Key: E
Introduction:
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Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's
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The little old bird woman comes.
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In her own special way to the people she calls,
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"Come, buy my bags full of crumbs
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Come feed the little birds,
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Show them you care and you'll be glad if you do
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Their young ones are hungry,
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Their nests are so bare
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All it takes is tuppence from you.
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Feed the birds,
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Tuppence a bag,
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Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.
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Feed the birds,"
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That's what she cries,
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While overhead, her birds fill the skies.
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All around the cathedral the saints and apostles
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Look down as she sells her wares.
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Although you can't see it,
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You know they are smiling
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Each time someone shows that he cares.
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Though her words are simple and few,
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"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
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Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag."