HARRY THE PLASTIC BOTTLE

6/8 - BPM 60
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This is the story of the old plastic bottle

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The old plastic bottle who went to the sea

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This is the story of the old plastic bottle

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Who lives where he shouldn’t be

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Let’s call him Harry, this old plastic bottle,

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He lived on a shelf in an old corner shop

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Along came a girl who was feeling quite thirsty

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She wanted a drink from a bottle that went pop

POP!

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So she chose Harry, she took him o the shelf

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Paid some money and bought Harry for herself

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And so starts the journey of the old plastic bottle

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the old plastic bottle who went to the sea

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So starts the journey of the old plastic bottle

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Who lives where he shouldn't be

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Harry was happy he had a new buddy

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The girl popped the top [POP!] and drank it all up [GLUG GLUG GLUG GLUG!]

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Harry was ready to go in the bin

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To be recycled and start his journey again

[DRAMATIC, LOOSE TEMPO]

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But poor old harry was tossed to the ground

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And he started to worry that he’d never be found

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It started to rain and it rained and it rained

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And poor old harry was washed down the rain

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The underground rivers took him far away

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And Harry was carried for days and days

SLOWER - 48 BMP

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A long time time passed and eventually

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Harry washed right out to the sea

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He saw lots of plastic things on the way

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Containers and bags who’d be been tossed away

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Poor old Harry he does not belong

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Where the dolphins play and the whales sing their song [WHALE CALL]

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If the sea creatures eat him then they will get sick

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They can eat plankton but they can’t eat plas - tic [FASTER]

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60 BMP

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So if you see an old plastic bottle 

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an old plastic bottle when you go to the sea

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Make sure you recycle that old plastic bottle

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[DRAMATIC RIT]  cos it might  just be old harry