Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs
Mariah Carey
“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.
[Verse 1]
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree
[Verse 2]
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
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 pear tree
[Verse 5]
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree
[Verse 6]
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree
[Verse 7]
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
[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
The Twelve Days of Christmas was written by Traditional.
Bestiaria Latina: Gaudium Mundo: XII Dies Natalis