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If I Were A Rich Man
If I Were A Rich Man
I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks
For the town to see and hear.
And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" and "quack"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man."
dig ----guh, dig -----guh, dee ---dle, dai ----dle dum. All day long I´d bid ---dy, bid ----dy bum,
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dai -----dle, dee ------dle, dai -----dle , dig ----guh, dig -------guh dee -----dle, dai -------del dum.
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If I were a bid ----dy, bid ----dy rich, dig -----guh, dig ----guh dee -----dle dai -----dle dum.
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I´d build a big tall house with rooms by the doz -------en
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right in the mid -------dle of the town. A fine tin roof with
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real woo --- den floors be -------------low. There could be one long stair ----case
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just go ------ ing up and one e --------ven lon ------ger com --- ing down. And
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one more lea -----ding no----where just for show. I´d fill my yard with chicks and
Notate by Kastelfan
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tur -----keys and geese and ducks for the town to see and hear. Squawk -ing just as
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nois --------i ---------ly as they can. And each loud quack and cluck and
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gob --------ble and honk will land like a trum ----pet on the ear. as
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dai -----dle dee -----dle dai -----dle dig -----guh, dig -----guh dee ----dle, dai ------dle dum,
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All day long I´d bid ---dy bid ----dy bum, if I were a weal ----thy man.
Would ---n´t have to work hard, dai -------dle, dee -------dle, dai -------dle,
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dig -------guh , dig --------guh, dee ------dle, dai -------dle dum. Lord who made the
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would it spoil some vast e -----ter --nal plan, if I were a weal -thy man.
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