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Ventrilloquist was he, little boy sat on his knee
           Bb            C
The people knew that the show was but the
F
best one in the land
          Bb
Until the night before the act
            Eb                   Ebm
The dummy's clothes had all been packed
            Bb
away - he'd gone
         C                               F
And he'd left poor Mr. Crow right in the lurch

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You know he's go-ne far awa-y
           Dm       Gm    Bb
I hear his voice go laugh-ing
        Bb      Dm       Eb    Ebm    Bb
What of all the years we shared?

Bb                      Eb              Ebm
Hello Mr. Crow has your little boy left home -
       Bb
did he run away
       C                                 F
Well I hope he'll soon be back to do the show
          Bb
I'm sorry you must feel quite sad when your
Eb            Ebm          Bb
dummy runs aw-ay without a word
        C                    F
That is all old Mr. Crow had heard

              Bb Dm     Gm   Bb
You know he's go-ne far awa-y
  Bb         Dm       Gm    Bb
I hear his voice go laugh-ing
        Bb      Dm       Eb   Ebm    Bb
What of all the years we shared?

Bb                      Eb
Now come on Mr. Crow my dear
C                               F
We'd better have this gottle o' geer

Bb                              Eb
Then one fateful night into the dressing room
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so bright
                  Bb
Walked our friend tabledoll
       C                                                    F
Mr. Crow cried tears of joy all in his tea
                  Bb
The bad doll said kindly address me as Sir
Eb            Ebm        Bb
Norman little man I am a star
           C                                F
And if you weren't so old maybe I'd let you be

my doll

              Bb Dm     Gm  Bb
You know he's go-ne far awa-y
           Dm       Gm    Bb
I hear his voice go laugh-ing
        Bb      Dm       Eb    Ebm    Bb
What of all the years we shared?