John Beaton got an HM in the 'Two Bridges' comp, John, so it wasn't totally devoid of spherian presence
(Well done, John!)
The final verse is the one that counts all the way back from "On the twelfth day..." to "...and a partridge in a pear tree" but by the time you get there it's twelve lines in all, not a
further twelve.
Do you think Lucy means 'a further eleven', John? That's the only way I can understand it.