| When I was a little bitty boy
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| My grandmother bought me a cute little toy
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| A drum with jingles in between
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| Said «Take care of your tambourine»
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| Oh, my tambourine, my tambourine
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| I do like to shake my tambourine
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| My tambourine, my tambourine
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| I keep on shaking my tambourine
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| When I started Sunday School
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| To learn to live by the Golden Rule
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| I got happy and caused a scene
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| Rose up and shook my tambourine
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| Oh, my tambourine, my tambourine
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| I do like to shake my tambourine
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| My tambourine, my tambourine
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| I keep on shaking my tambourine
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| Once, I remember in grammar school
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| I was talking to a girl in the vestibule
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| She dug my music and my routine
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| I showed her how to shake my tambourine
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| Oh, my tambourine, my tambourine
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| I love to shake my tambourine
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| My tambourine, my tambourine
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| I’ma keep on shaking my tambourine
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| Soon as we finished junior high
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| Had my tambourine standing by
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| I took her graduation ring
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| And linked it up with my tambourine
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| Oh, my tambourine, my tambourine
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| I keep on shaking my tambourine
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| My tambourine, my tambourine
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| I keep on shaking my tambourine |