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Uncle Bill and auntie Mary 
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Always used to shout 
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And uncle Bill would knock 
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Auntie Mary about 
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With auntie Mary 
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In such misery 
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I always thought that cancer 
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Was like the cavalry 

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When cancer cut Bill down 
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They said what a crying shame 
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Well I never thought so 
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And Mary did the same 
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Let’s face it Bill 
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You were a bastard through and through 
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So when that cancer cut him down 
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I did not feel blue 

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Cancer cancer it’s so good for you 
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Cancer cancer it’s so good for you 
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Cancer it will set you free 
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The big C was like the cavalry 

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  When he was on his deathbed 
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One day for a joke 
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Me and auntie Mary 
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Fun at him we'd poke 
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  As he lay there 
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In his abject pain 
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Me and auntie Mary 
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We sung him this refrain 

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Cancer cancer it’s so good for you 
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Cancer cancer it’s so good for you 
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Cancer it will set you free 
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The big C was like the cavalry 

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  When he died 
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Later that same day 
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Me and auntie Mary 
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For him didn’t pray 
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But sometimes on a winter’s night 
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Though he has been long gone 
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Me and auntie Mary 
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Still sing him this song 

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Cancer cancer it’s so good for you 
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Cancer cancer it’s so good for you 
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Cancer it will set you free 
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The big C was like the cavalry