Key: Ab major
Verse 1
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I had a wonderful day today.
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I haven't smiled so much in years.
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Every day has been a struggle
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since our little boy
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Was born acutely
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blind
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with only a very
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Opening up to the world
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We hopped on the tram
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up to Fawcett Street
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And stopped for a haircut before
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We passed through the gates
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of the big museum
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An d wandered up
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Oh, William, William,
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what can you see?
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Mother, Mother, I can see
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Your handkerchief is wet with spit
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Dap pling at my cheek
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bid us welcome
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And patted each child on the head
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And said to us, this ex hibition
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is the first of its
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kind in the country.
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in to a foisty room
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Boasting a dazzling ar ray
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of animals,
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fishes and birds
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The leathery nub of a badger's snout
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The papery wing of a stork
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I'm the mane of a poor old horse
what can you see?
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Mother, Mother, I can see
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A tawny owl perched in a tree
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Talons around my finger
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The rippling shell of a giant clam,
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a statue of the sea
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A horny beetle covered
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in spikes and barbs
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Like holding a fossil of a fallen star
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A corkscrew of tangled fur
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upon the leg of a great polar bear
The notches and nodules
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on the crocodile's forehead
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were more than the kids could bear
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Oh, William, William,
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what can you see?
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Mother, mother, I can see
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a walrus dozing on the ice
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Next to a frozen magpie
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The ribs of a human skeleton,
Working the jawbone and
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gnashing the teeth,
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Oh, I can hardly believe
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that he was once a per son
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On the way home we got ice cream,
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covered in mon key blood sauce
And taking the long way through the park,
what can you see?
William, William, I can see
The first few drops of rain in the air
Sparkling like diamonds
We had a wonderful day today
We had a wonderful day
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