Key: D minor
Verse 1
The
Little
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Samurai
Japan,
next to a beautiful paper fan,
a porcelain doll sat on a shelf
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This porcelain doll, he looked
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so smart.
His bright red headband was a work of art.
Japanese kimono.
Then one sunny morning,
the doll did say,
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I hate just sitting here all day. I want to be a heroic samurai,
not a doll.
Just then,
he had a great idea.
He looked around and the coast was clear.
So the doll hopped off the shelf.
Hoppy hop!
No one saw him or shouted,
Stoppy stop!
The little doll had decided to find
and they really knew the samurai way.
The doll had heard of a wise sensei,
who lived very, very far away.
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All excited, and his heart a -quiver,
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he skipped his way to a rushing river.
The big river roared and splashed.
The doll cried out,
I can't swim that.
You can ride on my back, said a voice.
It was a big koi fish.
The doll rejoiced.
Thank you, koi fish, said the little doll.
The koi fish laughed.
It's lucky you're small.
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Just then a huge valley stretched ahead.
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Gah!
It's full of prickly thorns!
He said.
You can ride on my back,
trilled a small voice.
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It was a great white bird.
The doll rejoiced.
The great bird squawked,
no problem at all.
Then she flew the doll high over the
thorns until they reached a field of corn.
After walking some more, the doll saw ahead,
a deep, dark forest.
friends to help him there.
Past great tree branches that
and forest creatures that
growled and squeaked.
The brave little doll went on
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through the wood,
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all the way to where the
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Sensei's palace stood.
The doll knocked twice on the palace gate,
and then nervously outside did wait,
till the
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hello what can I do for you young fellow the
porcelain doll he bowed his head I've
Oh wise old
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sensei may I try the sensei
was a smart old guy but
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But you're already as brave as a samurai.
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You completed your dangerous journey that was so long,
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Then the brave little doll he jumped for joy.
He wasn't just a porcelain toy.
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Thank you sensei!
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He did cry and went home a little samurai.
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