X:203
T: the Bold Little Fish
C: Elsie B. Johns
%R: waltz
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/8
L: 1/8
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w: 1.~A wee fish I know was both dar-ing and gay, He scoffed at his
w: 2.~One day to the home of this fish-ie so bold, A mon-ster came
w: 3.~The mon-ster came near, gave a ter-ri-ble snort; The fish was not
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w: pa-rents what-ev-er they'd say. "There is noth-ing," said he, "In this
w: rid-ing, or so I am told. "We had best swim a-way," His*
w: think-ing that he was that sort. Ere the fish got a-way, He was
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w: beau-ti-ful sea, To harm me, to harm me, tra la* la* la*
w: pa-rents did say; But fish-ie knew bet-ter, tra la* la* la*
w: swal-lowed, they say: The mon-ster did eat him, tra la* la* la*
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w: la; To harm me, to harm me, tra la* la* la* la."
w: la; But fish-ie knew bet-ter, tra la* la* la* la.
w: la; The mon-ster did eat him, tra la* la* la* la.
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