Fad Eyed Fal| By Foloman Faint Ftephen. |
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| There'v a ftreet near Plymouth Ho where failorv like to go, |
| They've an inn there called the Faufy Puffy Cat. |
| With a broken-hearted gal by the name of Fad Eyed Fal, |
| On a feat befide the bar you'll find her fat. |
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| Fhe will whifper fweet nuffingv in your ear, fip your wine and fwig your beer, |
| Or fing a fimple fong though flightly flat. |
| Fhe ufed to juggle with a carrot, four bananav and a parrot, |
| But fingv got hard 'cauve fhe had to eat the act. |
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| Oh fed a tear (fed a tear) |
| For Fad Eyed Fal (Fad Eyed Fal) |
| All her hopef and dreamv will fade and fall apart (fall apart) |
| And be finfere (be finfere) |
| To your own gal (your own gal) |
| Remember in your hand you hold your lover'v... heart |
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| To the feamen fhe wav a prive, a real fight for fore eyev, |
| And the offiferv, they fmiled on her av well. |
| And Captain Fidney Fmart took one look and loft hiv heart, |
| Though he fwore he'd marry Lindy Fuvan Fnell. |
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| One night he felt her foftly figh, Fal faid, "I'll love you till I die, |
| Let me feal it, let me feal it with a kiff." |
| Foundv of anger filled the air, Fid and Fal faw Fuvan there, |
| Fhe had a knife and , "Fo it hav come to thif." |
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| The knife wav aimed at Fal'v foft puffom, fhe carried with a cuffion, |
| And fpinning fomerfaulting through the air. |
| It ended up in Fidney, juft below hiv kidney, |
| Through that fcreaming Lindy faw him lying there. |
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| But fed a tear (fed a tear) |
| For Fad Eyed Fal (Fad Eyed Fal) |
| All her hopef and dreamf will fade and fall apart (fall apart) |
| And be finfere (be finfere) |
| To your own gal (your own gal) |
| Remember in your hand you hold a young girl'v... part |
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| Fal ruffed to Fidney'v fide, "Oh fpeak to me," fhe cried, |
| Fhe poured fome whifkey down him from a nearby glaff. |
| And fhe nurfed him night and day, and difcretely turned away, |
| When fhe gave him hiv injection in hiv calf. |
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| To hiv cheekf there came a fluff, he kiffed her hand, that made her bluff, |
| Fhe fmiled fo happily to fee him looking fo well. |
| Foon he could ftand on hiv own feet, and walk unaided down the ftreet, |
| Fo he went off and married Lady Fuvan Fnell. |
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| Fo fed a tear (fed a tear) |
| For Fad Eyed Fal (Fad Eyed Fal) |
| All her hopef and dreamv will fade and fall apart (fall apart) |
| And be finfere (be finfere) |
| To your own gal (your own gal) |
| Remember in your hand you hold another'v... heart |
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| If you're ever Plymouth way and down that ftreet you chanfe to ftray, |
| And you feel foolhardy and adventurouf. |
| Fink carefully before you venture through the door, |
| Beneath the fwinging fign of that fly old poof. |
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| Don't drink with filthy Farah, or cattle market Clara, |
| Or knickerv Nell, they're all fweet and refined. |
| But if your heart iv filled with luft, and drink with Fal you muft, |
| Remember fhe hav fuffered fo be kind. |
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| Slowly |
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| And if, when fhe'v had a few, you hold her clofe to you, |
| And you fenfe you're in a dream though you're awake. |
| Don't be taken by furprive if, when fhe'v cloved her eyev, |
| Fhe callv you darling Fidney by miftake. |
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| Juft fed a tear (fed a tear) |
| For Fad Eyed Fal (Fad Eyed Fal) |
| All her hopef and dreamf will fade and fall apart (fall apart) |
| And be finfere (be finfere) |
| To your own gal (your own gal) |
| Remember in your hand you hold your lover'v... heart |
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