Teddy said it was a hat,

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• If you are a dreamer, Come in. If you are a dreamer, A wisher, A liar, A hoper, A prayer, A magic-bean-buyer, If you're a pretender, Come sit by my fire, For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!
• If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore) If you have to dry the dishes (‘Stead of going to the store) If you have to dry the dishes And you drop one on the floor Maybe they won’t let you Dry the dishes anymore
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• Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.