The Dancing Song / Songs and Lyrics

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W:I learned to dance when I was a boy,
W:And dancing was my greatest joy.
W:I'll still be dancing when I grow old,
W:When the seas run dry and the earth turns cold.
W:My father taught me how to dance.
W:He said it was a special chance
W:To enjoy my life and learn to be free,
W:An ordinary boy like me.
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W:Soon came the time to go to school.
W:The teacher said I was a fool.
W:You should have heard my school friends roar
W:As I danced out through the classroom door.
W:I didn't cry. I didn't fret.
W:I'll teach myself the alphabet.
W:I packed my bags that very same night
W:And danced out into the morning light.
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W:I heard a cockerel herald the morn.
W:I saw a new spring day be born.
W:I heard the birds all rustle their wings,
W:And everyone in chorus sing.
W:I danced and danced as if to show
W:The trees and flowers how to grow.
W:I felt that I would never tire.
W:I gave a yell and jumped up higher.
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W:And then a thought came into my head:
W:The time had come for me to wed,
W:And with my sweetheart true and wild.
W:We heeled and toed it up the aisle.
W:The people cheered. The thrushes sang.
W:For miles around the church bells rang.
W:The pubs were shut when we were wed,
W:So we waltzed straight up to our wedding bed.
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W:Soon came children, one, two, three,
W:And they all danced like their mother and me,
W:But they soon lost the prize I'd earned,
W:Soon forgot the steps they'd learned.
W:When my dear wife died, I knew the day
W:Had come for me to dance away,
W:Over the mountain, over the sea.
W:Nothing on earth can hold back me.
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W:But let me give you a word of warning:
W:If you go out on a summer's morning,
W:Around the corner and down the street,
W:You'll hear the sound of my dancing feet.
W:Don't come too close. Try not to hear.
W:Just keep away; don't come too near,
W:Or the dance may take you as it took me
W:From lovers and friends and family.

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