Disobedience (James James Morrison  Morrison)    (video)    (intro)

 

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1. James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree

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    took great care of his mother, though he was only three.

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    James James said to his mother: "Mother," he said, said he.

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 "Don't ever go down to the end of the town, if you don't go down with me.

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 Don't ever go down to the end of the town, if you don't go down with me."

 

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2. James James Morrison's mother put on her golden gown,

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   James James Morrison's mother, she drove to the end of the town.

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    James James Morrison's mother, she said to herself, said she,

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  "Well, I can get down to the end of the town, and be back in time for tea.

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  Well, I can get down to the end of the town, and be back in time for tea."

 

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3. King John put up a notice: "Lost, stolen or strayed,

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    James James Morrison's mother, she seems to have been mislaid.

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    Wandering vaguely all about quite of her own accord,

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    she tried to get down to the end of the town, forty shillings reward.

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    She tried to get down to the end of the town, forty shillings reward.

 

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4. James James Morrison Morrison, commonly known as "Jim",

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    said to his other relations not to go blaming him.

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    For James James said to his mother, "Mother", he said, said he,

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 "Don't ever go down to the end of the town, if you don't go down with me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    You must never go down to the end of the town,

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    if you don't go down with me."

 

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5. Now, James James Morrison's mother, she hasn't been heard of since,

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    King John, he said he was sorry, and so did the queen and the prince.

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    King John, somebody told me, said to a man he knew,

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    "If people go down to the end of the town, well what can anyone do?

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    If people go down to the end of the town, well what can anyone do?"

 

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6. J.J.     M.M.     W.G.Du P.

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    took great  c/o his M*****    though he was only 3.

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    J.J. said to his M*****,   "M*****," he said, said he:

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    Don’t-ever-go-down-to-the-end-of-the-town-

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    if-you-don't-go-down-with-ME!"

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    "You-must-never-go-down-to-the-end-of-the-town-

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    if-you-don't-go-down-with-ME !"

 

    (A. A. Milne)