12 Days of christmas recursively had to do it.

gistfile1.java

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Days {

  public static void main(String args[]) {

		List<String> days = new ArrayList<String>();

		days.add(new String("A Partridge in a Pear Tree"));
		days.add(new String("2 Turtle Doves"));
		days.add(new String("3 French Hens"));
		days.add(new String("4 Calling Birds"));
		days.add(new String("5 Golden Rings"));
		days.add(new String("6 Geese a Laying"));
		days.add(new String("7 Swans a Swimming"));
		days.add(new String("8 Maids a Milking"));
		days.add(new String("9 Ladies Dancing"));
		days.add(new String("10 Lords a Leaping"));
		days.add(new String("11 Pipers Piping"));
		days.add(new String("12 Drummers Drumming"));
		
		doWork(days, 0); 
	
	}

	public static void doWork(List<String> days, int i) {
		
		if(i == 12)
			return; 
		
		sing("On the " + (i +1) + " day of christmas my true love gave to me!");
		
		for(int x = 0; x < i +1 ; x++)
			sing(days.get(x));
		
			sing("\n"); 
			doWork(days, i+1); 
	}

	public static void sing(Object o) {
		System.out.println(o.toString());
	}
}