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