| In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
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| Tell 'em I’ll be there
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| In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
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| Save your pappy a chair
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| When the party’s getting a glow on And singin' fills the air
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| In the shank of the night
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| When the doin’s are right
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| Well you can tell em I’ll be there
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| I like a barbecue
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| I like to boil a ham
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| And I vote for bouillabaisse stew
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| What’s that?
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| I like a weenie bake, steak and a layer cake
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| And you’ll get a tummy ache too
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| We’ll rent a tent or a teepee
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| Let the town crier cry
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| «All's well!»
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| And if it’s RSVP
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| This is what I’ll reply
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| In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
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| Tell 'em we’ll be there
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| If you need a pair of freeloaders
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| To fracture your affair
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| I may even give them Pagliacci
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| Now stand back and give him air
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| If one can relax and we’ll have a few yaks
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| And you can tell them we’ll be there
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| «Oui,"said the bumblebee
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| «Let's have jubilee.»
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| «When?"said the prairie hen, «Soon?»
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| «Sure,"said the dinosaur
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| «Where?"said the grisly bear
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| «Under the light of the moon.»
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| «How about your brother, jackass?»
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| Everyone gaily cried
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| «Are you coming to the fracas?»
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| Ain’t gonna blow it
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| «Over respects,"he sighed
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| In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
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| Tell 'em I’ll be there
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| In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
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| Slickum on my hair
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| If perchance we look a bit peaked
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| Remember c’est la guerre
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| If we’re still on our feet
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| And there’s something to eat
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| Well you can tell them we’ll be there
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| In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
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| Tell 'em I’ll be there
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| In the cool, cool, cool of the evening
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| Better save a chair
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| When the party’s getting a glow on And singin' fills the air
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| If there’s gas in my hack
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| and my laundry is back
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| If there’s room for one more
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| And you need me Why sure
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| If you need a new face or a tenor or base
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| If I can climb out of bed and put a hat on my head
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| Well you can tell 'em we’ll be there. |