General Grants Visit To Dundee

General Grant's Visit to Dundee - Michael Marra

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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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U. S. Grant paid a visit to my home 
town
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Spruced it up with a lick of paint
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 and showed him round
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Two bands played in fierce 
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competition as the rain fell  down
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The General said "What a mighty 
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long bridge to such a mighty 
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little old town"

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A man called Grant hung from a 
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window with the Stars and Stripes
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The orphan boys sang Alouette, 
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sweetness and light
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As they sang, firebell rang, ran 
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for their lives
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What well-trained little orphans, 
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what a precious little song, Said 
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the General's wife

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Carriage was called to the 
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Magdalen Green before the darkness 
fell
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With a short stopover for the 
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lady's convenience at the, Royal 
Hotel
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General frowned through the rest 
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of the speeches, yet, he took it 
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well
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What a lovely little bandstand, 
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with a lovely little steeple, 
charming little houses,
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such cheerful little people, but 
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what a mighty long bridge to such a
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 mighty little old town
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Ab                          Eb
U. S. Grant paid a visit to my home 
town
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Spruced it up with a lick of paint
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 and showed him round
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Two bands played in fierce 
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competition as the rain fell  down
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What a pretty little bandstand, and
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 a lovely little steeple,
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what charming little houses, and 
such cheerful little people
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but what a mighty long bridge to 
such, a mighty little old town