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Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's,
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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 you."
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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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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."
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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."