[Intro]
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Dear Mr. Roosevelt please let me say
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I think your navy’s just great
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Tell Mrs. Roosevelt this is my day
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For I just said yes to a boys request
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To become his first class mate.
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Before I went to sleep each night I used to pray
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The only boy for me would someday come my way
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now that he’s here I’ll love and honor and obey
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The sailor of my dreams
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When he said “Gee you’re swell” and took me by the hand
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I felt like I was Alice lost in Wonderland
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Ah-ha! Sweet mystery of life, I understand
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The sailor of my dreams.
[Bridge]
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In school I thought love not worth speaking of
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It was just for babes in the wood
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But one little kiss now makes me insist:
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It’s good, it’s good, it’s good
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As he just took the navy oath to be all mine
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I’ll darn his socks and wash his shirts until they shine
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Oh Mr. Roosevelt your fleet is so divine
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I could go on for reams
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About my dream man, my gentle he-man,
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The man for me man, my first class seaman
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The sailor of my dreams.