[Source] Mirth without Mischief, 1780[4] [Giver] My true love sent to me [1] Partridge in a pear-tree [2] Turtle doves [3] French hens [4] Colly birds [5] Gold rings [7] Swans a swimming [8] Maids a milking [9] Drummers drumming [10] Pipers piping [11] Ladies dancing [12] Lords a leaping [6] 
Geese a laying
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