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Teary eyes at the window, |
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Where did Mum and Dad go? |
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I wish someone would hurry up and come and get me, |
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Gee I'm scared |
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The cat shot through, She saw the light and fled. |
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Cracker night was a real big deal, when I was a little kid |
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They started lettin' them off after tea I ran inside and hid |
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And all the dogs from everywhere were underneath me bed. |
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We all went down in our dressing gowns to see the big bonfire |
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Wide eyes watched the straw man burn on a mile-high pile of tyres |
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Hot as hell, big black smell and red hot rings of wire. |
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Sky rockets zinging, |
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Catherine wheels spinning, |
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What a flamin' evening, |
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Fire trucks were screaming |
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Smoky haze hangin' round for days |
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And Grandma's ears were ringing. |
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Everynight after school draggin' bits of wood, |
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Boxes and branches and rotten old fences, |
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And mattresses were good. |
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We even scrounged a vinyl lounge |
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And anything we could |
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Little Guy Fawkes's and letter boxes |
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Blown all out of shape |
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Light the wick and back off quick, |
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And make the big escape |
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Cackin' ourselves and rippin' my shirt |
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Scrambling through the gate |
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Sky rockets zinging |
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Catherine wheels spinning |
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What a flamin' evening |
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Fire trucks were screaming |
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Smoky haze hangin' round for days |
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And Grandma's ears were ringing. |
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A house burnt down on the edge of town |
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We all took off with Pa |
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This thing whizzed across the road |
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And nearly hit our car |
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A bang and spark lit up the park |
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And everyone went Ah! Ah! Ah! |
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Cracker night was a real big deal, |
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When I was a little kid, |
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It seems like only yesterday |
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Tucked away in bed |
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Dreams of schemes and double bunger |
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Daring things we did |