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Soldier

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Soldier

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Can I hear the story about the one legged soldier please

And can you tell me the story of the soldier please

One more time or I'll knock your nose off

Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away

Lived a boy who had so many toys

And he didn't know what to do with them all

With them all, with them all

Well his favorite of all the toys were the tin soldiers, the tinsoldiers

And the one that he loved the most was the one with the missingleg

At night the toys would come alive or that's how the story istold

And there they met the soldier with the missing leg

And the ballerina with the heart of gold

At night they would share each others dreams

Under the stars shining bright

But they were too shy to speak of love, to speak of love

One day the boy sat them on the windowsill

To watch for the enemy coming over the hill

But when the wind blew it knocked him into the street

And the boys from the town they said

Won't you look at the one legged soldier

Let's stick him in a boat and send him far away

'Cause I can't find a use for a soldier with a missing leg

And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend

And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend

As he floated past a river rat

On his homemade boat

Well the boat began to sink

And he sank to the bottom of the river

He got swallowed by a fish

Caught by a fisherman

Sold to the family of the boy who had the toys

And the cook said look at the one legged soldier

It looks just like the one we lost the other day

Could this be the boy's tin soldier with the missing leg

And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend

And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend

As he sat on the mantle piece to dry from the river

The ballerina who held his heart sat at his side

And when they got up to dance with each other

They fell by the fire blazing bright

When he jumped to save her from the flames

Their bases began to melt into one in the same

And now they share each others destiny

Together forever they will be

And they are no longer lonely for a friend

And they are no longer lonely for a friend

Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away

Lived a boy who had so many toys

And he played with them all

With them all, with them all

Well he had a ballerina and a one legged soldier, stuck togetherat the base

And they share each others destiny as they sit on top of themantel place

It's the story of the one legged soldier

The story of the one legged soldier

The story of the tin soldier with the missing leg

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