Granny chords by Ted Egan

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She was a
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sprightly little cricket,
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the thickness of a stick it seemed.
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She never ever stopped,
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she scurried daily into Darwin.
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Where all the people knew her,
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everybody loved her.
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Everyone just called her Granny
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Watch her walking down Kavanagh Street
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Silk py jamas, slippered feet
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Selling mangoes, veggies, eggs
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And she'll run you off your legs
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That's the way it is with Granny
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She was the cutest little butterfly
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and every day as she passed by
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I'd wave and call Ni hao ma,
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she'd ho -ho her reply
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The oldest Darwin people said
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when they were young children
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Even then they'd called her Granny
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Kavanagh Street,
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silk pyjamas, slippered feet.
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Watch her go every day to
the Joss House,
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time to pray,
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that's the way it is with Granny.
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She was a funny little kitten,
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hard work had made her fit,
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She'd come down to Australia
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from China as a child
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She lived to 97,
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surrounded by her family
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And everyone just called her Granny
Watch her walking down Cabana Street,
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silk pyjamas, slippered feet
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Bamboo pole, baskets full,
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waving to the kids at school
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That's the way it is with Granny
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And when Granny died in Darwin,
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we took her for a ride
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To every single place she'd lived
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in her long and active life
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The Darwin traffic halted,
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the policemen all saluted,
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and everybody waved to Granny.
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Watch her driving down Kavanagh Street,
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suit, pyjamas, slippered feet.
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Siu Wa Chin, Albert Chan,
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Eddie Kwong, the baker man,
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Queenie Chin, Mary Chan,
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Henry Lee,
White Chinaman,
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everybody waved to Granny
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Hai Gin Kwee Hang Do Hong Ngan Gai,
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Jack King Gao Chu, Sam To Hai
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Harry Chan, Old Chin Gong,
Lorna Lim and Dalek
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Fong Lee Hang Gong, Yod Chong Lung,
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there's her grandson Chin Shu Hung
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Yes, everybody waved to Granny.