Don't Go In The Lion's Cage Tonight chords by Julie Andrews

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Verse 1
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Mother
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Once
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Had a
Lovely
Daughter
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A mother once she had
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a lovely daughter
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The mother was a actress on the stage
She travelled with a
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troupe of well -trained lions
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And each night she went in the
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lion's cage.
Now, now.
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One day the daughter had a premonition
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that everything that night would
not go right.
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Would not go right.
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That day she told her mother in the kitchen,
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please don't go in the lion's
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cage tonight.
No, not tonight
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Don't go in the cage tonight,
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mother darling
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For the lions look ferocious and may bite
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And when they get their angry fits
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They may tear you all to bits
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So don't go in the lion's cage tonight
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The mother heeded not the daughter's warning,
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but to her turned and softly said,
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Poo -poo, I think I ought to know what I am doing,
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when I'm around the lions all feel blue.
They all feel blue.
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That night while she was dancing
in the lion's cage,
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The lions thought that they
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would like to eat.
Would like to eat.
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And as they bit the darling mother's head off,
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These words came back to
her so pure and sweet,
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So pure and sweet.
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So go in the lion's cage tonight, mother darling,
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for the lions look ferocious and they bite.
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And when they get their angry fits,
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they may tear you all to bits.
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So we  don't go in the
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lion's cage to night
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No, not tonight