Intro
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[Chorus]
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Here's a little song about Ernie
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Ernie my little pet slug
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We used to go for walks in the garden
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And 'ave a nice picnic on a rug
[Verse 1]
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Ernie was a slug born in winter
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Out in the wind and cold
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So I took Ernie in at winter
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And I said "together you and I'll grow old"
[Chorus]
F# G#m
Here's a little song about Ernie
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Ernie my little pet slug
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We used to go for walks in the garden
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And 'ave a nice picnic on a rug
[Verse 2]
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As Ernie grew up I grew to love him
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'e truly was the apple o' me eye
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An' I told 'im "O' sweet Ernie 'ow I love you,
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but if you ever eat me flowers then you'll die..."
[Chorus]
F# G#m
Here's a little song about Ernie
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Ernie my little pet slug
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We used to go for walks in the garden
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And 'ave a nice picnic on a rug
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[Verse 3]
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I'll go into the park with Ernie
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Playin' fetch an' 'avin' such a laugh
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But when I throw a stick for Ernie
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I 'ave to wait around for a week an' 'alf
[Chorus]
F# G#m
Here's a little song about Ernie
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Ernie my little pet slug
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We used to go for walks in the garden
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And 'ave a nice picnic on a rug
[Verse 4]
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We both went out to a restaurant
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to 'ave a little sommat to eat
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But now we can't go back to the restaurant
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'cos Ernie left slime on the seat
[Chorus]
F# G#m
Here's a little song about Ernie
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Ernie my little pet slug
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We used to go for walks in the garden
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And 'ave a nice picnic on a rug
[Verse 5]
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Now one day Ernie was naughty
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And it turned our friendship sour
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Cause while out walkin' in the garden
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I noticed Ernie'd eaten all me flowers
[Chorus]
F# G#m
So that's my song about Ernie
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Ernie my little pet slug
F# G#m
We used to go for walks in the garden
C# F#
And 'ave a nice picnic on a rug