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There was an old man who lived in a wood
    C               G
As you can plainly see
    C                        F
He said he could do as much work in a day
        C       G         C
As his wife could do in three
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With all my heart the woman she said
    C                     G
If that?s what you will allow
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Tomorrow you?ll stay at home in my stead
    C    G            C
And I'll go drive the plow


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But you must milk our Tidy the cow
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For fear she will go dry
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You must feed the littlest pigs
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That are within the sty
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And you must mind the speckled hen
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For fear she?ll lay away
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And then you must reel the spool of yarn
C       G       C
That I spun yesterday


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The woman she took up her staff in her hand
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And she went to drive the plow
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The old man took up a pail in his hand
C           G           C
And he went to milk the cow
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But Tidy hinched and Tidy flinched
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And Tidy broke his nose
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And Tidy she gave to him such a big blow
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That the blood ran to his toes.