(Sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”)
On the tenth day of Christmas, Jane Austen gave to me,
Ten in Fanny’s Family
Nine Named Musgrove
Eight Minor Pieces
Seven Austen Children
Six Classic Novels
F-i-v-e Bennet Sisters
Four Abbey Tilneys
Three Sailing Captains
Two Dashing Colonels
And a love for Mr. Dar…cy.
Fanny Price’s Brothers and Sisters
Lt. Price+Mrs. Price (neé Francis Ward)
William John Susan Sam Charles
FANNY Richard (Mary) Tom Betsy
Note! Tom, Betsy, and Charles were born after Fanny went to Mansfield Park.