[As sung in film:]
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You thought that many, many years ago
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You saw the last of every soldier show
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But here we are, yes, here we are again
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A lot of water's gone across the dam
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Since we put make-up on for Uncle Sam
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To treat you as our fathers treated you then
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We were drafted by our President
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And we march with banners unfurled
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We were drilled and trained to represent
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The greatest army in the world
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Yes, the greatest army of actors in the world
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Now don't get us wrong
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We're not here for long
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Our stay in the theater is brief
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We're here with the show
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To help get some dough
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Some dough for the Army Relief
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The much-needed Army Relief
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But beneath the powder and beneath the paint
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There's a soldier brave and true
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If some guy in Congress tells you that we ain't
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Let him do what we had to do
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And go through what we went through
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Opening Chorus (Some Dough For The Army Relief)
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| Irving Berlin |
