Twelve Days of Christmas
"Twelve Days of Christmas" is a traditional Christmas Song.
There are twelve verses, each describing the gifts given by 'my true love' on each of the twelve days of Christmas. So the first verse runs:
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.
The second verse:
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree.
and so on. The last verse is:
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
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 golden rings;
four calling birds,
three French hens,
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree.
Several parodies have been written, including the version performed by the Canadian comedy team Bob & Doug Mackenzie, which ends every verse with the three-syllable "and a beer".
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12 (number) | Christmas song | Dia de los Reyes | El Dia de los Reyes | Forty-two | Number 12 | Obfuscated code | Shrouded code | Three Kings Day | Twelve | Twelve days of Christmas | Twelveth night
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