Mr Candyman

Intro 

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Here's a true story about an old man who would turn the page of the final chapter of his life. 
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He would use pension money to buy candy and all the children called him Mr. Candyman. 



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   They would gather around... children all around town 
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   You would hear them calling to the window up above 
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   "Mr. Candyman... answer us if you can 
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Have you gone away? Don't you love us anymore?" 



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   Old Ira Grey... used to live 
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In the attic of an old tenement house 
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   1861... he fought the Civil War 
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Now he's old and crippled, don't get around much anymore 



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   He'd take an old soup can... with trembling hands 
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   Fill it with candy... and tie it with twine 
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   From the window it came... children called out his name 
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"Mr. Candyman... is back here again" 



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   Old Ira Grey... used to play 
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A tune on his fiddle to pass the time away 
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   I'd hear him late at night, playing "The Sailor's Hornpipe" 
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Then he'd laugh at himself and I'd swear old Ira was tight 



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   He'd take an old soup can... with trembling hands 
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   Fill it with candy... and tie it with twine 
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   From the window it came... children called out his name 
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"Mr. Candyman... you're back here again" 



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   Old Ira Grey... passed away 
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And he was laid to rest in Potter's field that day 
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   No one seemed to care for the old man with the white hair 
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But the children stared at the window up above 



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   They would gather around... kids from all over town 
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   You would hear them calling to the window up above 
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   "Mr. Candyman... answer us if you can 
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Have you gone away? Don't you love us anymore? 
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Mr. Candyman, don't you love us anymore? 
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Have you gone away? Don't you love us anymore?" 
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