I Got It From Agnes

Album: Songs and More Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
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  • I love my friends and they love me
    We're just as close as we can be
    And just because we really care
    Whatever we get, we share!

    I got it from Agnes
    She got it from Jim
    We all agree it must have been
    Louise who gave it to him

    Now she got it from Harry
    Who got it from Marie
    And ev'rybody knows that Marie
    Got it from me

    Giles got it from Daphne
    She got it from Joan
    Who picked it up in County Cork
    A-kissin' the Blarney stone

    Pierre gave it to Shiela
    Who must have brought it there
    He got it from Francois and Jacques
    Aha, lucky Pierre!

    Max got it from Edith
    Who gets it ev'ry spring
    She got it from her daddy
    Who just gives her ev'rything

    She then gave it to Daniel
    Whose spaniel has it now
    Our dentist even got it
    And we're still wondering how

    But I got it from Agnes
    Or maybe it was Sue
    Or Millie or Billie or Gillie or Willie
    It doesn't matter who

    It might have been at the pub
    Or at the club, or in the loo
    And if you will be my friend, then I might
    (Mind you, I said "might")
    Give it to you! Writer/s: Tom Thomas Lehrer
    Publisher: Public Domain
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • G.wolfe from Nc, UsThe review says "lady friends" but the lyrics make clear that friends are friends.
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