Biography:
Stephen Flaherty (born September 18, 1960) is an American composer of musical theatre in collaboration with Lynn Ahrens. They are best known for the shows Once on This Island, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards and Ragtime, which was nominated for twelve Tony Awards and won Best Original Score.
Musicals
* Pitts (1976)
* Lucky Stiff (1988)
* Once on This Island (1990)
* My Favorite Year (1993)
* Ragtime (1998)
* Seussical (2000)
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Doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo-ooh-ooh
C G Am E
There once was a girl bird named Gertrude McFuzz
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and she had the smallest plain tail ever was.
C G E Am
One droopy droop feather that's all that she had.
F C F G C
And oh! That one feather made Gertrude so sad.
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She curled it. She dyed it. She gave it a puff.
G Am Fm G
She decked it with flowers but it wasn't enough.
C G Am F
For no matter what, it just was what it was:
F G C Am
A tail that simply wasn't meant
F G C Am
to catch the eye of an elephant,
F C F G C
the one feather tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz.
Doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo-ooh-ooh
C G Am E
There once was a girl bird named Gertrude McFuzz
F C D7 G
and she had the smallest plain tail ever was.
C G E Am
One droopy droop feather that's all that she had.
F C F G C
And oh! That one feather made Gertrude so sad.
Bb A Ab C
She curled it. She dyed it. She gave it a puff.
G Am Fm G
She decked it with flowers but it wasn't enough.
C G Am F
For no matter what, it just was what it was:
F G C Am
A tail that simply wasn't meant
F G C Am
to catch the eye of an elephant,
F C F G C
the one feather tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz.
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