diff --git a/01-read_input_copy.sh b/01-read_input_copy.sh
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/01-read_input_copy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# read the name of the user and print hello
+echo "Welcome, Jacob"
+
+# single quotes prevent the expansion of the variable
+
+
+# exercise: write a script that asks the user for a
+# filename and create an empty file named after it
diff --git a/07-beer.sh b/07-beer.sh
index c03aded6..6ad734e3 100644
--- a/07-beer.sh
+++ b/07-beer.sh
@@ -1,24 +1,225 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-echo "Let's sing a beer song"
-echo "How many bottles?"
-read count
+#echo "How many bottles?"
+#read count
+
+#while [ $count -ge 0 ]; do
+#  if [ $count -ge 2 ]; then
+#      echo "$count bottles of beer on the wall, $count bottles of beer"
+#      echo "Take one down pass it around"
+#  elif [ $count -eq 1 ]; then
+#      echo "$count bottle of beer on the wall, $count bottles of beer"
+#      echo "Take one down pass it around"
+#  else
+#      echo "no more bottles of beer on the wall"
+#  fi
 
-while [ $count -ge 0 ]; do
-  if [ $count -ge 2 ]; then
-      echo "$count bottles of beer on the wall, $count bottles of beer"
-      echo "Take one down pass it around"
-  elif [ $count -eq 1 ]; then
-      echo "$count bottle of beer on the wall, $count bottles of beer"
-      echo "Take one down pass it around"
-  else
-      echo "no more bottles of beer on the wall"
-  fi
-  
   # the following statement is equivalent to: let "count=count-1"
-  ((count = count - 1))
+#  ((count = count - 1))
 
-done
+#done
 
-# exercise: implement another counting song (such as 12 days of Christmas) 
+# exercise: implement another counting song (such as 12 days of Christmas)
 # using loops and if statements.
+declare -i count=0
+echo "Lets sing The Twelve Days of Christmas"
+while [ $count -lt 12 ]; do
+  echo "On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+  case $count in
+    0)
+      echo "On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    1)
+      echo "On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo " and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    2)
+      echo "On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      sleep 1
+      ;;
+    3)
+      echo "On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Four calling birds"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    4)
+      echo "On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Five gold rings"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Four calling birds"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    5)
+      echo "On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Six geese a laying"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Five gold rings"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Four calling birds"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    6)
+      echo "On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Seven swans a-swimming"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Six geese a laying"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Five gold rings"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Four calling birds"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    7)
+      echo "On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Eight maids a-milking"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Seven swans a-swimming"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Six geese a laying"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Five gold rings"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Four calling birds"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    8)
+      echo "On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Nine ladies dancing"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Eight maids a-milking"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Seven swans a-swimming"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Six geese a laying"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Five gold rings"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Four calling birds"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    9)
+      echo "On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Ten lords a-leaping"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Nine ladies dancing"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Eight maids a-milking"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Seven swans a-swimming"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Six geese a laying"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Five gold rings"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Four calling birds"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    10)
+      echo "On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Eleven pipers pipng"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Ten lords a-leaping"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Nine ladies dancing"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Eight maids a-milking"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Seven swans a-swimming"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Six geese a laying"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Five gold rings"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Four calling birds"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+    11)
+      echo "On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me."
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Twelve drummers drumming"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Eleven pipers pipng"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Ten lords a-leaping"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Nine ladies dancing"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Eight maids a-milking"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Seven swans a-swimming"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Six geese a laying"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Five gold rings"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Four calling birds"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Three french hens"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "Two turtle doves"
+      sleep 1
+      echo "and A partridge in a pear tree"
+      ;;
+  esac
+  ((count = count + 1))
+  sleep 3
+done