Songs and Lyrics (Lehrer)/I Got It from Agnes

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I GOT IT FROM AGNES

words & music by Tom Lehrer

VERSE:

I love my friends
And they love me
We're just as close
As we can be
And just because
We really care
Whatever we get
We share!

CHORUSES:

I got it from Agnes
She got it from Jim
We all agree it must have been Louise who gave it to him
Now, she got if from Harry, who got it from Marie
And everybody knows that Marie ----
Got it from me!

Giles got it from Daphne
She got it from Joan
Who picked it up in County Cork, a-kissin' the Blarney Stone
Pierre gave it to Sheila, who must have brought it there
He got it from François and Jacques, aha! ---
Lucky Pierre!

Max got it from Edith
Who gets it every spring
She got it from her Daddy, who just gives her everything
She then gave it to Daniel, whose spaniel has it now
Our dentist even got it, and we're still ----
Wondering how!

But I got it from Agnes
Or maybr it was Sue
Or Millie or Billie or Gillie or Willie, it doesn't matter who
It might have been at the pub, or at the club, or in the loo
And if you will be my friend, then I might
Mind you, I said "might"
orchestral passage, during which he looks around the audience, finally chooses someone, grins, points to him or her, and says:
Give it to you!