Can't YouDance the Polka?

As I walked down on Broadway,
One evening in July
I met a maid who asked me trade.
And a Sailor John says I

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And away, you shanty, my dear Annie
Oh, you New Vork girls,
Can't you dance the Polka?

To Tiffany's I took her,
I did no mind expense,
I bought her two gold earrings,
An' they cost me fifteen cents

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Sez she, "you limejuice sailor",
Now see me home you may."
But when we reached her cottage door,
She unto me did say:

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"My flash man he 's a yankee,
Wid his hair cut short behind,
He wears a pair of long seaboot,
An' he's bosun in the blackbuil line."

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"He's homeward bound this evening,
An' wid me he wil! stay.
So git a move on, sailor-boy,
Git crackin' on yer way."

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So I kissed her hard an' proper
Afor her flash man came,
An' fare-ye-well, be Bowery fal,
I know yer little game.

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