January Man

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    The January man, he goes around
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    in woolen coat and boots of leather.
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    The February man still shakes the snow
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    from off his clothes and blows his hand.
            Am
    The man of March he sees the Spring,
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    and wonders what the year will bring,     and hopes for better weather.

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    Through April rain the man goes down
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     to watch the birds come in to share the summer.
              C
    The man of May stands very still
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    to watch the children dance away the day.
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    In June the man inside the man
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    is young and wants to lend a hand,    and smiles at each new comer.

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    In July the man in cotton shorts,
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    he sits and thinks and being idle.
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    The August men in thousands take
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    the road to find the sun and watch the sea.
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    September man is standing near
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    to saddle up another year,       and Autumn is his bridle.

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    The man of new October takes the rain,
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    and early frost is on his shoulder.
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    The poor November man sees fire and mist
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    and wind and rain and winter ere.
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    December man looks through the snow
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     to let eleven brothers know,       they're all a little older.

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    The January man, he comes around again
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    in coat and boots of leather.
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    To take another turn and walk
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    along the icy road he knows so well.
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    The January man is here,
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    the start of each and every year,      along the road forever.