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I always had trouble working out what the last word was - I thought it might have been "God" but it didn't fit too well. So, thanks to your question I did a search and found the lyrics at
http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/8855/donovan.htm

There are only a few songs listed but some of the highly recommended ones in this thread are there.

For some reason, Eric Clapton is written at the end in brackets. I thought that might have meant that he wrote it. Mysterious.

Helen

THE LITTLE TIN SOLDIER

     C                     a                 F                      G
  1. Once in a town in the    black forest a little white toy-shop stood,
              C                     a              F                       G
      and a little tin soldier with   only one leg   lived in a castle of wood.
             F                 G                    F            G
      And across the room on another shelf stood a little glass case,
             C              a                 F                       G
      and a tiny ballerina    lived in there     all in her dress of lace.
  
                F                   G
  2. And from where the little tin soldier stood,
                   F                  G
       they could see each other so clear.
               C                         a
      And the little tin soldier watched    over her,
   F                             G
       with a love that was so dear.
  
    a              e                 a                  e
  3. Then one day sadness came: the tiny ballerina was sold.
           a                                       e                  d
      The little tin soldier was thrown away, and into the gutter he rolled.
                         a                  d              a
      The water carried him to the sea and many far-off lands,
       d             a
      he made many children happy as,
          d                          a
      he passed through their tiny hands.
  
          C                a                  C                    a
  4. And then one day they    met again in a house in the land of Eire.
                     C                           a
      And when the clock on the wall struck the midnight hour,
            F       d     G
      they jumped into a fire.
           C             a                    C                 a
      And in that fire      they shall stay,     forever and a day,
               C                  a                  F        G        C
      for the fire, Lord, is the fire of love, just like the peaceful dawn.