old doctor wango tango
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old doctor wango tango always wore green clothes
and old doctor wango tango lived by himself all alone
of a steed all skin and bone
of a steed all skin and bone
old doctor wango tango had a dog and a cat also
old doctor wango tango had a tamed black crow
and old doctor wango tango called his thin horse
his dog's name was towser
and his cat's name was mouser
and the crow's name was flippity flam
and the crow's name was flippity flam
old doctor wango tango got very light this way
and old doctor wango tango
gave his animals nothing to eat
though it sometimes came to pass
that they found a little grass
or a crust or a bone without meat meat meat
or a crust or a bone without meat
rode to the top of a hill
and old doctor wango tango found the wind very high and chill
away blew old doctor tango
away blew his thin horse sam
and the black crow flippity flam flam flam
and the black crow flippity flam