[Man:]
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How dry I am, how dry I am
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It's plain to see just why I am
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No alcohol in my highball
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And that is why so dry I am
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Waiter, Waiter
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[Waiter:]
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What do you want? What do you want?
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[Man:]
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I'm just as thirsty as can be
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[Waiter:]
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What'll you have? What'll you have?
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[Man:]
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Suggest a little drink for me
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[Waiter:]
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Of the very finest soft drinks we have all the best
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[Man:]
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I don't know a thing about them
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What would you suggest?
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[Waiter:]
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Have a little Coca-Cola
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Really, it's a lovely drink
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Percy, Clarence, Reginald, too
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They will recommend it to you
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Have a little Coca-Cola
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It's the very best I think
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It isn't alcoholic but you can have a frolic
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If you take enough to drink
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[Man:]
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They are much too dry
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[Waiter:]
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Then how'd you like to try
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Sarsaparilla, try sarsaparilla
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Sarsaparilla ought to do
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Rockefeller drinks sarsaparilla
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And what's good enough for Rockefeller
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Is good enough for you
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[Man:]
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Go and tell John D
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His drink won't do for me
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[Waiter:]
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Then have a little glass of grape juice
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It's the only drink to buy
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Really, it's fine, simply divine
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It's recommended by William J. Bryan
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Eve'rybody's drinking grape juice
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Ever since the town went dry
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I've heard them tell, sir
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That grape juice and seltzer
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Is just the little drink to try
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[Man:]
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That won't do, I'm afraid
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[Waiter:]
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Then try some lemonade
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A little lemon, a little sugar
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A little vichy and a straw
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Makes the very nicest little drink you ever saw
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You ought to buy one, come on and try one
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For it's the finest drink that's made
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Drinks like this'll wet your whistle
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Have a glass of lemonade
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[Man:]
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That won't do I fear
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I'd like a glass of beer
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[Waiter:]
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Then have some Bevo
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Have a drink of Bevo
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It's the grandest imitation that we know
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If you care for beer, it's the drink you should pick
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It tastes like lager but it hasn't got the kick
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[Bevo Girl:]
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Bevo, have a drink of Bevo
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Though it hasn't got a punch up it's sleeve-o
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[Waiter:]
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Those who drink it insist that a Christian Scientist
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Could easily come staggering home on Bevo
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[Man:]
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How dry I am, how dry I am
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It's plain to see just why I am
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Oh, how I call for alcohol
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And that is why so dry I am
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[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
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I hear you calling me
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I am the Spirit of Alcohol
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For let me assure you one and all
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I'm not dead, I'm only asleep
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Some day I'll come back to you
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[Chorus:]
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We hope you do, we hope you do
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[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
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When your laws are not so blue
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[Chorus:]
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We hope you do, we hope you do
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[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
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When you give Prohibition your shoe
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[Chorus:]
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You bet your life we'll kick it
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Because it's very wicked
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[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
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Say to Mister Temperance you're through
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[Chorus:]
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That's what we'll do, that's what we'll do
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[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
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I'll come back someday
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With a hip, hip hooray
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Until I do, I'll give to you
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A little cocktail that is new
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The Near Future
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Irving Berlin |