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 Boys and girls!
Presenting Bongo
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High, high up in the air
Rides Bongo the Circus Bear!
"Hi! Hi!" He waves hello
To all the people down below.

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 High, high up in the air
Rides Bongo the Circus Bear!
And the people down below
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Goofy climbs hi and higher and higher!
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 Watch me, everybody!
Here I go!

I can't look!
Don't do it!
You'll fall !
Don't!
 Goofy doesn't fall!
He does get to the other side!
Hooray for Goofy!

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 Presenting
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 I can stand
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Can you do that?

Of course I can!
I'm an acrobat!

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Can you do that?

Of course I can!
I'm an acrobat!

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 I can stand
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 I can swing
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 He can fly
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 We are acrobats!

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 Presenting
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 Mr. Strong Man,
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 · .. but he can't lift a thousand pounds!

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 Presenting
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and his lion!

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 The lion tamer is not afraid.
He doesn't run. He doesn't hide.
He walks right up to the lion's cage.

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He up to the lion tamer
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The lion tamer cracks his whip
And makes the lion do his tricks.

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The people shout. "Hooray! Hooray!"
The lion tamer comes out of the cage.

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 Daisy makes Huey, Dewey, and Louie clean up their room
before they go to the circus show.

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Huey, Dewey, and Louie have finished cleaning up their room.

Now may we go?

Daisy lets them go to the big circus show.

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Now, the Disappearing Cat is no ordinary cat!

Sometimes you only see his smile,

Sometimes only his ears.
Sometimes you only see his tail,
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· . .he disappears!
Where is that cat?
Where did he go?

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I do not know!

I do not know!

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 Look!
Two eyes, a smile, and a nose!
He must be on my toes!

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look! He's disappeared again!
Where is that cat?
Where did he go?

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 Well. well. well!
Would you look at that?
He must be on my hat!

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He is on my hat!
Oh. that cat!

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- Some clowns make you happy.

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 Look at that clown
With his pants falling down
And his big ears that wiggle.

He makes me giggle!

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With his mouth in a frown
And a tear in his eye.

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He makes me cry.

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 Some things make Pluto happy.

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Some things make Pluto angry.

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There 's much more to come!

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