Pretty Paper

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Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue, 
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wrap your presents to your darling from you. 
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Pretty pencils to write "I love you". 
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Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue. 
  
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1. Crowded street, busy feet hustle by him, 
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    downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh. 
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    There he sits all alone on the sidewalk, 
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    hoping that you won't pass him by. 
  
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2. Should you stop? Better not, much too busy ! 
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    You're in a hurry, my, how time does fly ! 
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    In the distance the ringing of laughter, 
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    and in the midst of the laughter he cries. 
  
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