The Whiffenpoof song (video) (midi)

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1. To the tables down at Mory's to the place where Louie dwells,

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to the dear old Temple bar we love so well,

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sing the Whiffenpoofs assembled with their glasses raised on high,

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and the magic of their singing casts its spell.

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2. Yes, the magic of their singing of the songs we love so well,

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"Shall I Wasting" and "Mavourneen" and the rest.

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We will serenade our Louie while life and voice shall last,

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then we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest.

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3. We're poor little lambs who have lost our way, baa, baa, baa,

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we're little black sheep who have gone astray, baa, baa, baa.

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Gentleman songsters off on a spree, doomed from here to eternity,

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Lord, have mercy on such as we, baa, baa, baa

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Gentleman songsters off on a spree, doomed from here to eternity,

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Lord, have mercy on such as we, baa, baa, baa.

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi=capo 0) (Bing Crosby)