Intro
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Verse
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As I walked down through Chatham Street
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A fair maid I did meet
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She asked me to see her home
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She lived in Bleecker Street
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And away you santy
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My dear honey
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Oh, you New York girls
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Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
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And when we got to Bleecker Street
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We stopped at forty-four
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Her mother and her sister there
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To meet her at the door
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And away you santy
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My dear honey
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Oh, you New York girls
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Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
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And when we got inside the house
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The drinks were passed around
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The liquor was so awful strong
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My head went round and round
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And away you santy
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My dear honey
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Oh, you New York girls
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Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
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And then we had another drink
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Before we sat to eat
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The liquor was so awful strong
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I quickly fell asleep
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And away you santy
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My dear honey
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Oh, you New York girls
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Can't you dance the polka?
Instrumental
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Verse
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When I awoke next morning
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I had an aching head
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There was I, Jack all alone
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Stark naked in me bed
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And away you santy
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My dear honey
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Oh, you New York girls
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Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
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My gold watch and my pocketbook
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And lady friend were gone
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And there was I, Jack all alone
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Stark naked in the room
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And away you santy
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My dear honey
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Oh, you New York girls
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Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
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On looking round this little room
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There's nothing I could see
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But a woman's shift and apron
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That were no use to me
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And away you santy
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My dear honey
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Oh, you New York girls
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Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
D
With a flour barrel for a suit of clothes
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Down Cherry Street, forlorn
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There Martin Churchill took me in
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And sent me 'round Cape Horn
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And away you santy
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My dear honey
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Oh, you New York girls
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Can't you dance the polka?