[As sung by Mitzi Gaynor and Ethel Merman:]
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[Merman:] I'm an old salt
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[Gaynor:] I'm a young salt
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[Both:] In the Navy we've been working very hard
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[Merman:] I was part of the Flotilla with Dewey in Manila
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[Gaynor:] I'm a new recruit at the Brooklyn Navy yard
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[Both:] Tonight we're on a spree and feeling flow'ry
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[Both:] We've got a date with gals and drink and food
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[Gaynor:] Across the Brooklyn Bridge and to the Bow'ry
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[Merman:] And I'm gonna get the kid tattooed
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[Gaynor:] Tattooed?
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[Merman:] Tattooed!
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[Both:] A sailor's not a sailor 'til a sailor's been tattooed
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[Merman:]
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Here's an anchor from a tanker
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That I sailed upon when first I went to sea
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Here's another of my mother
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Takes me back to when I sat upon her knee
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Here's a crimson heart with a Cupid's dart
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Here's a Battle Cruiser and when I sit down
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On that, too
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There's a tattoo
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Of my home town
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[Gaynor:] To the Bow'ry
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[Merman:] To the Bow'ry
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[Gaynor:] 'Cross the Brooklyn Bridge and I'm just in the mood
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[Merman:]
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He'll be filled with diff'rent mixtures
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And covered up with pictures
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[Gaynor:]
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I can't wait to be, 'twill be great to be tattooed
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[Merman:] Tattooed?
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[Gaynor:] Tattooed!
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[Both:] A sailor's not a sailor 'til a sailor's been tattooed
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A Sailor's Not A Sailor ('Til A Sailor's Been Tattooed)
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| Irving Berlin |
