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No. 27:
Song (Hassan) with Chorus
| Hassan. | ||||
| There was once a small Street Arab, | ||||
| And perhaps his little name was Tom; | ||||
| And he lived in Gutter-Persia | ||||
| Where street arabs rightly all come from; | ||||
| And like little Gutter-Persians | ||||
| (Every one and one and all) | ||||
| His young spirits were elastic | ||||
| As an India-rubber ball! | ||||
| Chorus. | ||||
| His young spirits were elastic as a ball! | ||||
| Hassan. | ||||
| And all day long He sang a song, |
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| A merry little ditty as he danced a cellar-flap: | ||||
| "The life I lead is all I need, | ||||
| I know no better" — the lucky little chap! | ||||
| Chorus. | ||||
| "The life I lead is all I need, | ||||
| I know no better," said the lucky little chap! | ||||
| Hassan. | ||||
| Now among the bricks and mortar | ||||
| Did his wretched little lifetime pass; | ||||
| He had never seen a flower | ||||
| Or a single, simple blade of grass; | ||||
| But one day he found a daisy, | ||||
| And he thought that simple thing | ||||
| Was a wondrous flower from heaven, | ||||
| And he took it to the King. | ||||
| Chorus. | ||||
| And he took that simple daisy to the King! | ||||
| Hassan. | ||||
| He meant no wrong, And through the throng |
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| He struggled to the Sultan and then laid it on his lap; | ||||
| (That simple weed — he did indeed), | ||||
| He knew no better — the stupid little chap! | ||||
| Chorus. | ||||
| (That simple weed, he did indeed,) | ||||
| He knew no better, did the stupid little chap! | ||||
| Hassan. | ||||
| But the Sultan gravely thanked him, saying | ||||
| "Would that would that I were wise | ||||
| Enough to take a daisy | ||||
| For a lovely flower from Paradise! | ||||
| But I will not now reward thee, | ||||
| Or exchange thy simple lot | ||||
| For great riches would but rob thee | ||||
| Of a wealth that I have not!" | ||||
| Chorus. | ||||
| Would but rob thee of a wealth that I have not! | ||||
| Hassan. | ||||
| So all day long He sang his song |
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| A merry little ditty as he danced a cellar-flap: | ||||
| "The life I lead is all I need!" | ||||
| He knew no better — the lucky little chap! | ||||
| Chorus. | ||||
| "The life I lead is all I need," | ||||
| He knew no better did the lucky little chap! | ||||
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Page modified 8 July 2008