Grandad (1970)
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1. I've been sitting here all day, thinking,
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same
old dream ten years away, thinking,
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now
my days are gone, memories linger on,
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thoughts
of when I was a boy.
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2. Penny farthings on the street, riding,
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motor-cars
were funny things, frightening,
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bowling
hoops and spinning tops, penny-dreadful's, lollipops,
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comic
cuts, all different things.
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Grandad, Grandad,
you're lovely,
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that's what we all think of you !
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Grandad, Grandad,
you're lovely,
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that's what we all think of you !
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Grandad, Grandad !
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3. Aeroplanes tied up with strings, flying,
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telephones
and talking things, sighing,
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a
radio and phonograph, Charlie Chaplin made us laugh,
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silently
falling about.
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4. Familiar things I keep around, near me,
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memories
of my younger days, clearly,
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come
into my mind every day I find
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thoughts
of when I was a boy.
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Grandad, Grandad,
you're lovely,
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that's what we all think of you !
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Grandad, Grandad,
you're lovely,
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that's what we all think of you !
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Grandad, Grandad !
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+ Grandad, Grandad, Grandad …
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Clive Dunn)