Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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Sister
Susie's sewing in the kitchen on a spinger.
of flannel on the floor
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getting mixed up with the cotton
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And sitting on the needles
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that she leaves upon the chairs
ma, whispers come inside
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Sister Susie's sewing
our shy young
Sister Susie shows.
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say they'd sooner sleep in thistles
shirts for soldiers
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Sister Susie sews.
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sister Susie's married,
she's sewing other things.
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Then little sister Molly says,
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sister's bought a dolly,
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she's making all the clothes
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For it's with pretty bows and strings
As she blushes and she sighs
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Sister Susie's sewing shirt for soldiers
Our shy young Sister Susie shows
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Say they'd sooner sleep in thistles
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soldiers' sisters to be sold.
Ah, well, I'm glad that's off
my chest.
Now I'd like to have everybody
join in the chorus.
It isn't as hard as it sounds,
not nearly as difficult as, uh,
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
or She Sells Seashells
by the Seashore.
But you must be sober before
you try it.
Come now, all together.
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Sister Susie's sewing shirts for soldiers.
our shy young
Sister Susie shows.
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say they've sooner sleep in thistles
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than the salty soft short shirts for soldiers
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Sister Susie sews. you
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