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I. It's "Sweet, good-bye," when pennants fly / And ships put out to sea; / It's a loving kiss, and a tear or two / In an eye of brown or an eye of blue; -- / And you'll remember me, / Sweetheart, / And you'll remember me.
II. It's "Friend or foe? " when signals blow / And ships sight ships at sea; / It's clear for action, and man the guns, / As the battle nears or the battle runs; -- / And you'll remember me, / Sweetheart, / And you'll remember me.
III. It's deck to deck, and wrath and wreck / When ships meet ships at sea; / It's scream of shot and shriek of shell, / And hull and turret a roaring hell; -- / And you'll remember me, / Sweetheart, / And you'll remember me.
IV. It's doom and death, and pause a breath / When ships go down at sea; / It's hate is over and love begins, / And war is cruel whoever wins; -- / And you'll remember me, / Sweetheart, / And you'll remember me.