The king sent his lady on the firstYule day,
a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the secondYule day,
Three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the thirdYule day,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the fourthYule day,
A goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the fourth Yule day,
Three starlings, a goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the sixth Yule day,
Three goldspinks, three starlings, a goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the seventhYule day,
A bull that was brown, three goldspinks,
Three starlings, a goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the eighth Yule day,
Three ducks a merry laying, a bull that was brown,
Three goldspinks, three starlings, a goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the ninth Yule day,
Three swans a merry swimming,
Three ducks a merry laying, a bull that was brown,
Three goldspinks, three starlings, a goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the tenthYule day,
An Arabian baboon, three swans a merry swimming,
Three ducks a merry laying, a bull that was brown,
Three goldspinks, three starlings, a goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the eleventhYule day,
Three hinds a swimming, an Arabian baboon,
Three swans a merry swimming,
Three ducks a merry laying, a bull that was brown,
Three goldspinks, three starlings, a goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the twelfthYule day,
Three maids a merry dancing, three hinds a swimming,
An Arabian baboon, three swans a merry swimming,
Three ducks a merry laying, a bull that was brown,
Three goldspinks, three starlings, a goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

The king sent his lady on the thirteenthYule day,
Three stalks o'merry corn, three maids a merry dancing, three hinds a swimming,
An Arabian baboon, three swans a merry swimming,
Three ducks a merry laying, a bull that was brown,
Three goldspinks, three starlings, a goose that was gray,
Three plovers, three partriks, a papingo-aye;
Wha learns my carol and carries it away.

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