General Grant's Visit to Dundee - Michael Marra
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[Verse]
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U. S. Grant paid a visit to my home town
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Spruced it up with a lick of paint and showed him round
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Two bands played in fierce competition as the rain fell  down
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The General said "What a mighty long bridge to such a mighty little old town"

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A man called Grant hung from a window with the Stars and Stripes
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The orphan boys sang Alouette, sweetness and light
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As they sang, firebell rang, ran for their lives
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What well-trained little orphans, what a precious little song, Said the General's wife

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Carriage was called to the Magdalen Green before the darkness fell
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With a short stopover for the lady's convenience at the, Royal Hotel
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General frowned through the rest of the speeches, yet, he took it well
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What a lovely little bandstand, with a lovely little steeple, charming little houses,
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such cheerful little people, but what a mighty long bridge to such a mighty little old town

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U. S. Grant paid a visit to my home town
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Spruced it up with a lick of paint and showed him round
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Two bands played in fierce competition as the rain fell  down
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What a pretty little bandstand, and a lovely little steeple,
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what charming little houses, and such cheerful little people
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but what a mighty long bridge to such, a mighty little old town