| Dance to your Daddy, my little laddy
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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| Thou shalt have a fish and thou shalt have a fin
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| Thou shalt have a codlin when the boat comes in
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| Thou shalt have haddock baked in a pan
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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| When thou art a young boy, you must sing and play
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| Go along the shore and cast your shells away
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| Build yourself a castle, watch the tide roll in
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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| When thou art a young man, go unto the trades
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| Find yourself a skill, and wages you’ll be paid
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| Then with all your wages, buy yourself some land
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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| When thou art a man and go to take a wife
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| Find yourself a lass and love her all your life
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| She shall be your wife and thou shalt be her man
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little laddie
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man
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| When thou art an old man, father to a son
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| Sing to him the old songs, sing of all you’ve done
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| Pass along the old ways, then let his song begin
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| Dance to your Daddy, my little man |