Key: C major
Verse 1
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The Lord made Adam,
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the Lord made Eve,
He made them both a little
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bit naive.
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They lived as free as
the summer breeze,
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Without pajamas and without
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chemise.
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Until they stumbled on
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the apple trees
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Then she looked at him an
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d he looked at her
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An d they knew immediately
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what the world was for
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He said, give me my cane,
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he said, give me my hat,
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the time has come to be
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gin the begat.
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So they begat Cain,
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and they begat Abel,
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who begat the rabble at the
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Tower of Babel.
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and they begat O 'Rourkes,
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even more than that,
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When the begat got to
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getting under par.
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They begat the daughters
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of the D .A .R.
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And they begot the misbegotten
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G .O .P.
pleasing to Ruth,
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It pleased the League of Women
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Shoppers in Duluth
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When the movie censors
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tried the facts to hide
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The movie goers up and multiplied
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Soon it swept the world
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Every land and lingo
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It became the rage
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It was bigger than bingo
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The white baguette, the red baguette
The folks who should have stood
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in bed baguette
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the Swedes baguette
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Why, even Britishers in tweeds baguette
Lapsin' Lithuanians, begat
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Startin' from Genesis, they begat
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Her oes and menaces, begat
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Fat filibusterers, begat
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So bless them all
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who go to bat
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An d heed the call of
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the beget!
Outro 1
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