(E. Ray Goetz and Irving Berlin)
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[1st verse:]
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Girlie, cuddle near me
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Girlie, won't you hear me?
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I've been feeling blue
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Ring the final curtain
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For I'm more than certain
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I'm in love with you
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Like my Yankee Father
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Girlie, I would rather die than prove untrue
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Fearless, undenying, Yankee never dying
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Love I bear for you
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[Refrain:]
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Red, White and Blue, love
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Real all for you, love
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All through and through, love
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Real Yankee Doodle Doo, love
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Honest and true love
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I bring to you, love
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Old Kentucky, Alabama
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Mississippi, Lou'siana
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Yankee love
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[2nd verse:]
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Girlie, flags are waving
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My poor heart's behaving
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Like a house on fire
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Church-bells gayly ringing
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Mean I'll soon be bringing
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Home my heart's desire
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Thoughts of care or sorrow
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Will be dead tomorrow when you wear my ring
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Ere the morn arouses
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From the tops of houses
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To the world I'll sing
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Yankee Love
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Irving Berlin |