[1st verse:]
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A pair of sailor boys are we
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We sail across the angry sea
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Ya Ho! Ya Ho!
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To prove we're sailor boys all right
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We smoke a hornpipe every night
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Ya Ho! Ya Ho!
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We really hate the ocean 'cause it's all around the place
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We only use it when we have to wash the captain's face
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Of that we shouldn't really speak
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He only washes once a week
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Ya Ho! Ya Ho!
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[Refrain:]
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While we go sailing, sailing over the ocean blue
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We're sailors thro' and thro'
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The best you ever knew
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If you doubt the story we're telling you
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Any chorus girl can tell you we're sailors
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As we go sailing, sailing
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What do you think we do?
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We flirt with ev'ry mermaid on Fifth Avenue
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Our fathers lost a fortune down in Wall Street
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So they both insisted we become a couple of sailors, too
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[2nd verse:]
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It makes no difference where we are
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We always like to strike a bar
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Ya Ho! Ya Ho!
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We stand in line to quench our thirst
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The second mate is always first
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Ya Ho! Ya Ho!
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The steward has an anchor tattooed near his vocal chord
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So when we want to stop the ship we throw him overboard
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We tie him to an iron chain
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So we can pull him up again
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Ya Ho! Ya Ho!
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Sailor Song
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Irving Berlin |