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When I was a young boy I'd follow the path
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Down past the dunes to the sea     
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There on the warm sandy beaches we'd lie
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The furry old lobsters and me
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They'd whistle and squeal as they ran through the waves
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So sleek, so furry and fair
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But now when I go down to see my old friends
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The beaches are empty and bare

[Chorus]
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Sing hey hidey ho, where'd the old lobster go?
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And his body so furry and brown?
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Sing ho hidey hey, have they all gone away?
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For we haven't seen many around

[Intro Riff]

[Verse]
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New York sends a monster to darken our seas
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Cursed be the day that it came
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They are ugly and small and not tasty at all
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They are lobsters in nothing but name
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They don't smash open clams on their bellies with stones
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They have neither whiskers nor paws
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And the furry old lobster's so easily crushed
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In the grip of their terrible claws

[Chorus]
     Bb        F               D#           Bb
Sing hey hidey ho, where'd the old lobster go?
        Bb      D#        F
And his body so furry and brown?
     D#       F              Gm       C7
Sing ho hidey hey, have they all gone away?
       D#           F    Bb     Gm
For we haven't seen many around
       D#           F    Bb     Gm
No, we haven't seen many around
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No, we haven't seen many around