Multiplication:Bobby Darin.
#5 in UK, #26 Cashbox and #30 USA in 1961.
#1.
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When you see, a gentleman bee, 'round a lady bee buzzin’..
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Just count to ten, then, count again..there’s sure to be
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an even dozen.
F C F
Multiplication..that’s the name of the game.
C F
And each generation..they play the same.
#2.
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Now, there was two butterflies, castin’ their eyes,
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both in the same direction...
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You’d never guess, that one little 'yes,'
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could start a butterfly collection.
F C F
Multiplication..that’s the name of the game.
C F
And each generation..they play the same.
CHORUS:
F F7 Bb
Let me tell you now..I say one and one is five,
Dm9 F
you can call me a silly goat.
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But, you take two minks, add two winks,
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ahhh..you got one mink coat.
#3.
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When a girl gets coy, in front of a boy,
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after three or four dances...
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ah..you can just bet, she’ll play hard to get,
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to multiply her chances.
F C F
Multiplication..that’s the name of the game.
C F
And each generation..they play the same.
CHORUS:#2.
F F7 Bb
Hear me talkin’ to you..Mother Nature is a clever girl,
Dm9 F G
She relies on habit...take two hares, with no cares..
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pretty soon you got a room full of rabbits.
#4.
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Two parakeets, in between tweets, sometimes get too quiet..
F Bb
But have no fear, cause soon you’ll hear,
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A parakeet's riot...just try it.
F C F
Multiplication..that’s the name of the game.
C F
And each generation..they play the same.
OUTRO:
F C F
Yes..it's multiplication..that’s the name of the game.
C F
And each generation..they play the same.
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