[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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As I was walkin' down the road, 'twas on one summer's day
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What d'you suppose I chanced to see, goin' the other way?
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Well I knew it weren't the Navy nor the whole McDougal clan
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'Twas a company of cowards, I could tell by the way they ran
[Chorus]
C
Oh get around oh get around get around
G D
Oh get around get away
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'Tis a company of cowards
G
And they've come to save the day
[Verse 2]
C G D
You should've seen their uniforms, shabby as you please
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Mighty shy of buttons, rather baggy at the knees
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And such was their appearance, we laughed until we cried
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It's a pity, Mr. Lincoln, they're not on the other side
[Chorus]
C
Oh get around oh get around get around
G D
Oh get around get away
G C
'Tis a company of cowards
G
And they've come to save the day
[Verse 3]
C G D
I don't recall I ever heard that bugle sound retreat
G C G
I could only hear the thunder of a hundred scamperin' feet
C G D
It was forward into battle they came marching one by one
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But I guess they thought it over, and they thought it best to run
[Chorus}
C
Oh get around oh get around get around
G D
Oh get around get away
G C
'Tis a company of cowards
G
And they've come to save the day
[Verse 4]
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All men who bear the saber share the scandal of that day
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Napoleon would have died of shame to see them run away
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Remember George at Valley Forge made the British boys behave
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You can well imagine now he's rolling over in his grave
[Chorus]
C#
Oh get around oh get around get around
G# D#
Oh get around get away
G# C#
'Tis a company of cowards
G#
And they've come to save the day
[Outro]
C#
Oh get around oh get around get around
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Oh get around get away
G# C#
'Tis a company of cowards
G#
And they've come to save the day
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