| They’re singing in the city
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| Espeshly when they’ve been
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| On the gin
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| Or the beer
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| If you’ve got the patience,
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| Your own imaginations
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| Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear…
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| ALL
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| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
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| That’s how it goes,
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| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
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| Ev’ryone knows.
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| NANCY
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| They all suppose what they want to suppose
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| When they hear… oom-pah-pah!
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| Mister Percy Snodgrass
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| Would often have the odd glass --
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| But never when he thought anybody could see.
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| Secretly he’d buy it,
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| And drink it on the quiet,
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| And dream he was an Earl
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| Wiv a girl on each knee!
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| CUSTOMERS AND NANCY
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| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
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| That’s how it goes.
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| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
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| Ev’ryone knows…
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| NANCY
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| What is the cause of his red shiny nose?
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| Could it be… oom-pah-pah?!
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| Pretty little Sally
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| Goes walking down the alley,
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| Displays her pretty ankles to all of the men.
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| They could see her garters,
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| But not for free-and-gratis--
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| An inch or two, and then she knows
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| When to say when!
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| ALL
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| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
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| That’s how it goes.
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| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
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| Ev’ryone knows…
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| NANCY
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| Whether it’s hidden, or whether it shows --
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| It’s the same… oom-pah-pah!
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| She was from the country,
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| But now she’s up a gum-tree --
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| She let a feller feed 'er, then lead 'er along
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| What’s the good o’cryin'?
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| She’s made a bed to lie in She’s glad to bring the coin in,
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| And join in this song!
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| ALL
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| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
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| That’s how it goes!
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| Oom-pah-pah!Oom-pah-pah!
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| Ev’ryone knows.
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| NANCY
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| She is no longer the same blushing rose
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| Ever since … oom-pah-pah!
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| (spoken) Altogether now!
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| NANCY
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| (sung) There’s a little ditty
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| They’re singing in the city
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| Espeshly when they’ve been
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| On the gin
|
| Or the beer
|
| If you’ve got the patience,
|
| Your own imaginations
|
| Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear…
|
| COMPANY
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| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
|
| That’s how it goes,
|
| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
|
| Ev’ryone knows.
|
| They all suppose what they want to suppose
|
| When they hear… oom-pah-pah!
|
| ALL
|
| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
|
| That’s how it goes,
|
| Oom-pah-pah! |
| Oom-pah-pah!
|
| Ev’ryone knows.
|
| NANCY
|
| They all suppose what they want to suppose
|
| When they hear… oom-pah-pah!
|
| ALL
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| Oom-pah-pah! |