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12 Days of Christmas Lyrics by Boston Pops Orchestra

2009

Under the Christmas Tree there are presents
What do you think those gifts might be?
One for each day of the Christmas season
What do you think my true love gave to me?
(Whoa!)
On the first day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
A Partridge in a Pear Tree
On the second day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Two Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree
All I want for Christmas is my two turtle doves!
... and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
On the third day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Three French Hens
And Two Turtle Doves
They're the gifts from my own true love
One more present
Is that a pheasant?
No it's a Partridge in a Pear Tree (oh, oh)
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
On the fourth day of Christmas (They are calling you, ooh ooh)
My true love gave to me:
Four Calling Birds
And Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
And a Partridge too!
And on the fifth (and on the fifth) (and on the fifth)
And on the fifth (and on the fifth) (and on the fifth)
And on the fifth (and on the fifth)
(My true love gave) (and on the fifth)
She gave me Five Golden Rings!
Five Golden Rings, Four Calling Birds, And Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves
Five Golden Rings, Four Calling Birds, And Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves
Two Turtle Doves!
Two Turtle Doves!
Five Rings
Four Birds
Three Hens
Two Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!
Oohh, yeah!
For the sixth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
No chicks, no ducks, but Six Geese a-Laying
What do you do with six geese a-laying?
Geese eat a lot and that's all I'm saying
So you better stop with the
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
And a Partridge with a fringe on the top
On the seventh day of Christmas time
My true love gave me
Seven Swimming Swans!
... Seven Swimming Swans
Six Geese Laying
And Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
And Three French Hens
And Two, Two
Two Turtle Doves
A Partridge too
Along with Seven Swimming Swans
On the eighth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Eight Maids a-Milking
Seven Swans Swimming
Six Geese a-Laying, the moon on their wings
And did I mention those Five Golden Rings?
When the Birds Call
When the Hens French
When the Turtles Dove
I simply remember my single pear tree
One Partridge from my true love
On the ninth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a-Milking
Seven Swans a-Swimming
Six Geese a-Laying (Laying)
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
And Two Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree
On the tenth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Ten Lords a-Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a-Milking
Seven Swans Swimming
Six Geese a-Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
And a Partridge, Partridge, Partridge
Partridge, Partridge, Partridge
In a Tree!
On the eleventh day of Christmas
My true love gave 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 (Hello?)
Three French Hens (Bonjour! Bonjour.)
Two Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree
A Partridge?
No not in a Pear Tree, in a tree
A Partridge
Not in a pear tree, in a tree
In a pear tree
Oh my true love, oh my true love
Oh my true love gave to me
Two turtle doves and a partridge in a tree for me (for me) (for me!)
On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me:
Not a monkey on a flagpole, but
12 Drummers all a-Drumming (pah-rum pum pum...)
They were followed by Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a-Leaping (here they come, come come come...)
All the Ladies and the Milkmaids started Dancing
And the Swans and Geese all Swam
And there were Five Gold Rings
And Four Calling Birds
And Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
... And a Partridge in a Pear Tree (and a Partridge in a Pear Tree);
Five Gold Rings
And Four Calling Birds
Five Gold Rings
And Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens (Three French Hens and Two tiny Turtle Doves)
For Christmas
For Christmas
For Christmas
For Christmas
My true love
My true love
My true love
My true love
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!

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