Key: C major
Verse 1
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There was an old man, old man, old man,
There was an old man
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who had grown so old.
He walked around limping,
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limping, limping,
He walked around limping
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with his crooked leg.
There was a young man,
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young boy, young boy.
There was a young boy,
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too naughty for words.
He laughed at the old man,
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old man, old man.
He laughed at the old man
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till he turned into a cat.
Have you ever noticed
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how very different each one of us is?
In the way we look, the way we talk,
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walk, laugh and sing?
These differences
are the things
that make each and
don't realize that.
Once there was a young boy
who lived with his mother and father
in a small town.
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The boy was very, very naughty,
naughtier than anyone you've ever seen.
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If he saw someone with cross eyes
or a very short upper lip,
he would laugh at them.
with only two fingers
on one hand.
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The boy laughed so much
that he could not
even eat his supper that night.
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His parents told him over and over
that it was not right to laugh at other
people
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and beautiful in their own way.
Do you think the naughty
naughty boy
listened to them?
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No, he continued laughing at other people.
til one afternoon he was walking with
when he saw an old man
and he was rushing for the train.
holding his stomach, Ha!
station were shocked.
Well, well what do you know?
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Right there in front of everybody
the boy turned into a cat.
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Yes, a big, fat,
brown and ugly cat with five legs.
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And his eyes were a dirty green.
His ears were long
and there were fingers growing
and no one wanted anything
the big, fat,
and the fingers at the end
changed a lot.
Eventually,
he changed back into his old body
and went home to his family.
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He became very nice to everyone,
no matter how different they looked.
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If he saw a crooked old person
carrying big bags
trying to catch a bus,
he went and talked them
to funny -looking cats
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on the roadside.
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Se þi kexa, i kexa, i kexa
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Wali se þi kexa, wapendu gi ka tili
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