Key: E minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Ber nice bobs her hair in the barber's in the square
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All her new- found friends are
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there to see it done
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Bernice bobs her hair she's
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been driven to despair
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'Cause her cousin doesn't
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care about any one
Verse 2
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Her hair was long,
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her hair was dark
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Her hair fell down her back
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And now it lies upon the floor
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Bernice runs out the door
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Marjorie had told her what to
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wear to the parties
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Marjorie had told her what
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to say to the boys
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Now Marjorie was jealous of
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her social advances
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And presented her with
this choice
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Verse 4
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"Bernice, bob your hair
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You've persistently de
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clared this intention
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Do you dare to dis agree?"
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So Bernice bobs her hair
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and is instantly ensnared
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In a trap so well prepared
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by Mar jorie
Verse 5
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Her hair was long, her hair was dark
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Her hair fell down her back
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The mirror tells of her mistake
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Her heart is fit to break
Verse 6
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So when it's dark and her cousin sleeps
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Into the room she creeps
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Marjorie's curls come down like rain
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Bernice runs for her train
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Verse 7
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I was
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born yesterday
Verse 8
all that you say
I have no choice
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Is this the first or
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the second day
Of the rest of my life
Well hey
Verse 9
Saturday morning, 18th of December
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I cannot remember
The last time that I saw
such a young ballerina
upright piano
Standing en pointe
Going through each position
She measures each movement
Her classical features
Are going to waste while she
pleases her parents
Verse 10
road to Rathmines
She'd be sick in the loo- bowl
Then go to the funeral and
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An d then sleep with the first man
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she sees
And she'd catch some disease
Which she would give
to her doctor
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and she'd cook his as well
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Even though he was married
Verse 11
part of you
Why should I let you walk all over me?
All over me
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