Key: G minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It was six men on a window -stand,
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Turning, marching, blind,
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Who went to see the elephant,
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Though all of them were blind,
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That each by observation,
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That each by observation
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might satisfy his mind,
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Might satisfy his mind.
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The first approached the elephant,
and happening to fall
Against his broad and steady side
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he at once began to bawl
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Bless me, said he, the elephant.
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Bless me, said he, the elephant,
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He's very like a wolf.
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He's very like a wolf.
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The second feeling overtook,
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I know what I'm bringing here.
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So very round and smooth
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and sharp to me, it's mighty clear.
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This won der of an elephant,
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this wonder of an elephant
is very like a spear,
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is very like a spear.
And one approached the animal,
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and happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hand,
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the lonely old man spake
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I see, he, the elephant
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I see, said he, this elephant
is very like a snake
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Very like a snake
The last reached out a near hand,
and felt about the knee.
What most this wondrous beast is like,
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it's mighty plain to see.
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It's clear to me, I've found it
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Bless me, said he,
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and the fountains
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Buried like a tree
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Bur ied like a tree
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An d so these men of En
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dor stand
Disputing loud and mode
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Each in his own opinion,
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a steading step and strong,
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Though each was partly in the right,
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Though each was partly
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in the right
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and all were in the wrong,
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And so in theologic wars,
the disputants, it seems,
prey on the latter,
ignorant of what each other means.
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And they prattled about an elephant
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They prattled about an elephant
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Not one of them has seen
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Not one of them has seen
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