new york girls Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
As I walked down [C]through
Chatham Street
[D]a fair maid I did [G]meet,
She asked me to see [C]her home- -
[D]she lived in Bleecker [G]Street.

[Verse 2]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy,
[D]My dear An[G]nie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 3]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy, [D]My dear [G]Annie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 4]
And when we got to [C]Bleecker Street,
[D]We stopped at forty- [G]four,
Her mother and her sis[C]ter there,
[D]to meet her at [G]the door.

[Verse 5]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy,
[D]My dear An[G]nie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 6]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy, [D]My dear [G]Annie
Oh, [C]you New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 7]
And when I got [C]inside the house,
[D]The drinks were passed [G]around,
The liquor was [D]so [C]awful strong,
My [D]head went round and [G]round.

[Verse 8]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy,
[D]My dear An[G]nie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance the [G]polka?

[Verse 9]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy, [D]My dear [G]Annie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance the polka?

[Interlude 1]
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[G]And then we had another

[Verse 10]
[C]drink,
be[D]fore we sat [G]to eat,
The liquor was [D]so [C]aw ful strong,
[D]I quickly [C]fell asleep[G].

[Verse 11]
To me a- weigh, you [C]Santy, [D]My dear [G]Annie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 12]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy, [D]My dear [G]Annie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you [C]dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 13]
When I awoke next [C]morning
[D]I had an aching [G]head,
There was I, Jack [C]all alone,
Stark [D]naked in me bed.

[Verse 14]
[G]To me a- weigh, you[C] Santy,
[D]My dear [G]An nie
Oh, you New [C]York girls,
[D]Can't you dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 15]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy,
[D]My [G]dear Annie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance the polka?

[Interlude 2]
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[D]
[G]My gold watch and my pock

[Verse 16]
[C]etbook
[D]And lady friend [G]were gone;
And there was I, Jack [C]all alone,
Stark [D]naked in the room.

[Verse 17]
[G]To me a- weigh, you[C] Santy, My [D]dear Annie
[G]Oh, you New[C] York girls,
[D]Can't you [C]dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 18]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy, [D]My dear [G]Annie
[D]Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 19]
On looking round this [C]little room,
There's [D]nothing I could [G]see,
But a woman's shift and [C]ap ron
That were [D]no use to [G]me.

[Verse 20]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy,
[D]My dear An[G]nie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 21]
To me a- weigh, [C]you Santy, [D]My dear [G]Annie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance the polka?

[Verse 22]
[G]With a flour barrel for a sui[C]t of clothes,
Down [D]Cherry Street for[G]lorn,
There Martin Churchill [C]took me in,
And sent me [D]'round Cape [G]Horn.

[Verse 23]
To me a- weigh, you [C]Santy,
[D]My dear An[G]nie
Oh, you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance [G]the polka?

[Verse 24]
To me a- weigh, you Santy, [C]My
honey, [D]My dear [G]Annie
Oh, [D]you [C]New York girls,
[D]Can't you dance the polka?

[Outro 1]
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