| You can hip, hip hurray
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| It was growing pop and it couldn’t stop
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| Now it’s number one thanks to Tom the piper’s son
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| Tom, Tom, the piper’s son
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| He stole a tune and away he run
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| And away run he with that melody
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| Tom was hot, the tune was sweet
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| But he revamped it with a new off beat
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| And the classic thing got a shot of swing
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| Mr. Brahms cried, argh
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| So did Mozart and Bach
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| And to hear them rave
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| Paganini tumbled over in his grave
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| And now that tune that no one played
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| Has stepped right up and hit the hit parade
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| It was growing pop and it couldn’t stop
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| Now it’s number one thanks to Tom the piper’s son
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| Tom, Tom, the piper’s son
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| He stole a tune and away he run
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| And away run he with that melody
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| Tom was hot, the tune was sweet
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| But he vamped it with a boogie beat
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| And the classic thing got a shot of swing
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| Beethoven turned gray
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| So did Debussy and Bose
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| It was such a stew
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| Tchaikovsky said, «I'm gonna sue»
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| And now that tune that no one played
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| Has stepped right up and hit the hit parade
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| It was growing pop and it couldn’t stop
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| Now it’s number one thanks to Tom the piper’s son |