General Grant's Visit To Dundee(Chords)

	        

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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