Dinah Shore, Jay Blackton, Ирвинг Берлин - They Like Ike

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The presidential year will soon be drawing near\nThe people soon will choose their fav’rite son\nI wonder what they’ll do in Nineteen fifty-two\nI wonder who they’ll send to Washington\nThey like Ike\nAnd Ike is good on a mike\nThey like Ike\n-But Ike says he don’t wanna\nThat makes Ike\nThe kind o' feller they like\nAnd what’s more\nThey seem to think he’s gonna\n-But Harry won’t get out\n-They're in for plenty of fights\n-Harry won’t get out\n-He's got squatter’s rights\nBut there’s Ike\nAnd Ike is good on a mike\nAnd they know\nThe votes that he can carry\n-But don’t forget there’s Harry\nBut they like Ike\nThey won’t take Saltonstall and Stassen’s chance is small\nThe same would go for Vandenberg and Taft\nAnd Dewey’s right in line with William Jennings Bryan\nThere isn’t anyone that they can draft\nThey like Ike\nAnd Ike is good on a mike\nThey like Ike\n-But Ike says he won’t take it\nThat makes Ike\nThe kind o' feller they like\nAnd what’s more\nThey seem to think he’ll make it\n-But Harry’s on the ground\n-And should Republicans win\n-When they come around\n-He won’t let them in\nIf it’s Ike\nYour Chief can get on his bike\nAnd his things\nA moving van will carry\n-They can’t do that to Harry!\nBut they like Ike\nFor nearly twenty years we’ve had the people’s cheers\nThe Democrats continue to advance\nOf course, they could arrange to make a sudden change\nBut no one’s 'round who seems to have a chance\nThey like Ike\nAnd Ike is good on a mike\nThey like Ike\n-But Ike says he’s not bidding\nThat makes Ike\nThe kind o' feller they like\nAnd what’s more\nThey seem to think he’s kidding\n-But Harry won’t consent\n-They'll get a sock on the jaw\n-Republican President?\n-That's against the law\nIf it’s Ike\nYour Chief can go on a hike\nAnd we boys\nWill see he doesn’t tarry\n-Please don’t do that to Harry!\nBut they like Ike\nWith your permission, sir, we’re anxious to confer\nAnd we would like to do it privately\nGo on and make your crack, I’ll even turn my back\nBut if you’re speaking of the G.O.P.\nThey like Ike\nAnd Ike is good on a mike\nThey like Ike\n-But Ike says he’ll reject it\nThat makes Ike\nThe kind o' feller they like\nAnd what’s more\nThey think he’ll be elected\n-But Harry won’t give in\n-Defeat he’ll never admit\n-No one else can win\n-He won’t stand for it\nIf it’s Ike\nYour Chief can get on his bike\nTwo years more\nThe month of January\n-They can’t do that to Harry!\nBut they like Ike\nIt seems that ev’ry Spring they all approach the ring\nAnd cockily keep throwing in their hats\nThey always lose but then they come right back again\nAnd some of them come back as Democrats\nThey like Ike\nAnd Ike is good on a mike\nThey like Ike\n-But Ike says he don’t choose to\nThat makes Ike\nThe kind o' feller they like\nAnd what’s more\nThey know he won’t refuse to\n-But Harry is content\n-To stay there living in peace\n-The people pay the rent\n-You can’t break his lease\nIf it’s Ike\nYour Chief can go on a strike\nAnd we boys\nWill hand his hat to Harry\n-You can’t do that to Harry!\nBut they like Ike