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Marvelous Toy

from Antlers by Melanie

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written by Tom Paxton

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MARVELLOUS TOY


When I was just a little girl
Full of health and joy
One Christmas morning I received
A marvellous little toy
A wonder to behold it was
With many colours bright
And the moment I laid eyes on it
It became my heart's delight.

It went zip when it moved
Ba when it stopped
Burr when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will

The first time that I picked it up
I had a big surprise
For right on the bottom were two big buttons
That looked like big green eyes
I first pushed one and then the other
And then I twisted its lid
And when I set it down again
Here is what it did

It went zip when it moved
Ba when it stopped
Burr when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will

It first marched left, then marched right
Then marched under a chair
And when I looked where it had gone
It wasn't even there
I started to cry but my Daddy laughed
He knew that I would find
When I turned around my marvellous toy
A chugging from behind

It went zip when it moved
Ba when it stopped
Burr when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will

Well the years have passed too quickly it seems
I have my own little boy
And Yesterday I gave to him
My marvellous little toy
His eyes nearly popped right out of his head
He gave a squeal of glee
Neither one of us knows just what it is
But he loves it just like me

It still goes zip when it moved
Ba when it stopped
Burr when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will

I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will

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from Antlers, released December 4, 2016

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Melanie Nashville, Tennessee

Pieces of a career, scattered by the winds of experience and assembled again by the force of love into the most personal and brilliant moments of her musical journey. Melanie is poised to enlighten new generations about what it means to sing with both passion and eloquence, to write at once with intelligence and emotion, and to inspire through song. Nobody does this better.
(Robert L. Doerschuk)
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