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"I Keep Six Honest​.​.​.​" (Rudyard Kipling)

from Poetry and Music 9 by Toby Darling

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"I Keep Six Honest..."

Am
I keep six honest serving-men
E7
(They taught me all I knew);
Am
Their names are What and Why and When
G
And How and Where and Who.
C
I send them over land and sea,
G
I send them east and west;
Am
But after they have worked for me,
E7
I give them all a rest.

I let them rest from nine till five,
For I am busy then,
As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,
For they are hungry men.
But different folk have different views.
I know a person small-
She keeps ten million serving-men,
Who get no rest at all!

C D
She sends'em abroad on her own affairs,
Am G
From the second she opens her eyes-
F Am
One million Hows, two million Wheres,
C G E7
And seven million Whys!


Rudyard Kipling
From The Elephant's Child

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from Poetry and Music 9, released April 10, 2017

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Toby Darling Penang, Malaysia

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Feel free to do anything you want with these tracks, I am not interested in making money from music.

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