Key: A major
Verse 1
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There once was a girl named Jenny,
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always to make up her mind.
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But 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
the Christmas tree.
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Christmas Eve she lit the candles
through the tapers away.
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Little Jenny was an orphan
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Poor Jenny, bright as a penny,
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her equal would be hard to find.
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a sister and a brother,
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but she would make up her
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mind.
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Jenny made her mind up
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that into foreign languages
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she would delve.
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But at 17, to Vassa, it was quite a blow,
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when in 27 languages she
couldn't say no.
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Poor Jenny, bright as a penny,
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her equal would be hard to find .
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To Jenny, I'm beholden,
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her heart was big and golden,
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her mind.
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Jenny made her mind up at 22
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to get herself a hus band
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was the thing to do.
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She got herself all dolled up
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in her satins and furs.
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but he wasn't hers.
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Poor Jenny, bright as a penny,
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her equal would be hard to find.
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Deserved a bed of roses,
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but history discloses
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that she would make up her
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mind.
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Jenny made her mind up at 39.
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the Argen tine.
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She was only on vacation,
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but the Latins agree,
Jenny was the one
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Poor Jenny, bright as a penny,
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her equal would be hard to find.
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Our passion doesn't vanish
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in Portuguese or Spanish,
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but she would make up her mind.
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Jenny made her mind up at 51.
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before she was done.
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The very day her book was published,
there were wives who
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Poor Jenny, the right has a penny,
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her equal would be hard to find.
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She could give cards and spadings
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but she would make up her
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mind.
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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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But gin and rum and destiny
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play funny tricks.
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And poor Jenny kicked the
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bucket at 76.
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Jenny points a moral
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with which you cannot quarrel.
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Makes a lot of common sense.
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prove that you are gaga
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if you don't keep sitting
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Jenny and her story
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to all man and womankind.
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Anyone with vision
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comes to this decision.
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And don't make up your mind
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Just sit on the fence
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