Keep on singing

(Keep on singing don't stop singing)

(You're gonna be a star some day)

(You're gonna make a lot of people happy)

(When they come to hear you play)

I don't remember mama

She died when I was born

We lived in a one room shanty

But daddy tried to make it a home

When I was only six years old

I started singing in the streets

People would throw me pennies

So I could daddy make ends meet

They said

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Keep on singing

Don't stop singing

You're gonna be a star someday

You're gonna make a lot of people happy

When they come to hear you play

They said keep on singin

Keep the bells a ringin

Spread the music from town to town

There's not enough song in this old world

So spread your song around

By the time I was 10 years old

I had a rock n roll band

Daddy's eyes were growing dim

But I didn't understand

He said he would be so proud of me

Each time he'd hear us play

At night he'd pull me to his side

And daddy would always say

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He didn't have much money

But things didn't seem so bad

I felt just like the queen of the world

When I was with my dad

Then one rainy April night

Daddy called me to his side

He held me with his tremblin hands

Right before he died

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