Camilla the Camel
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Diddle diddle dum dum, diddle
diddle dum,
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du du da da da, da dum dum. (2x)
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1. Camilla, she was very small, but she was very strong,
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she could walk as far as the
other camels all day long.
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'Please let me carry a load',
but her masters all said, 'No !
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E Am
Oh, little one, you're much
too small and there's so far to go.
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E Am
Not now, but soon, not now,
but soon'.
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The only words she ever heard
under the desert moon.
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2. 'Couldn't I carry a little load, what do I have to do,
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I wish there was a way for me
to prove I'm ready to you.
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I know I am the smallest and I
don't want to be a grump,
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E Am
but this business of me having
to wait is giving me the hump'.
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E Am
'Not now, but soon, not now,
but soon,
F Am E Am
the only words I ever hear
under the desert moon.'
Am
+ Diddle diddle dum dum, diddle diddle dum,
E Am
du du da da da, da dum dum. (2x)
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Dm Am
3. One day her masters fell asleep and they wandered from the road,
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the camels slept for they were
tired from carrying their loads.
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So Camilla unrolled some silk
like a billowing rainbow sail,
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E Am
and under the desert moon she
trudged back onto the trail.
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'And if my masters follow the
silk, they'll get back to the road,
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E Am
and then perhaps for my reward
they'll let me carry a load.
E Am Dm
E Am
Not now, but soon, not now,
but soon,'
F Am E Am
the only words she ever heard
under the desert moon.
Am
+ Diddle diddle dum dum, diddle diddle dum,
E Am
du du da da da, da dum dum. (2x)
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Dm Am
4. Well, the next day when they found her, her masters were so pleased,
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'Oh, little one, you helped us
all and we are all agreed.
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You shall lead us onward and
you shall follow that star,
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E Am
and you shall carry our gifts
of Gold and Frankincense and Myrrh.
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E Am
Not now, but soon, not now,
but soon,
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lead the Three Wise Men to
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+ Diddle diddle dum dum, diddle diddle dum,
E Am
du du da da da, da dum dum. (6x) ....
(Ralph McTell)