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Now everybody's got a crazy notion of their own
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Some like to mix up with a crowd, some like to be alone
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It's no one else's business as far as I can see
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But every time that I go out the people stare at me
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With my little ukulele in my hand
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Of course the people do not understand
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Some say "Why don't you be a scamp?, Why don't you read a book?"
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But I get lots more pleasure when I'm playing with me uke!
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Of course I take no notice you can tell
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For mother's sound advice will always stand
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She said "My boy do as I say and you'll never go astray
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If you keep that ukulele in your hand, yes, son,
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Keep your ukulele in your hand!"
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While walking on the prom one night as peaceful as can be
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When some young girl said "What about a walk down by the sea?"
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She said her name was Min and she'd just come for the day
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She looked so young and harmless that I couldn't turn away
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So with my little ukulele in my hand
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Me and Min we walked along the sand
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We walked along for miles without a single care or frown
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But when we reached the sand dunes she said "Come on let's sit down."
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I felt so shy and bashful sitting there
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'Cause the things she said I didn't understand
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She said "Your love just makes my dizzy, come on big boy get busy..."
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But I kept my ukulele in my hand, yes, sir,
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I kept my ukulele in my hand!
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Made up my mind that I'd get wed some eighteen months ago
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I also bought a book about the things a boy should know
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But just about a week ago I had an awful fright
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I had to get dressed quickly in the middle of the night
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And with my little ukulele in my hand
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I went running down the street to Doctor Brand
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It didn't take him long to get his bag of tools
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I held his hat and coat and let him have me book of rules
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Out the bedroom door he looked and smiled
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He said "Come on in and see your wife and child.'
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My heart it filled with joy, I could see it was a boy
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For he had a ukulele in his hand, oh, baby,
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He had a ukulele
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He had a ukulele
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He had a ukulele in his hand!