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1st Verse: My son John was tall and slim
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and he had a leg for every limb
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Now he's got no legs at all
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they're both shot away by cannonball
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Chorus: Hoo-rum rye, fuddle dum-dye
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Whack fol diddle to me hoo-rum rye
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2nd Verse: Were you drunk or were you blind
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To leave your two fine legs behind
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It wasn't from walking upon the sea
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That took your legs from the ground to the knee
Chorus
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3rd Verse: I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind
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To leave my to fine legs behind
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'Twas a cannonball on the fifth of May
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That took my to fine legs away
Chorus
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4th Verse: All foreign wars we now renounce
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'Tween this king of England and that king of France
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I'd rather my legs as they used to be
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Then the king of Spain and his whole navy
Chorus
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5th: Verse I was tall and I was slim
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And I had a leg for every limb
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And now I've got no legs at all
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You can't win a race with a cannonball
Chorus
