… according to this humorous recounting of the 12 days of Christmas – as the character Guinard O’Lunacy is on the receiving end of all the items in the song….

This recording was made by Frank Kelly, an Irish actor who went on to fame as the difficult priest Father Jack Hackett in “Father Ted”.  However, that was all just a sparkle in the eye of creators Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan as this recording was released in 1982.