Eden Ahbez
(1908-1995)
Nature Boy
There was
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a boy,
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a ve
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ry- strange en chant
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- ed- boy,
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they say he
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wan dered-
ver
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y- far,
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ver
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y- far,
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o
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ver- land
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and sea.
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A
lit
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tle- shy and sad
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of eye, but
ver
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y- wise was he.
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And
then
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one day,
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one mag
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ic- day he came
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my way,
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and as
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we spoke of
man
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y- things,
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fools
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and kings,
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this
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he said
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to me:
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the
great
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est- thing you'll ev
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er- learn
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is
just
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to love and be
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loved in re turn.
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