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A MERRY HEART: I SING WHILE I WASH THE DISHES by THELMA LUCILE LULL

First Line: OH, I MUST DANCE A WHIRLIGIG
Last Line: FOR I HAVE SEEN THE GOOSES GREEN!
Subject(s): DANCING & DANCERS; FESTIVALS; GEESE; FAIRS; PAGEANTS;

Oh, I must dance a whirligig,
A waltz, a gallop, and a jig,
Dance on my toes,
And on my nose,
And everywhere the music goes.
I stretch my neck and wave my ears,
Till like a windmill I appears,
For I have seen the gooses green,
@3For I have seen the gooses green!@1

Oh, I must sing like a whole brass band,
Kazoos and callyopes in each hand;
On one leg hop,
Like a lollipop,
That can always start but never stop.
I stretch my neck and wave my ears,
Till like a windmill I appears,
For I have seen the gooses green,
@3For I have seen the gooses green!@1

Oh, I must shout like a volcano,
A puffing, blowing hurricane-O!
Turn handsprings,
And highland flings,
And fourteen dozen other things.
I stretch my neck and wave my ears,
Till like a windmill I appears,
For I have seen the gooses green,
@3For I have seen the gooses green!@1



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