Jenny chords by
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye

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Key: C minor
Verse 1
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There once
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was a girl named
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Jenny, whose vir tues were
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varied and many,
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accepting that she was inclined,
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al ways to make up her mind.
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And
Jenny points a moral,
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with which you cannot quarrel,
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as you will find.
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Jenny made her mind up when
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she was three.
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She herself was
going to trim the
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Christmas tree.
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Christmas
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Eve she lit the candles,
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tossed the taper away.
Little
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Jenny was an orphan on
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Christmas
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Day.
Poor
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Jenny, bright as a penny,
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a ripple would be hard to find.
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Oh, she lost one dad and mother, a sister and a brother,
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but she wouldn't make up her mind.
Jenny was an orphan on
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Christmas
Day.
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Jenny made her mind up when she was twelve,
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that in two foreign languages she would del.
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But at seventeen to
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Vassar it was quite a blow,
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that in twenty -sev en lan guages she couldn't say no.
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Oh,
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Jenny, right as a penny
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A reaper would be hard to find
To
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Jenny I'm be holden
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Her heart was big and golden
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But she would make up her mind
In twenty -seven languages
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she couldn't say no
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Jenny made her mind up at thirty -two
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To get herself a husband
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was the thing to do
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So she got herself all dolled
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up in her satins and furs
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And she got herself a husband,
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but he wasn't her s
Poor
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Jenny, bright as a penny
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Her equal would be hard to find
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Could have had a bed of roses
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But history discloses that she
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would make up her mind
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She got herself a husband,
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but he wasn't hers
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Jenny made her mind up at 75
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She would live to be the
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oldest woman alive
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But gin and rum and destiny
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played the honey tricks
And
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Jenny kicked the bucket at 76
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Jenny points a morrow with
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which you cannot quarrel
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Makes a lot of
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Collins sad
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Jenny and her saga prove
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that you are gaga
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If you keep sitting on the fence
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Jenny and the story
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Point the way to glory
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To a man and woman kind
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Anyone with vision
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Comes to this decision
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Don't make up, you shouldn't make up
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You mustn't make up or
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never make up
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Anyone with vision
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Comes to this decision
Don't make up
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Yah
Ha
Ha
Ha
Ha
Ha
Ha...

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