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438 go in the best of so - ci - e -ty, For

be a good friend if em-ployed a-right, A

I am a wel-come cal - ler; Whenev-er I talk, you will

bad one if you a-buse me; Don’ t struggle to keep me for-

all a-gree, I'm as bright as a Sil - ver ever in sight, Nor.... weep if you hap-pen to

Dol -lar!

lose me. Hi! O-hi! Sing Did-dy-o-di! For

(Repeat for refrain)

king or sage or schol -lar; Than all of the three. I’d

rather be An hon -nest Sil - ver Dol - lar!

Now, Master Dollar, go you straight

And fetch us fuel for the grate,

With bread, and milk, and Oolong tea,

For little Melilotte and me.

A welcome task, indeed, say I;

And so I bid you both good-by!

Now spread the board for our repast,

The nimble Dollar travels fast.

The ta - ble cloth we must lay; That's

And here we have our but - ter plate; A

(Meliotte)

true be-yond a doubt. ’Twill have to go the

ve - ry good one too. The knives and forks, we

oth - er way, ’twas fold - ed wrong-side out! Now

lay them straight, for that's the way to do; The

you take milk and I take tea, As

tea - pot we must not for - get, Then