Engelbert The Elephant chords by
Tom Paxton
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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When the King and Queen decided
They would have a formal dance
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Invitations were delivered
And it happened quite by chance
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Through an oversight of someone's
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C

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Whose it was I can't recall
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Engelbert the elephant
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C

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Was invited to the ball
What excitement in the jungle
What a holy hullabaloo
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What a race to find a costume
And to learn a step or two
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You could feel the jungle shaking
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C

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And I bet it's shaking yet
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While Engelbert was learning
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How to dance the minuet
All the palace lamps were lighted
As the sun was goin' down
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G

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And the music of the orchestra
Was heard across the town
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The dance was just beginning
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C

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When there came a mighty roar
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Your Highness - there's
an elephant
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And he's standing by the door
Then the guard turned out
from everywhere
They came from every place
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G

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To where Engelbert was standing
With a smile upon his face
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He was dressed in latest fashion
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C

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On his trunk he wore a ring
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He presented his invitation
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With the seal of the King
So the soldiers formed an escort
And they led him to the ball
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G

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Where the orchestra stopped playing
And a hush went through the hall
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For the King and Queen were speechless
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And I'm sure they're speechless
now
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Engelbert the elephant
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Made a very lovely bow
Then the Queen began to smile at him
The band began to play
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G

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And Engelbert was dancing
In the very nicest way
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The ladies were delighted
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C

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At the way he turned and spun
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And before the night was over
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He had danced with everyone
When they sat down to dinner
Engelbert sat on the floor
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He nibbled most politely
Though he really wanted more
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When the final dance was called for
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C

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Such a sight you've never seen
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For it was by the royal command
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He danced it with the Queen
And when the ball was over
And the guests began to go
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G

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They escorted him to the city gates
And he gave 'em quite a show
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For the band had come
along with them
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C

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And the band began to play
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And the dance he did along the road
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Is talked about today
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Yes they talked about the dancing
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And you know they're talkin' yet
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Of how Engelbert the elephant
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Performed the minuet
Outro 1
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