Autumn To May
Noel Paul Stookey, Peter Yarrow, 1962· Songs Well-Known in America · p.27
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Oh once I had a little dog, his color it was brown,
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I taught him for to whistle, to sing and dance and run,
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His legs, they were fourteen yards long, his ears so very wide,
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Around the world in half a day, up-on him I could ride
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Sing, tarry all day, sing autumn to May
Oh, once I had a little frog, He wore a vest of red,
He'd lean upon his silver cane, a top hat on his head,
He'd speak of far-off places, of things to see and do,
And all the kings and queens he met, while sailing in a shoe
Oh, once I had a flock of sheep, they grazed upon a feather,
I'd keep them in a music box, from wind and rainy weather,
And every day the sun would shine, they'd fly all through the Town,
And bring me back some golden rings, and candy by the pound
Oh, once I had a downy swan, she was so very frail,
She sat upon an oyster shell, and hatched me out a snail,
The snail it changed into a bird, the bird to butterfly,
And he who tells a bigger tale would have to tell a lie