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Little People

From the musical Les Miserables,
lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer;

They laugh at me. these fellows, just because I am small.
They laugh at me because I'm not a hundred feet tall.
I tell 'em there's a lot to learn here on the ground.
The world is big but little people turn it around.

A worm can roll a stone,
A bee can sting a bear,
A fly can fly around Versailles [pronounced vur-sigh]
'Cos flies don't care!
A sparrow in a hat can make a happy home,
A flea can bite the bottom of the Pope in Rome!

Goliath was a bruiser who was as tall as the sky,
but David threw a right and gave him one in the eye.
I've never read the Bible but I know that it's true
It only comes to show what little people can do!

A worm can roll a stone,
A bee can sting a bear,
A fly can fly around Versailles
'Cos flies don't care!
A sparrow in a hat can make a happy home,
A flea can bite the bottom of the Pope in Rome!

So never kick a dog because it's just a pup.
You better run for cover when the pup grows up!
And we'll fight like 20 armies and we won't give up!

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Little People

From the musical Les Miserables, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer;

From the musical Les Miserables,
lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer;