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The Twelve Days of Christmas
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly numerous gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas. The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin.
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☆☆☆☆☆A partridge in a pear tree
Two turtle doves (and a partridge in a pear tree)
Three French hens (two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
Four calling birds (three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
Five gold rings (four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
Six geese-a-laying (five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
Seven swans-a-swimming (six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
Eight maids-a-milking (seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
Nine ladies dancing (eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
Ten lords-a-leaping (nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
Eleven pipers piping (ten lords-a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
Twelve drummers drumming (eleven pipers piping, ten lords-a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree)
