The king sent his lady on the seventh Yule day, A bull that was brown, three goldspinks, three starlings, A goose that was grey, Three plovers, three partridges, and 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— [The rest to follow as before.] The king sent his lady on the ninth Yule day, Three swans a-merry swimming— [As before.] The king sent his lady on the tenth Yule day, An Arabian baboon— [As before.] The king sent his lady on the eleventh Yule day, Three hinds a-merry hunting— [As before.] The king sent his lady on the twelfth Yule day, Three maids a-merry dancing— [As before.] The king sent his lady on the thirteenth Yule day, Three stalks o’ merry corn, three maids a-merry dancing, Three hinds a-merry hunting, 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 grey, Three plovers, three partridges, a papingo-aye; Wha learns my carol and carries it away? —Chambers’s _Pop. Rhymes_, p. 42. III. My lady’s lap dog, Two plump partridges and my lady’s lap dog; Three grey elephants, two plump partridges and my lady’s lap dog; Four Persian cherry trees, three grey elephants, &c.; Five Limerick oysters, four Persian cherry trees, &c.; Six bottles of frontignac, &c.; Seven swans a-swimming, &c., Eight flip flap, floating fly boats, &c.; Nine merchants going to Bagdad, &c.; Ten Italian dancing-masters going to teach ten Arabian magpies how to dance, &c.; Eleven guests going to celebrate the marriage of the Princess Baldroulbadour with the Prince of Terra-del-Fuego, &c.; Twelve triumphant trumpeters triumphantly trumpeting the tragical tradition of Telemachus. —London (A. B. Gomme).