Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away
Lived a boy who had so many toys
And he didnīt know what to do with them all
With them all, with them all
Well his favorite of all the toys were the tin soldiers,
the tin soldiers
And the one that he loved the most was the one with
the missing leg
At night the toys would come alive or thatīs
how the story is told
And there they met the soldier with the missing leg
And the ballerina with the heart of gold
At night they would share each otherīs dreams
Under the stars shining bright
But they were too shy to speak of love, to speak of love
One day the boy sat him on the window sill
To watch for the enemy coming over the hill
But when the wind it blew it knocked him into the street
And the boys from town they said
Wonīt you look at the one-legged soldier
Letīs stick him into a boat and send him far away
īCause I canīt find a use for a soldier with a missing leg
And he was lonley, so lonely for a friend
And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend
As he floated past a river rat
On his homemade boat
Well the boat began to sink
And he sank to the bottom of the river
He got swallowed by a fish
Caught by a fisherman
Sold to the family of the boy who had the toys
And the cook said look at the one-legged soldier
It looks just like the one we lost the other day
Could this be the boyīs tin soldier with the missing leg?
As he sat on the mantel place to dry from the river
The ballerina who held his heart sat at his side
And when they got up to dance with each other
They fell by the fire blazing bright
When he jumped to save her from the flames
Their bases began to melt into one in the same
And now they share each otherīs destiny
Together forever they will be
And they are no longer lonely for a friend
And they are no longer lonley for a friend
Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away
Lived a boy who had so many toys
And he played with them all
With them all, with them all
Well he had a ballerina and a one-legged soldier,
stuck together at the base
And they share each otherīs destiny as the sit on
top of the mantel place
Itīs the story of the one-legged soldier
The story of the one-legged soldier
The story of the tin soldier with the missing leg
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