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Country music singers,
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Have always been a real close family,
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But lately some of my kinfolk,
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Have disowned a few others and me,
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I guess it's because, I kinda' changed my direction,
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Lord I guess I went and broke their family tradition,
They get on me and wanna' know Hank,
[Chorus]
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Why do ya drink?,
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Hank why do you roll smoke?,
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And why must you live out the songs that you wrote?,
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Over and over every body met my prediction,
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If I get stoned I'm just carrying on an old family tradition
[Verse]
I am very proud, of my daddy's name,
Although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same,
Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position,
If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition,
So don't ask me Hank,
[Chorus]
Why do ya drink?, Hank why do you roll smoke?,
And why must you live out the songs that you wrote?,
If I'm down in a honky tonk and some ol' slick tries to give me friction,
I'll say leave me alone I'm singin' all night long 'cause it's a,
family tradition
[Verse]
Lordy I have loved some ladies, and I have loved Jim Beam,
And they both tried to kill me, in 1973,
When that doctor asked me, son how'd ya get in this position?,
I said a hey sawbones I'm just a carrying on and ol' family tradition,
So don't ask me Hank,
[Outro]
Why do ya drink?, Hank why do you roll smoke?,
And why must you live out the songs that you wrote?,
Stop and think it over, try to put yourself in my unique position,
If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition.
Charlie and the MTA
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Let me tell you of a story 'bout a man named Charlie
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On a tragic and fateful day.
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He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family,
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Went to ride on the M T A.
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But will he ever return? No he'll never return,
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And his fate is still unlearned.
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He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston,
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He's the man who never returned.
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Charlie handed in his dime at the Scully Square Station,
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And he changed for Jamaica Plain.
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When he got there the conductor told him, "One more nickel!"
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Charlie couldn't get off of that train.
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Now all night long Charlie rides through the stations,
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Crying, "What will become of me?
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How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsey,
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Or my brother in Roxbury?"
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Charlie's wife goes down to the Scully Square Station,
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Every day at a quarter past two.
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And through the open window she hands Charlie his sandwich
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As the train goes rumbling through.
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Now you citizens of Boston, don't you think it's a scandal,
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How the people have to pay and pay?
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Fight the fare increase, vote for George O'Brien,
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Get poor Charlie off the M T A!
The Unicorn
[Verse]
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C long time ago when the earth was green
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There was more kinds of animals than you'd ever seen
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They'd run around free while the world was being born
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But the loveliest of them all was the unicorn
[Chorus]
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There was green alligators and long necked geese
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
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Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
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The loveliest of all was the unicorn.
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Now god seen some sinning and it gave him a pain
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And he says, stand back, "I'm going to make it rain!"
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He says, "Hey, brother Noah I'll tell you what to do,
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Build me a floating zoo,"
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"and take some of them…."
[Chorus]
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Green alligators and long necked geese,
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
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Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born.
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Don't you forget my unicorn."
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Old Noah was there to answer the call,
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He finished up making the ark just as the rain started pourin'
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He marched in the animals two by two,
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And he called out as they went through,
"Hey lord,"
[Verse]
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I got your green alligators and long necked geese,
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees,
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Some cats and rats and elephants, but lord, I'm so forlorn,
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I just can't see no unicorn!"
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Then Noah looked out through the driving rain,
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Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games.
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Kicking and splashing while the rain was pourin'
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Oh, them silly unicorns!"
[Chorus]
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There were green alligators and long necked geese,
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
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Noah cried, "Close the door cause the rain's pourin'
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And we just can't wait for those unicorn!"
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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The ark started moving, it drifted with the tides,
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Them unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried.
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And the waters came down and sort of floated them away,
And that's why ya never seen a unicorn to this very day.
[Chorus]
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You'll see green alligators and long necked geese,
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
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Some cats and rats elephants, but sure as you're born,
You're never gonna see no u--ni---corn
Yankee Doodle
Verse 1
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Yankee Doodle went to town
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Riding on a pony
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Stuck a feather in his hat
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And called it macaroni
Chorus
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Yankee Doodle keep it up
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Yankee Doodle dandy
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Mind the music and the step
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And with the girls be handy
Verse 2
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Father and I went down to camp
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Along with Captain Gooding
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And there we saw the men and boys
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As thick as hasty pudding
Chorus
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Yankee Doodle keep it up
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Yankee Doodle dandy
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Mind the music and the step
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And with the girls be handy
Verse 3
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There was Captain Washington
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Upon a slapping stallion
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Giving orders to his men
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I guess there was a million
Chorus
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Yankee Doodle keep it up
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Yankee Doodle dandy
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Mind the music and the step
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And with the girls be handy
Verse 4
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And there we saw a thousand men
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As rich as Squire David
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And what they wasted every day
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I wish it could be sa-ved
Chorus
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Yankee Doodle keep it up
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Yankee Doodle dandy
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Mind the music and the step
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And with the girls be handy
Verse 5
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And there I saw a pumpkin shell
As big as mother's basin
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And every time they touched it off
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They scamper'd like the nation
Chorus
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Yankee Doodle keep it up
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Yankee Doodle dandy
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Mind the music and the step
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And with the girls be handy
The Wheels on the Bus
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The wheels on the bus go round and round
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Round and round
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Round and round.
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The wheels on the bus go round and round
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All through the town.
The Old Gray Mare
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The old gray mare,
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She ain’t what she used to be
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Ain’t what she used to be,
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Ain’t what she used to be
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The old gray mare,
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She ain’t what she used to be
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Many long years ago.
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Many long years ago,
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Many long years ago,
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The old gray mare,
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She ain’t what she used to be
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Many long years ago.
The old gray mare,
She kicked on the whiffletree,
Kicked on the whiffletree,
Kicked on the whiffletree
The old gray mare,
She kicked on the whiffletree
Many long years ago.
Many long years ago,
Many long years ago,
The old gray mare,
She kicked on the whiffletree
Many long years ago.
The Muffin Man
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Do you know the muffin man,
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The muffin man, the muffin man?
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Do you know the muffin man
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Who lives on Drury Lane?
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Yes I know the muffin man,
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The muffin man, the muffin man.
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Yes, I know the muffin man,
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Who lives on Drury Lane.
The More We Get Together
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The more we get together
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together
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together
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The more we get together
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the happier we’ll be (repeat)
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For your friends are my friends
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And my friends are your friends
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The more we get together
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the happier we’ll be
The Hokey Pokey
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You put your right leg in. You put your right leg out.
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Put your right leg in and you shake it all about.
You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around.
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That’s what it’s all about.
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You put your left leg in. You put your left leg out.
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Put your left leg in and you shake it all about.
You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around.
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That’s what it’s all about.
OTHER VERSES:
Put your right arm in…
Put your left arm in…
Ho-key hokey pokey…
Put your nose in…
Put your backside in…
Put your whole self in…
Do the Hokey-Pokey
The Bear Went Over The Mountain
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The bear went over the mountain,
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The bear went over the mountain,
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The bear went over the mountain,
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To see what he could see
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To see what he could see,
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To see what he could see
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The other side of the mountain,
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The other side of the mountain,
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The other side of the mountain,
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Was all that he could see.
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The bear went over the river, C F
The bear went over the river,
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The bear went over the river,
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To see what he could see
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To see what he could see,
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To see what he could see
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The other side of the river,
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The other side of the river,
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The other side of the river,
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Was all that he could see.