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1. There was a boy whose name was Jim
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His friends they were very good to him
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They gave him tea and cakes and jam
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And slices of delicious ham
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*: Oh mother, tell me more.
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R: Why'd ya have to leave me there
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Hanging in my infant air
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Waiting
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You only have to read the lines
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of scribbly black and ev'rything
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Shines
2. The Chief Defect of Henry King
Chewing little bits of string
At last he swallowed, some which tied
Itself in ugly knots inside
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*: Wondering and dreaming
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the words have different meanings
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Yes they did
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R: When finding she was left alone
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When tiptoe gives the telephone
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Nine Nine Nine
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Some got the immediate aid
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Of London's Noble Choir Brigade
3. For all the time spent in that room
The doll's house darkness old perfume
And fairy stories held me high
On clouds of sunlight floating by
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*: Oh mother, tell me more.
D A E
Tell me more....
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