| I’ll remember forever
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| When I was but three
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| Mama, who was clever
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| Remarking to me If son when you’re grown up You want everything nice
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| I’ve got your future sewn up If you take this advice
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| Be a clown, be a clown
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| All the world loves a clown
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| Act the fool, play the calf
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| And you’ll always have the last laugh
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| Wear the cap and the bells
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| And you’ll rate with all the great swells
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| If you become a doctor, folks’ll face you with dread
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| If you become a dentist, they’ll be glad when you’re dead
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| You’ll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head
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| Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown
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| Be a clown, be a clown
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| All the world loves a clown
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| Show 'em tricks, tell 'em jokes
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| And you’ll only stop with top folks
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| Be a crack Jackanapes
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| And they’ll imitate you like apes
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| Why be a great composer with your rent in arrears
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| Why be a major poet and you’ll owe it for years
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| When crowds’ll pay to giggle if you wiggle your ears
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| Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown
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| Be a clown, be a clown
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| All the world loves a clown
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| If you just make 'em roar
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| Watch your Mounte bank account soar
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| Wear a painted mustache
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| And you’re sure to make a big splash
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| A college education I should never propose
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| A bachelor’s degree won’t even keep you in clothes
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| But millions you will win if you can spin on your nose
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| Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown
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| Give 'em quips, give 'em fun
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| And they’ll happy to say you’re A-1
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| If you become a farmer you’ve the weather to buck
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| If you become a gambler you’ll be stuck with your luck
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| But Jack you’ll never lack if you can quack like a duck
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| Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown |