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High on a hill stood a lonely goat turd.
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd.
High on a hill there's a lonely goat turd
High on a hill there's a lonely goatherd
High on a hill was a lonely goat turd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goat turd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
High on a hill was a lonely goat turd
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
High on a hill was a lovely goat that heard
High on the hill was a lonely goatherd
High on a hill was a lovely goat that heard...
High on the hill was a lonely goatherd
High on the ceiling's a lonely goatherd
High on the hill was a lonely goatherd
High on the hill sits a lonely goat turd
High on the hill was a lonely goatherd
High on the kill was a lovely goatherd
High on the hills was a lonely goatherd
Men with a beard with the foam afloat heard
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
Men with a beard
Men drinking beer
O-old lady o' de lake-o, o-old lady o' de lake
O-old lady o' de lake-o, lady o' de leak ole.
O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay.
O-old lady o' de lake-o, o-old lady o' de lake
O-old lady o' de lake-o, lady o' de leak ole.
O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay.
What a duet for a girl and goat turd
Layee odl, layee odl-oo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Layee odl, layee odl-oo
What a duet for a girl and goat turd
Layee odl, layee odl-oo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Layee odl, layee odl-oo
What kind of bee eats a poison goat-turd; Yo-Lady-O, Yo-Lady-O, Yo-Lady-O who?
What a duet for a girl and goatherd, Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
What kind of bee eats a poison goat-turd;
Yo-Lady-O, Yo-Lady-O, Yo-Lady-O who?
What a duet for a girl and goatherd,
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
What to wet for a girl and goat heard
What a duet for a girl and goatherd