Intro 
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Verse 
                         D 
As I walked down through Chatham Street 
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A fair maid I did meet 
                Bm7 
She asked me to see her home 
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She lived in Bleecker Street 
 

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             D 
And away you santy 
E7      A 
My dear honey 
        Bm7 
Oh, you New York girls 
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Can't you dance the polka? 

Verse 
                   D 
And when we got to Bleecker Street 
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We stopped at forty-four 
                   Bm7 
Her mother and her sister there 
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To meet her at the door 
 

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             D 
And away you santy 
E7      A 
My dear honey 
        Bm7 
Oh, you New York girls 
E7                  A 
Can't you dance the polka? 

Verse 
                  D 
And when we got inside the house 
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The drinks were passed around 
                  Bm7 
The liquor was so awful strong 
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My head went round and round 


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             D 
And away you santy 
E7      A 
My dear honey 
        Bm7 
Oh, you New York girls 
E7                  A 
Can't you dance the polka? 

Verse 
                 D 
And then we had another drink 
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Before we sat to eat 
                  Bm7 
The liquor was so awful strong 
  E7            A 
I quickly fell asleep 
 

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             D 
And away you santy 
E7      A 
My dear honey 
        Bm7 
Oh, you New York girls 
E7                  A 
Can't you dance the polka? 

Instrumental 
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Verse 
                  D 
When I awoke next morning 
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I had an aching head 
                  Bm7 
There was I, Jack all alone 
      E7          A 
Stark naked in me bed 


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             D 
And away you santy 
E7      A 
My dear honey 
        Bm7 
Oh, you New York girls 
E7                  A 
Can't you dance the polka? 

Verse 
                     D 
My gold watch and my pocketbook 
    E7               A 
And lady friend were gone 
                      Bm7 
And there was I, Jack all alone 
      E7           A 
Stark naked in the room 


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             D 
And away you santy 
E7      A 
My dear honey 
        Bm7 
Oh, you New York girls 
E7                  A 
Can't you dance the polka? 

Verse 
                      D 
On looking round this little room 
        E7              A 
There's nothing I could see 
                        Bm7 
But a woman's shift and apron 
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That were no use to me 


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             D 
And away you santy 
E7      A 
My dear honey 
        Bm7 
Oh, you New York girls 
E7                  A 
Can't you dance the polka? 

Verse 
                          D 
With a flour barrel for a suit of clothes 
     E7                A 
Down Cherry Street, forlorn 
                       Bm7 
There Martin Churchill took me in 
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And sent me 'round Cape Horn 


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             D 
And away you santy 
E7      A 
My dear honey 
        Bm7 
Oh, you New York girls 
E7                  A 
Can't you dance the polka?