Save The Bones For Henry Jones

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To-night we'll have a party
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we'll eat some food that's rare
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And at the head of the table
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We'll place brother Henry's chair
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Invite all the local big dogs,   
we'll
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laugh and talk and eat,     but 
we'll
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save the bones for Henry Jones
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'Cause Henry don't eat no meat

[Verse 2]
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Today we'll go to market
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and buy a lot of fish,
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That will thrill Brother Henry
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'Cause fish is his special dish
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Get a large can of molasses,
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So we'll have something sweet,
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But we’ll   save the bones for Henry
 Jones,
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'Cause Henry don't eat no meat.

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[Bridge]
C6               C6
Henry don’t like gravy
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He don’t dunk or dip
A7               A7
He don't need no napkin,
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  N.C.
'Cause the things he eats don't drip
  bip

[Verse 3]
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One day we had a banquet,
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it really was a bake.
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They started off with short ribs,
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then they finished off with steak.
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But when the feast was over,
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brother Henry just kept his seat,
       G                   E7
and we served the bones to Henry 
Jones,
       A7          D7     G
'Cause Henry don't eat no meat.

[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
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Our banquet was most proper
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right down to demitasse
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From soup to lox and bagels
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and pheasant under glass  we thought
 the chops were
G7            G7
mellow
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He said his chops were beat
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And we served the bones to Henry 
Jones

[Other]
       A7          D7     G
'Cause Henry don't eat no meat
                             A7    
He shout for bean sprourts.  Henry 
      D7     G
don't eat no meat
                           A7   
Don't you care for bacon?  Henry 
       D7     G
don't eat no meat
                A7          D7     
Badly mistaken. Henry don't eat no 
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meat
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Been on fish since '66. Henry don't
 D7     G
 eat no meat
When he gets his kits so restricts. 
A7          D7     G
Henry don't eat no meat
Sure cant breathe when he eats that 
        A7          D7     G
cheese. Henry don't eat no meat
                             A7    
I'm in the mood for seafood. Henry 
      D7     G
don't eat no meat
But he acts like he wants sea-food. 
A7          D7     G
Henry don't eat no meat.