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THE ROUND by PAUL FORT

First Line: SHOULD ALL THE GIRLS OF THE WORLD BE FAIN TO JOIN THEIR HANDS AND FORM
Last Line: SHOULD ALL FOLK OF THE WORLD BE FAIN TO JOIN THEIR HANDS AND FORM A CHAIN.
Subject(s): DANCING & DANCERS;
Should all the girls of the world be fain to join their hands and form a chain,
the round would reach along the beach and girdle all the main.

Should all the lads of the world agree that they would jolly sailors be, the
boats they'd man would form a span that stretched across the sea.

Then 'twould be found that one could dance the world around, ah, happy chance!
should all folk of the world be fain to join their hands and form a chain.



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