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Come one, come all |
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Leave your looms and milking stools |
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Coop the hens and pen the mules |
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Come one, come all |
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Close the churches and the schools |
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It's the day for breaking rules |
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Come and join the Feast of Fools |
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Once a year we throw a party here in town |
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Once a year we turn all Paris upside down |
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Every man's a king and every king's a clown |
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Once again it's Topsy Turvy Day |
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It's the day the Devil in us gets released |
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It's the day we mock the pig and shock the priest |
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Everything is topsy turvy at the Feast of Fools |
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(Topsy turvy) |
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Everything is upsy-daisy |
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(Topsy turvy) |
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Everyone is acting crazy |
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Dross is gold and weeds are a bouquet |
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That's the way on Topsy Turvy Day |
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(Topsy turvy) |
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Beat the drums and blow the trumpets |
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(Topsy turvy) |
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Join the bums and thieves and strumpets |
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Streaming in from Chartres to Calais |
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Scurvy knaves are extra scurvy on the sixth of January |
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All because it's Topsy Turvy Day |
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Come one, come all |
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Hurry, hurry, here's your chance |
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See the mystery and romance |
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Come one, come all |
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See the finest girl in France |
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Make an entrance to entrance |
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Dance la Esmeralda, dance |
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Here it is, the moment you've been waiting for |
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Here it is, you know exactly what's in store |
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Now's the time we laugh until our sides get sore |
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Now's the time we crown the King of Fools |
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So make a face that's horrible and frightening |
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Make a face as gruesome as a gargoyle's wing |
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For the face that's ugliest will be the King of Fools |
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Why? |
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(Topsy turvy) |
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Ugly folks, forget your shyness |
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(Topsy turvy) |
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You could soon be called, "Your Highness" |
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Put the foulest features on display |
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Be the king of Topsy Turvy Day |
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Everybody |
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Once a year we throw a party, here in town |
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(Hail to the king) |
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Once a year we turn all Paris upside down |
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(Oh, what a king!) |
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Once a year the ugliest will wear a crown |
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(Girls, give a kiss) |
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Once a year on Topsy Turvy Day |
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(We've never had a king like this) |
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And it's the day we do the things that we deplore |
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On the other three hundred and sixty-four |
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Once a year we love to drop in, where the beer is never stoppin' |
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For the chance to pop some popinjay |
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And pick a king who'll put the top in Topsy Turvy Day |
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Topsy turvy, mad and crazy, upsy-daisy, Topsy Turvy Day |
