: Six cypress knees, Five poules d'eau, Four pousse cafe', Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem seventh day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: Seven fleur de lis, Six cypress knees, Five poules d'eau, Four pousse cafe', Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem eighth day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: Eight crabs a brewin', Seven fleur de lis, Six cypress knees, Five poules d'eau, Four pousse cafe', Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem ninth day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: Nine oysters stewin', Eight crabs a brewin', Seven fleur de lis, Six cypress knees, Five poules d'eau, Four pousse cafe', Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem tenth day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: Ten pirogue paddles, Nine oysters stewin', Eight crabs a brewin', Seven fleur de lis, Six cypress knees, Five poules d'eau, Four pousse cafe', Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem eleventh day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: Eleven duck decoys, Ten pirogue paddles, Nine oysters stewin', Eight crabs a brewin', Seven fleur de lis, Six cypress knees, Five poules d'eau, Four pousse cafe', Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

On dem twelveth day of Christmas, my true love she gave to me: Twelve shotgun shells, Eleven duck decoys, Ten pirogue paddles, Nine oysters stewin', Eight crabs a brewin', Seven fleur de lis, Six cypress knees, Five poules d'eau, Four pousse cafe', Three stuffed shrimp, Two voodoo dolls, And a crawfish in a fig tree.

** Notes: a pirogue (pronounced pee-roh) is a flat-bottomed canoe; fleur de lis is the flower of the french kings and the New Orleans Saints football symbol; cypress knees are the roots of a cypress tree that sticks out of the water; poules d'eau (pronounced pool-doh) is chicken or hen of the water - ie: a coot or duck; pousse cafe (pronounced poose kaffay) is coffee with a bit of alcohol in it; and Cajuns are the French Acadians that live in southern Louisiana

18 comments:

Ted D said...

You are KILLING me Tex! These have been great: I'll read it to Rakes later today.

Tex said...

its just that i am too dadgum tard to be creative on my own. Enjoy :)

JET said...

hallooooo?
Anyone home?

:)

::sprays Tex's blog with champagne for her support of the Sox from afar all season long::

Tex said...

::shakes off excess and licks up the rest::

Wooo HOOOO finally someone came to see me :) bout damn time

JET said...

I like all your Christmas poems! :)

Ted D said...

Me too, Tex.

::pours weakwaters all over Tex's blog to go with JET's champagne::

Tex said...

::grabs towel and wipes off santa::

next time you two need to bring your own mops

Ted D said...

::Puts Bud Light box on Santa::

C'mon Tex, it's Christmas!

beckperson said...

Hey Tex! I brought a plate of peanut butter chocolate chip cookies for you - I hear they go well with champagne!

:wave:

JET said...

// I brought a plate of peanut butter chocolate chip cookies for you //

I'll be the judge of those!

::snatches the plate of cookies and snarfs them down::

::chases them with a long guzzle of champagne straight from the bottle::

::points to where Ted needs to mop up the mess he and JET made of Tex's blog::

::gives the thumbs up to beckperson::

Tex said...

::bithslaps JET for taking MY cookies then hands Ted the vacuum to finish up::

beckperson said...

::hides the next plate of cookies where only TEX can find it, wonders AGAIN how a nice sweet girl like JET could be so damn mean sometimes::

:)

beckperson said...

Thanks, Tex, for the most UNIQUE Christmas card of the year! :)

Ted D said...

Tex, what Becks said on the card! You are one of a kind. ;)

::steals Tex's Christmas cookies::

Tex said...

::slaps Ted upside the head and takes back cookies and hides them in cleavage::

:)

well of course my card was unique. look who its from :) (im not proud am I?)

Ted D said...

Nooo, you're not proud at all. ;)

Ted D said...

Just scrolled all the way down your blog and saw the counter you have set up.

Swanky!

Crawfish paddles said...

Weee.. That's funny! ROFL. It becomes funnier once used with the favorite seafoods. hehehhe. We always love it.!