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Irving Berlin - Sailor's Not A Sailor A 1954 lyrics
Full title: "A Sailor's Not a Sailor ('Til a Sailor's Been Tattooed)".]
 [Sung by Mitzi Gaynor and Ethel Merman in the movie "There's No
 Business Like Show Business".]
 [Merman:] I'm an old salt
 [Gaynor:] I'm a young salt
 [Both..:] In the Navy we've been working very hard
 [Merman:] I was part of the Flotilla with Dewey in Manila
 [Gaynor:] I'm a new recruit at the Brooklyn Navy yard
 [Both..:] Tonight we're on a spree and feeling flow'ry
 [Both..:] We've got a date with gals and drink and food
 [Gaynor:] Across the Brooklyn Bridge and to the Bow'ry
 [Merman:] And I'm gonna get the kid tattooed
 [Gaynor:] Tattooed?
 [Merman:] Tattooed!
 [Both..:] A sailor's not a sailor 'til a sailor's been tattooed
 [Merman:]
 Here's an anchor from a tanker 
 That I sailed upon when first I went to sea
 Here's another of my motherIrving Berlin - Sailor's Not A Sailor A 1954 - http://motolyrics.com/irving-berlin/sailors-not-a-sailor-a-1954-lyrics.html
 Takes me back to when I sat upon her knee
 Here's a crimson heart with a Cupid's dart
 Here's a Battle Cruiser and when I sit down
 On that, too
 There's a tattoo
 Of my home town
 [Gaynor:] To the Bow'ry?
 [Merman:] To the Bow'ry!
 [Gaynor:] 'Cross the Brooklyn Bridge and I'm just in the mood
 [Merman:]
 He'll be filled with diff'rent mixtures
 And covered up with pictures
 [Gaynor:] 
 I can't wait to be, 'twill be great to be tattooed
 [Merman:] Tattooed?
 [Gaynor:] Tattooed!
 [Both..:] A sailor's not a sailor 'til a sailor's been tattooed








