Key: A major
Verse 1
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A peasant he,
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But who, and why, and when,
and where,
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But Shuman had a hunch about the lad,
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And wrote a tune, a simple tune,
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The peasantry had every
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reason to be gay
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Were Schumann's youth
alive today forsooth?
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Think you that he would still contrive to be
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That very pleasant merry peasant?
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Am
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No, not he
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by de tails of a national debt?
stacks of sterling
to the income tax?
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if he'd had a door at his heels?
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when looking for a place to park?
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Oh, a peasant he,
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a merry peasant he,
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he didn't have to live in 1933.
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No writs were served at his address,
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no letters marked O .H .M .S.,
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No high -speed motor cars to dodge
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No trouble with his local lodge
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No spectre of the doll
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So this lad pool many reasons had,
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For laughing ha, and chomping oh,
and being so glad.
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Yes, yes, this lad pool many reasons had,
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
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