The first day after Christmas my true love and I had a fight,
And so I chopped the pear tree down and burned it just for spite.
Then with a single cartridge, I shot that blasted partridge,
My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me.
The second day after Christmas I pulled on the old rubber gloves,
And very gently wrung the necks of both the turtle doves.
My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me.
The third day after Christmas my mother caught the croup,
I had to use the three french hens to make some chicken soup.
The four calling birds were a big mistake,
for their language was obscene.
The five gold rings were completely fake and turned my fingers green.
The sixth day after Christmas the six geese wouldn't lay,
I gave the whole darn gaggle to the A.S.P.C.A.
On the seventh day what a mess I found,
All seven of the swimming swans had drowned.
My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me.
On the eighth day after Christmas, before they could suspect,
I bundled up the eight maids a milking, nine lords a leaping,
Ten ladies dancing, eleven pipers piping, twelve drummers drumming,
And sent them back collect.
I wrote my true love, "We are through, Love!"
(They sang the words "We are never, ever, ever getting back together" from the Taylor Swift song and then they concluded there song as follows.)
and, I said in so many words
"Furthermore, your Christmas gifts were for the birds!"
