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    The document contains the lyrics to the twelve verses of the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Each verse lists the gifts given by "my true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas, with an additional gift added in each subsequent verse. The gifts progress from "a partridge in a pear tree" in the first verse to "twelve drummers drumming" in the final twelfth verse, which contains all the previous gifts.

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    The document contains the lyrics to the twelve verses of the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Each verse lists the gifts given by "my true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas, with an additional gift added in each subsequent verse. The gifts progress from "a partridge in a pear tree" in the first verse to "twelve drummers drumming" in the final twelfth verse, which contains all the previous gifts.

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    The document contains the lyrics to the twelve verses of the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Each verse lists the gifts given by "my true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas, with an additional gift added in each subsequent verse. The gifts progress from "a partridge in a pear tree" in the first verse to "twelve drummers drumming" in the final twelfth verse, which contains all the previous gifts.

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    On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me

    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

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    [Verse 8]
    On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
    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

    [Verse 9]
    On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
    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

    [Verse 10]
    On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
    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
    [Verse 11]
    On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
    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

    [Verse 12]
    On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent 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

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    �The Twelve Days of Christmas� is an English Christmas carol that enumerates each
    day by the gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.

    Frederic Austin was known to popularize the arrangement of the song we know today
    in 1909.

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    Bestiaria Latina: Gaudium Mundo: XII Dies Natalis

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    Written By
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    Arranger
    Frederic Austin
    Release Date
    1780
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