how many birds in 12 days of christmas

The "Twelve Days of Christmas" is a classic Christmas carol that counts up the gifts given over the course of the twelve days of Christmas. Each verse lists one more gift than the last, with a total of twelve verses in the song. The gifts are as follows: one partridge in a pear tree, two turtle doves, three French hens, four calling birds, five golden rings, six geese a-laying, seven swans a-swimming, eight maids a-milking, nine ladies dancing, ten lords a-leaping, eleven pipers piping, and twelve drummers drumming.