Boys chords by Wally Whyton

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Verse 1
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What are little boys made of?
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Frogs and snails and
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puppy dogs' tails
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That's what little boys are made of
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This is the house that Jack built
This is the malt that lay in
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the house that Jack built
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This is the rat that ate the malt
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that lay in the house that Jack built
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This is the cat that ate the
rat that ate the malt
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That lay in the house Jack built
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This is the duck that worried the cat that
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ate the rat that ate the malt
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That lay in the house Jack built
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Willie Winkie runs  through the town
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Upstairs, downstairs in
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his nightgown
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Knocking at the windows,
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crying through the locks
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Ah, the children in their beds,
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it's past eight o 'clock
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Simple Simon met a piman going to the fair
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Said Simple Simon to the pie -man,
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let me taste your wares
But the pie -man, you know,
he had lots of pies -nalities,
that's what he said
Said the pie -man unto Simon,
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show me first your penny
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Said Simple Simon to the pie -man,
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sir, I haven't any
Well, he didn't get a pie that day,
so he decided to go fishing
Simple Simon went a -fishing
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for to catch a whale
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But the only water he had got
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was in his mother's pail
So he didn't catch any fish.
He had another great idea, though.
Simple Simon went to look if
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plums grew on a thistle.
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He pricked his finger very much,
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which made poor Simon whistle.
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He pricked his finger very much,
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which made poor Simon whistle.
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Where have you been all the day,
Billy boy, Billy boy?
Where have you been all the day,
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charming Billy?
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I  have been to seek a wife
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She's the idol of my life
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She's a young thing and cannot
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leave her mother
Did she bid you come in,
Billy boy, Billy boy?
Did she bid you come in,
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Charmin' Billy?
Yes, she bade me to come in
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She's a dimple on her chin
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She's a young thing and
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cannot leave her mother
Did she set for you a chair,
Billy boy, Billy boy
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Did she set for you a chair,
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Charmin' Billy
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Yes, she set for me a chair,
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she has ringlets in her hair
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She's a young thing
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and cannot leave her mother
Can she bake a cherry pie?
Billy boy, Billy boy.
Can she bake a cherry pie?
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Charming Billy.
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She can bake a cherry pie
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quick as a cat can wink her eye.
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She's a young thing
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and cannot leave her mother.
How old is she?
Billy boy, Billy boy.
How old is she?
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Charming Billy.
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Three times six
and four times seven,
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twenty -eight and eleven
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She's a young thing
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and cannot leave her mother
Bobby Shafto's gone to sea,
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silver buckles on his knee
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He'll come home and marry me,
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Bonnie Bobby Shafto
Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair,
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Combing down his golden hair,
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He's my own forevermore,
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Bonnie Bobby Shaftoe.
Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea,
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Silver buckle's on his knee,
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He'll come home and marry me,
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Bonnie Bobby Shaftoe.