Marvellous Toy

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From: [email protected] (Gary Gocek)

I couldn't find a Paxton recording, so this is from what I got from this newsgroup

as well as the Peter, Paul and Mary recording.

{title:The Marvelous Toy}

{st:Tom Paxton}

When [[D]]I was just a [[A7]]wee little lad, [[D]]full of health and [[A7]]joy,

My [[G]]father homeward [[D]]came one night and [[E]]gave to me a [[A7]]toy.

And the moment I lay [[D]]eyes on it, it be[[E]]came my [[A7]]heart's delight.

{start_of_chorus}

It went [[D]]zip when it moved and [[A7]]pop when it stopped,

And [[D]]whirrrrrr when it stood [[G]]still.

I never knew just [[D]]what it was and I [[A7]]guess I never [[D]]will.

{end_of_chorus}

The [[D]]first time that I [[A7]]picked it up, I [[D]]had a big [[A7]]surprise,

'Cause [[G]]right on the bottom were [[D]]two big buttons that [[E]]looked like big green [[A7]]eyes.

I [[D]]first pushed one and [[A7]]then the other, [[D]]then I twisted its [[G]]lid,

And when I set it [[D]]down again, [[E]]here is what it [[A7]]did.

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It [[D]]first marched left and [[A7]]then marched straight, [[D]]then marched under a [[A7]]chair,

And [[G]]when I looked where [[D]]it had gone it [[E]]wasn't even [[A7]]there.

I [[D]]started to cry but my [[A7]]daddy laughted 'cause he [[D]]knew that I would [[G]]find,

When I turned around my [[D]]marvelous toy would be [[E]]chugging on be[[A7]]hind.

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The [[D]]years have gone by too [[A7]]quickly it seems, now [[D]]I have my own little [[A7]]boy,

And [[G]]yesterday I [[D]]gave to him my [[E]]marvelous little [[A7]]toy.

His [[D]]eyes nearly popped right [[A7]]out of his head and he [[D]]gave a squeal of [[G]]glee,

Neither one of us knows just [[D]]what it is but he [[E]]loves it just like [[A7]]me.

{c: chorus}