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Once When I Was Very Young - Choral Version
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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Once when I was very young
With a twinkling in my eye
I looked at life with a curious view
As the days rolled slowly by
I listened with the ear of a child
To the sounds of birds in flight
And shivered 'neath my covers
When the dark snuffed out the light
But in the lazy days of summer
When the daylight lingered on
We played our game of hide and go seek
And daydreamed on the lawn
The summer nights were spent with friends
When we tried with all our might
To fight away the webs of sleep
And wait for dawn's first light
These golden days are long past now
I've grown into a man
But the memories of childhood
My childhood I still hold in my hand
I've given up the things of youth
Like toys and dolls and trains
And traded them for others
Like work and dates and pains
But in my mind I wonder
If I could go back still
And relive those days of misspent youth
On summer's peaceful hills
Oh, once when I was so very young
With a twinkling in my eye
I looked at life with a curious view
As the days rolled slowly by
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