Feed the birds
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1. Early each day to the steps of
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the little old bird woman
comes.
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In her own special way to the
people she calls,
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"Come,
buy my bags full of crumbs.
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Come feed the little birds,
show them you care,
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and you'll be glad if you do.
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Their young ones are hungry, their nests are so bare,
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all it takes is tuppence from yo…….u."
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Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
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tuppence, tuppence,
tuppence a bag.
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"Feed the birds,"
that's what she cries,
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while overhead, her birds fill
the skies.
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2. All around the cathedral the saints and apostles
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look down as she sells her
wares.
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Although you can't see it, you
know they are smiling,
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each time someone shows that
he cares.
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Though her words are simple
and few,
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listen, listen, she's calling
to you:
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"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
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tuppence, tuppence,
tuppence a bag."
+ repeat verse 2, lines 1 to 4 as instrumental
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Though her words are simple
and few,
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listen, listen, she's calling
to you:
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E
"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
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F - C
tuppence, tuppence,
tuppence a bag."
(orig. = capo 6th) (from „Mary Poppins“)