On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Three French hens, two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear-tree.
And so on to—
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Twelve lords a-leaping, eleven ladies dancing,
Ten pipers piping, nine drummers drumming,
Eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying, five gold rings,
Four colly birds, three French hens,