# Twelve Days Welcome to Twelve Days on Exercism's Pharo Track. If you need help running the tests or submitting your code, check out `HELP.md`. ## Instructions Your task in this exercise is to write code that returns the lyrics of the song: "The Twelve Days of Christmas." "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a common English Christmas carol. Each subsequent verse of the song builds on the previous verse. The lyrics your code returns should _exactly_ match the full song text shown below. ## Lyrics ```text 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. On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me: three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me: seven Swans-a-Swimming, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: eight Maids-a-Milking, seven Swans-a-Swimming, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. 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, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, 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-a-Swimming, six Geese-a-Laying, five Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear 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 Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave 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 Gold Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. ``` Its handy to have a list of the verses: ^ #( 'a Partridge in a Pear Tree' 'two Turtle Doves' 'three French Hens' 'four Calling Birds' 'five Gold Rings' 'six Geese-a-Laying' 'seven Swans-a-Swimming' 'eight Maids-a-Milking' 'nine Ladies Dancing' 'ten Lords-a-Leaping' 'eleven Pipers Piping' 'twelve Drummers Drumming' ) ## Source ### Created by - @macta ### Contributed to by - @bencoman ### Based on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)