As sung by Mitzi Gaynor and Ethel Merman:]
[MERMAN:] I'm an old salt
[GAYNOR:] I'm a young salt
[BOTH:] In the Navy we've been working very hard
[MERMAN:] I was part of the Flotilla with Dewey in Manila
[GAYNOR:] I'm a new recruit at the Brooklyn Navy yard
[BOTH:] Tonight we're on a spree and feeling flow'ry
[BOTH:] We've got a date with gals and drink and food
[GAYNOR:] Across the Brooklyn Bridge and to the Bow'ry
[MERMAN:] And I'm gonna get the kid tattooed
[GAYNOR:] Tattooed?
[MERMAN:] Tattooed!
[BOTH:] A sailor's not a sailor 'til a sailor's been tattooed
[MERMAN:]
Here's an anchor from a tanker
That I sailed upon when first I went to sea
Here's another of my mother
Takes me back to when I sat upon her knee
Here's a crimson heart with a Cupid's dart
Here's a Battle Cruiser and when I sit down
On that, too
There's a tattoo
Of my home town
[GAYNOR:] To the Bow'ry
[MERMAN:] To the Bow'ry
[GAYNOR:] 'Cross the Brooklyn Bridge and I'm just in the mood
[MERMAN:]
He'll be filled with diff'rent mixtures
And covered up with pictures
[GAYNOR:]
I can't wait to be, 'twill be great to be tattooed
[MERMAN:] Tattooed?
[GAYNOR:] Tattooed!
[BOTH:] A sailor's not a sailor 'til a sailor's been tattooed
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- Songs Of
- Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (Performed live...
- Songwriter Masterclass - Irving Berlin
- The Irving Berlin Songbook
- Cheek to Cheek
- The Master Takes
- Jazz in Town (The Original Songbook)
- Great Compositions
- The Band Played On - 25 Classic Band Hits (Remastered)
- Berlin for Brass (The Chessnut Brass Company)
- Top Hat / Blue Skies
- Irving Berlin in Hollywood
- The Broadway Musicals (Classic Show Tunes)
- The Old Wild Shadow
- A Summer Sky Shines
- Tonight in Time
- Your Music Around Me
- The Girl That I Marry
- Homesick