Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away Lived a boy who had so many toys And he didn't know what to do with them all With them all, with them all Well his favorite of all the toys were Won't you look at the one-legged soldier Let's stick him in a boat and send him far away 'Cause I can't find a use for a soldier With a missing leg And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend As he floated past a river raft on his homemade boat Well he had a ballerina and a one-legged soldier, Stuck together at the base And they share each other's destiny As they sit on top of the mantel place It's the story of the one-legged soldier The story of the one-legged soldier The story of the tim soldier with the missing leg