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(Reworded)
by Joe Sinclair
On the first day of Christmas Jim Sherwood gave to me
A new agent in my territory.
2nd Two collapsibles
3rd Three half-heights
4th Four open tops
5th Five fro-o-o-zen pounds*
6th Six roofs rusting
7th Seven ships sinking
8th Eight cranes a-falling
9th Nine debtors owing
10th Ten shipyards failing
11th Eleven tanks bursting
12th Twelve reefers melting
[And a new agent in my territory]
* For those who are too young to know, or too old to remember, in 1972 the British Government put a "freeze" on wage increases in an effort to curb inflation. Sea Containers awarded pay rises to staff, but "froze" them until the governmental restrictions were lifted.
