On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pair tree.

On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Three French hens
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pair tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Four calling birds,
Three French hens
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pair tree.


Five gold rings
Six geese a-laying
Seven swans a-swimming
Eight maids a-milking
Nine ladies dancing
Ten lords a-leaping
Eleven pipers piping
Twelve drummers drumming

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Source: Singing Together, Autumn 1970, BBC Publications

Notes:
Although 'Singing Together' does not give a source, the VWML shows a version collected by Baring Gould in 1840

Roud: 68 (Search Roud index at VWML) Take Six
Laws:
Child: