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I never really fell in love till I went up to Fakenham Fair
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And I chanced for to meet with a carnival girl a-selling the chances there
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I tried for a lamp or a Spanish shawl or a golden filigree
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But all the while her eyes were saying, “Oh! Come take a chance on me.”
[Chorus]
F C
So swing around the merry-go-round.
F G
Give the wheel of fortune a whirl,
C F C F
For the finest prize at Fakenham Fair
C G C
Is the pretty carnival girl.
[Verse 2]
C F C F C F C
Her eyes were blue, her hair it was brown and her lips they were soft and red
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And a shape like hers I had never seen and my eyes well they popped from my head
F C F G
But I was young and innocent but still even I could see
C F C F C G C
That the way she laughed and she winked my way it said, “Come take a chance on me.”
[Chorus]
F C
So swing around that old merry-go-round.
F G
Give the wheel of fortune a whirl,
C F C F
The finest prize at Fakenham Fair
C G C
Is the pretty carnival girl.
[Verse 3]
C F C F C F C
The old folks said, “She ain't for you, boy, oh, what will the old people think?”
G C F C F C G C
But I took my chance and I won that girl just as quick as an eye could wink
F C F G
And the very best day in all my life, whatever come to pass,
C F C F C G C
Was the day that I went up to Fakenham Fair and I won me a carnival lass.
[Chorus]
F C
So swing around that old merry-go-round.
F G
Give the wheel of fortune a whirl,
C F C F
The finest prize at Fakenham Fair
C G C
Is the pretty carnival girl.
