On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve lords a-linking,
Eleven ladies dancing,
Ten pipers pipping,
Nine drummers drumming,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!
my true love sent to me
Twelve lords a-linking,
Eleven ladies dancing,
Ten pipers pipping,
Nine drummers drumming,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!