text:  Eight maids a-milking Seven swans a-swimming Six geese a-laying Five gold wings Four calling birds Three friend hens Two turtle doves And a partridge in a pear tree On the eleventh day of Christmas My true love sent to me 11 pipers piped a-billy Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da Ten dwarfs a-leaping stridey Nine ladies dancing in