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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, my dear honey,
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O you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
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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 when I 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 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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([Spoken] Henry Crun: Oh, come on, Min; play that modern banjo, Min.)
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(Minnie Bannister: Ya pa pa pa pa....)
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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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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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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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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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Sam Waring
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