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THE VIOLIN

Violet, Mary, Dick, come in!
Daddy's taken the violin;
And he's going to play for you and me
The tune of the Bonnets of Bonnie Dundee!
He's tucked the fiddle under his chin,
He says he's ready to begin;
And when Dundee has ridden away
He'll fiddle us over the Emerald Bay!
He'll trip us into County Clare,
And dance us over the Bridge of the Air.
Violet, Mary, Dick, come in!
Daddy's taken the violin!