Lyrics of New york girls

Steeleye Span

Release date : 26/08/2002

Duration : 0:03:02

Style : World

As i walked down through chatham street
A fair maid i did meet,
She asked me to see her home--
She lived in bleecker street.
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And away you santy, my dear honey,
O you new york girls, can't you dance the polka?
And when we got to bleecker street,
We stopped at forty-four,
Her mother and her sister there,
To meet her at the door.
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And when i got inside the house,
The drinks were passed around,
The liquor was so awful strong,
My head went round and round.
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And then we had another drink,
Before we sat to eat,
The liquor was so awful strong,
I quickly fell asleep.
Chorus:
((spoken) henry crun: oh, come on, min; play that modern banjo, min.)
(minnie bannister: ya pa pa pa pa....)
When i awoke next morning
I had an aching head,
There was i, jack all alone,
Stark naked in me bed.
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My gold watch and my pocketbook
And lady friend were gone;
And there was i, jack all alone,
Stark naked in the room.
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On looking round this little room,
There's nothing i could see,
But a woman's shift and apron
That were no use to me.
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With a flour barrel for a suit of clothes,
Down cherry street forlorn,
There martin churchill took me in,
And sent me 'round cape horn.
Chorus:
Sam waring