| I’m known near and far
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| as the cousin to the Czar
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| I’m the Duke, Duke of Dubuque
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| It’s well understood
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| that my credit is no good, no good, no good
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| I’m the Duke of Dubuque
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| And if you don’t believe me, and tell me it ain’t true,
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| I’ve only got one answer,
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| that answer’s «mush"to you!
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| Now, au revoir, I must write the dear old Czar
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| I’m the Duke, Duke of Dubuque
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| I’m descended from the Romanovs in Russia
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| In the books my father was Czar in Russia
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| But he sailed away one day
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| to the state of Ioway
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| And that’s how you’ll find me in the USA
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| I’m the crackers, I’m the cheese
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| Yeah, call them Wolfhounds, if you please
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| Yes, I’m the Duke, I’m the Duke of Dubuque
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| No pork chops, no gravy for me some legbones and black-eyed peas
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| Yes, I’m the Duke, I’m the Duke of Dubuque
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| And if you don’t believe me, and tell me it ain’t true,
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| I’ve only got one answer,
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| That answer’s «nuts"to you!
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| Now, fun to do, can you spare a buck or two?
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| I’m the Duke, Duke of Dubuque
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| He’s the Duke, Duke of Dubuque
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| He’s the Duke, Duke of Dubuque
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| Yes, I’m the Duke, the Duke of Dubuque
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| Doo dat doo dat doo dat Dubuque |