| When I was a kid
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| I had a little record
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| I played it over and over
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| Each and every day
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| Sung by a man
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| Named Louie Armstrong
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| Saint’s marched right in from my Close and Play
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| When I was a kid
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| I had a little picture
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| And I looked at that picture
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| All the time
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| Painted by a man
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| Mama said his name was Vinnie
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| A farmer sowing seeds on a really nice day
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| Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies like
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| To help 'em be happy
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| Like that guy named Mike
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| Yeah that groovy old man that fixes my bike
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| Down there on 'Dumaine Street, New Orleans Louisiana
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| When I was a kid
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| I had a little wiener dog
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| I loved that little wiener dog
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| And she loved me
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| Spent warm spring days feeding that little wiener dog
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| Ripe sweet cherries from our cherry tree
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| (An') if I ever get older, if I ever die
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| If I get to a gate at the end of the sky
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| And a beautiful creature says
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| Now Bonnie what do you want?
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| Might say a record and a picture and a wiener dog swear to God
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| Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies want
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| To help 'em be happy
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| Like that ol' gal named Betty
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| Yeah that groovy old chick teaches Tai-Chi on the levee
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| Rain or shine she’s out there she’s dedicated
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| She wrinkled but she
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| Lovely
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| She flexible and don’t you wish we all were flexible enough to
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| Dance now?
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| Dance little children now
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| The whole round world is your neighborhood
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| Dance little children now
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| Nekkid as a Jaybird
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| Dance little children now
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| The whole round world is your neighborhood
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| Dance little children now
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| Nekkid as a Jaybird
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| They’re just trinkets
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| Little stepping stones
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| To let you know you was here |