"The Twelve Days of Christmas" was written in England as one of the "catechism songs" to help young Catholics learn parts of their faith during the time of King Henry VIII.
The ten lords a-leaping were the Ten Commandments. If we keep these Commandments, we can leap from the bonds of this earth even to the heights of heaven. (http://www.biblestudytools.com/rsv/exodus/passage/?q=exodus+20:2-17)
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