From “STOP, LOOK, LISTEN,” 1915. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Albert W. Barbelle. Copyright ©10 Dec 1915. Sheet Music Image from the collection of Michael Deatz.
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While we go sailing, sailing
Over the ocean blue
We’re sailors thro’ and thro’
The best you ever knew
If you doubt the story we’re telling you
Any chorus girl can tell you we’re sailors
As we go sailing, sailing
What do you think we do?
We flirt with every mermaid on Fifth Avenue
Our fathers lost a fortune down in Wall Street
So they both insisted we become
A couple of sailors, too
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