Bamboo

 

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1. You take a stick of bamboo, you take a stick of bamboo,

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    you take a stick of bamboo, you throw it in the water,  oh,   oh, Hanaah.

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    You take a stick of bamboo, you take a stick of bamboo,

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    you take a stick of bamboo, you throw it in the water,   oh,   oh, Hanaah.

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    River, river,      she come down. River, river,       she come down.

 

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2. You travel on the river, you travel on the river,

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    you travel on the river, you travel on the water,   oh,    oh, Hanaah.

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    You travel on the river, you travel on the river,

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    you travel on the river, you travel on the water,    oh,    oh, Hanaah.

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    River, river,      she come down. River, river,      she come down.

 

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3. My home's across the river, my home's across the river.

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   my home's across the river, my home's across the water,  oh, oh, Hanaah.

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    My home's across the river, my home's across the river,

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    my home's across the river, my home's across the water, oh, oh, Hanaah.

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    River, river,       she come down.  River, river,      he come down.

 

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4. You take a stick of bamboo, you take a stick of bamboo,

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    you take a stick of bamboo, you throw it in the water....

 

    (Peter, Paul & Mary)