A lekker Christmas tjoon you’l

A lekker Christmas tjoon you’ll only hear in South Africa

This year you can celebrate Christmas with a lekker local song! Listen to Twelve Days of Christmas with a South African spin over here:

A lekker Christmas tjoon you’l

There’s a South African Christmas song that will hit you right in the feels. For South Africans, the song ‘Twelve Days of Christmas South Africa’ has been a real treat when it comes to the festive season.

Based on the Christmas song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, the reworked song perfectly translates to its South African fan base.

The song is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin who first introduced the now familiar prolongation of the verse “five gold rings”. The song is about a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that comprise the Christmas season starting with Christmas Day). Now you can only guess what South Africans ‘receive’ from their true love on these twelve days.

The original lyrics go something like this:

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: A Partridge in a Pear Tree.”

Can you guess the lyrics of the South African version? Listen to the song uploaded by a user called The Nixter. It features lekker South African favorites such as biltong, a hadida, koeksusters, frikkadelle, maatjies, droëwors, beer and watermelon:

South African expats have been enjoying the song, saying:

YouTube user, PTL 2DAY said: “You made this okie very proud to be a Saffa even though I live in the UK.”

woowoochick  said: “Brilliant! The true South African spirit… so home sick…”

Elizma Bekker said: “Now I want some frikkadels and a koeksista!”

MissHGC said: “Yessir, ek verlang….  To my American friends, Africa is calling me.”

Also listen to ‘Jingle Bells South African Style’ uploaded by the same YouTube user by following the link down here:

It’s all about Christmas in sunny South Africa: Jingle Bells SA Style
Maybe we’ll hear more of these lekker tunes in shopping malls and all over during the upcoming festivities! Perfect to get you into the Christmas spirit!