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Oh! I eat watermelon and I have for years, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day; |
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I like watermelon but it wets my ears, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day. |
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Maybe grass tastes good to a moo cow's mouth, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day; |
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But I like chicken 'cause I'm from the south, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day. |
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Fare-thee well, |
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Fare-thee well, |
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Mister gloom be on your way, |
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If you think you're gonna worry, |
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you can stop it in a huury, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day! |
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A woodpecker pecks till he gets his fill, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day; |
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But the woodpecker pays 'cause it's on his bill, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day. |
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Oh! I feed my pigs with molasses yam, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day; |
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And they should be sweeter than they really am, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day. |
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Fare-thee well, |
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Fare-thee well, |
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Mister gloom be on your way, |
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Tho' you haven't any money, |
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you can still be bright and sunny, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day! |
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Oh! I hate to hear a choc'late drop, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day; |
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But I like to hear a lollypop, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day. |
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Ev'rything went wrong but it turned out right, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day; |
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The skies were gray but the future's bright, |
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sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day. |
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Fare-thee well, |
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Fare-thee well, |
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Misteall the day! |
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A polly is a parrot, |
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we all know well, |
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But just what a wolly is |
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I can't tell. |
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I wouldn't know a doodle |
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if one came along, |
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But polly-wolly-doodle makes a darn good song! |
