| Only the sharpest eyes, The Keenest nose
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| The quickest ears, fleetest toes
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| Can ever outfox the Fox
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| (The men echo, «Can ever outfox the Fox»)
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| Only the stoutest arm, the bravest heart,
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| With a magic charm and a good head start
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| Will ever outfox the Fox
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| (Will ever outfox the Fox)
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| Those who try to tangle with my daring do Wind up at the angle that herring do
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| (They hold their head
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| like every dead herring do)
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| Only the sprightliest sprite, the nimblest elf,
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| The wickedest old witch or the devil himself
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| can ever outfox the Fox
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| (Can ever outfox the fox)
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| Whenever they try to find me They find me where I am not
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| I’m hither and yond, I’m there and gone,
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| I’m Johnny-not-on-the spot!
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| (He whistle as he jump to a low tree branch)
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| I’m out on a limb they think!
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| (He whistles again, jumping down)
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| I’m down on the ground in a wink
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| My enemies say «Gadzooks! |
| It’s spooks!»
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| Shivering in their socks
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| They know that they’ll never, I’m far to clever
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| They’ll never outfox the Fox!
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| The Fox, There’s only one of me Till suddenly there’s two of me When two is what you see of me Gadzooks! |
| Three of me That’s the proper score of me Three of us is the core of me And we can tell you-
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| Woops! |
| Sorry, four of me Fa la la!
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| There’s one of me, two of me, three of me,
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| four of me, five six seven
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| Sorry, no more of me Each as strong as ten are we Very stout hearted men are we We’re off to fight all wrong
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| And we’ll right it Right or wrong
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| I’m hither and yond, I’m there and gone,
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| I’m Johnny-not-on-the spot!
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| Only the sharpest eye, the keenest nose,
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| the quickest ear and the fleetest toes
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| Can ever outfox the Fox
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| Can ever outfox, can ever outfox,
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| can ever outfox, can ever outfox the Fox
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| Anyone of us can be at anytime the Fox
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| But I tell you confidentially that I’m the Fox
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| No I’m no I’m no I’m no I’m no I’m the Fox
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| Well I’m the Fox
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| No I’m the Fox
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| Is he the Fox?
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| No me the Fox
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| If he’s the one,
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| Then who’s this Fox?
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| Aren’t you the Fox?
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| Now who’s the Fox?
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| Because no matter who’s the Fox
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| There’ll never never never never
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| never never never
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| never never never never never outfox the Fox
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| never outfox the Fox
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| never outfox the Fox
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| never outfox the…
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| never outfox the Fox |