Key: B
Introduction: D
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1. Ever seen a blind man cross the road
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Trying to reach the other side ?
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Ever seen a young girl growing old
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Trying to make herself a bride ?
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So what becomes of you my love
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When they have finally stripped you of
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The handbags and the gladrags
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That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
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2. Once I was a young man
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And all I thought I had to do was smile
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You are still a young girl
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And you bought everything in style
Em
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But once you think you're in, you're out
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'Cause that don't mean a single thing without
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The handbags and the gladrags
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That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy
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3. Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
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And take a bottle full of rye
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Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
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And bake them all in a pie
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They told me you missed school today
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So what I suggest you just throw them all away
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The handbags and the gladrags
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That your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy
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Em
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They told me you missed school today
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So what I suggest you just throw them all away
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The handbags and the gladrags
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That your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy
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