Words & music by Paul Simon 1964
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Who - o - o - o will love a little Sparrow?
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Who's traveled fa - ar and cries for rest?
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"Not I" said the Oak Tree,
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"I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest,
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And my blanket of leaves won't warm her cold breast."
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Who - o - o - o will love a little Sparrow?
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And who will spe - ak a kindly word?
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"Not I," said the Swan,
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"The entire idea is utterly absurd,
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I'd be laughed at and scorned if the other Swans heard"
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Who - o - o - o will take pity in his heart
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And who will fe - ed a starving sparrow?
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"Not I," said the Golden Wheat,
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"I would if I could but I cannot I know,
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I need all my grain to prosper and grow."
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And who - o - o - o will love a little Sparrow?
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Will no one wri - te her eulogy?
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"I will," said the Earth,
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"For all I've created returns unto me,
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From dust were ye made and dust ye shall be"
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