| I made up a new little song
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| If I had a nickel for every one…
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| Then I’d be making a living
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| Instead of sitting here whistling now
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| I’d be making a living
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| Just like a tin pan alley musician
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| I’d come up with ten tunes a day
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| Keep them ever-coming for but a modest wage…
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| Then I’d be making a living
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| Instead of sitting here whistling now
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| I’d be making a living
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| Just like a tin pan alley musician
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| If they’d listen to me whistlin;
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| They would whistle along…
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| …Then I’d be making a living
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| Just like those old tin pan alley musicians
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| If they’d listen to me whistlin'
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| I won’t be sittin' here long… |