INTRO
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VERSE 1
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Take good care of what you've got my father said to me
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As he puffed his pipe and Baby B he dandled on his knee
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Don't fool with fools who'll turn away
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Keep all good company
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Oo Hoo Oo Hoo
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Take care of those you call your own
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And keep good company
VERSE 2
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Soon I grew and happy too my very good friends and me
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We'd play all day and Sally J the girl from number four
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And very soon I begged her won't you
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Keep me company
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Oo Hoo Oo Hoo
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Oo Hoo Oo Hoo
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Come marry me forever more
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We'll be good company
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MIDDLE
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Now marriage is an institution sure
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My wife and I our needs and nothing more
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All my friends by a year by and by disappear
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But we're safe enough behind our door
VERSE 3
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I flourished in my humble trade my reputation grew
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The work devoured my waking hours but when my time was through
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Reward of all my efforts my own
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Limited company
SOLO
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I hardly noticed Sally as we parted company
MIDDLE
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All through the years in the end it appears
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There was never really anyone but me
VERSE 4
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Now I'm old I puff my pipe but no-one's there to see
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I ponder on the lesson of my life's insanity
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Take care of those you call your own
C7 F
And keep good company
OUTRO
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