[VERSE:] While the storm clouds gather far across the sea Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free Let us all be grateful for a land so fair As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer [REFRAIN:] God bless America Land that I love Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with a light from above From the mountains to the prairies To the oceans white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home God bless America, my home sweet home [alternate lines from Kate Smith's 1938 premiere performance, later dropped:] From the green fields of Virginia To the gold fields out in Nome
Angels of mercy, there's so much to do The heavens are gray overhead Angels of mercy, they're calling to you So march with your crosses of red March where the darkness shuts out the light March where there is no dawn Angels of mercy, the world's covered with night But your mercy goes marching on Angels of mercy thru darkest night Your mercy goes marching on
[VERSE:] The tall man with the high hat and the whiskers on his chin Will soon be knocking at your door and you ought to be in The tall man with the high hat will be coming down your way Get your savings out when you hear him shout "Any bonds today?" [REFRAIN:] Any bonds today? Bonds of freedom That's what I'm selling Any bonds today? Scrape up the most you can Here comes the freedom man Asking you to buy a share of freedom today Any stamps today? We'll be blest If we all invest In the U.S.A. Here comes the freedom man Can't make tomorrow's plan Not unless you buy a share of freedom today First came the Czechs and then came the Poles And then the Norwegians with three million souls Then came the Dutch, the Belgians and France Then all of the Balkans with hardly a chance It's all in the Book if only you look It's there if you read the text They fell ev'ry one at the point of a gun America mustn't be next Any bonds today? All you give Will be spent to live In the Yankee way Scrape up the most you can Here comes the freedom man Asking you to buy a share of freedom today
[VERSE:] I said to my Uncle Sam Old Man Taxes, here I am And he Was glad to see me Mister Small Fry, yes, indeed Lower brackets, that's my speed But he Was glad to see me [1st REFRAIN:] I paid my income tax today I never felt so proud before To be right there with the millions more Who paid their income tax today I'm squared up with the U.S.A. See those bombers in the sky? Rockefeller helped to build 'em, so did I I paid my income tax today [2nd REFRAIN:] I paid my income tax today A thousand planes to bomb Berlin They'll all be paid for and I chipped in That certainly makes me feel okay Ten thousand more and that ain't hay We must pay for this war somehow Uncle Sam was worried but he isn't now I paid my income tax today [3rd REFRAIN with coda:] I paid my income tax today I never cared what Congress spent But now I'll watch over ev'ry cent Examine ev'ry bill they pay They'll have to let me have my say I wrote the Treasury to go slow Careful, Mister Henry Junior, that's my dough I paid my income tax Now you've got all the facts I know you'll pay your taxes too
[VERSE:] You'll say it's a dream, a lovely dream I say it happened, strange as it may seem [REFRAIN:] I spoke last night to the ocean I spoke last night to the sea And from the ocean a voice came back 'Twas my Blue Jacket answering me Ship ahoy Ship ahoy I can hear you, Sailor Boy I threw a kiss in the ocean It floated out on the sea And from the ocean a kiss came back 'Twas my Blue Jacket answering me [CODA:] Ship ahoy Ship ahoy Ship ahoy, Sailor Boy, ship ahoy
Me and my Melinda, my Melinda and me We are bound up together in sympathy Me and my Melinda, we are seldom apart On the nights when I feel like a heart to heart When I'm blue We just sit there holding hands And when we do My Melinda understands When I'm having trouble that I cannot disclose When I can't tell the world of my private woes Long before I tell her, my Melinda knows
[as sung in film:] You thought that many, many years ago You saw the last of every soldier show But here we are, yes, here we are again A lot of water's gone across the dam Since we put make-up on for Uncle Sam To treat you as our fathers treated you then We were drafted by our President And we march with banners unfurled We were drilled and trained to represent The greatest army in the world Yes, the greatest army of actors in the world Now don't get us wrong We're not here for long Our stay in the theater is brief We're here with the show To help get some dough Some dough for the Army Relief The much-needed Army Relief But beneath the powder and beneath the paint There's a soldier brave and true If some guy in Congress tells you that we ain't Let him do what we had to do And go through what we went through
[VERSE:] We all have been selected from city and from farm They asked us lots of questions, they jabbed us in the arm We stood there at attention, our faces turning red The sergeant looked us over and this is what he said: [REFRAIN:] This is the Army, Mister Jones No private rooms or telephones You had your breakfast in bed before But you won't have it there any more This is the Army, Mister Green We like the barracks nice and clean You had a housemaid to clean your floor But she won't help you out any more Do what the buglers command They're in the Army and not in a band This is the Army, Mister Brown You and your baby went to town She had you worried but this is war And she won't worry you anymore [alternate verse from sheet music:] A bunch of frightened rookies were list'ning filled with awe They listened while a sergeant was laying down the law They stood there at attention, their faces turning red The sergeant looked them over and this is what he said:
[VERSE:] Out on a hike all day, dear Part of the army grind Weary and long the way, dear But really I don't mind [REFRAIN:] I'm getting tired so I can sleep I want to sleep so I can dream I want to dream so I can be with you I've got your picture by my bed 'Twill soon be placed beneath my head To keep me company the whole night through For a little while, whatever befalls I will see your smile till reveille calls I hope you're tired enough to sleep And please sleep long enough to dream And look for me for I'll be dreaming too
[VERSE:] Old Mister Absent-Minded, that's me Just as forgetful as I can be I've got the strangest sort of a mind I'm always leaving something behind [REFRAIN:] I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen I left it there with a girl named Eileen I kept her serving doughnuts Till all she had were gone I sat there dunking doughnuts Till she caught on I must go back to the army routine And every doughboy knows what that will mean A soldier boy without a heart Has two strikes on him from the start And my heart's at the Stage Door Canteen
[VERSE:] To look at me you wouldn't think That I was once a skinny gink That doctors thought I would never last I thought I had so many ills And I was always taking pills But that is all a thing of the past [REFRAIN:] The Army's made a man out of me A man out of me, a man out of me My mother and my father agree The Army has made me a man I used to sleep with brother, but now I sleep alone I used to be a tenor, but now I'm a baritone My girl said when she sat on my knee The Army has made me a man
[as sung in film:] [LADIES:] Ladies of the chorus That's what we are, it appears We were inducted and we took a vow We joined the Army but look at us now We're ladies of the chorus Don't we look lovely, my dears In corsets and dresses And cute golden tresses To hide the dirt behind our ears [LADY 1:] I was a plumber I quit work last summer My number come up at the start [LADY 2:] I was a printer I quit work last winter They okayed my lungs and my heart [LADY 3:] I was a farmer Potato embalmer They took me away from the plow [LADY 4:] I was a packer I chewed plug "terbaccer" I wish I had some of it now [LADIES:] Oh, now we're in the chorus Dressed up in girdles that squeeze We're here to romance with To sing and to dance with A bunch of nerdy guys like these GUYS: Pardon me, but aren't you the country maiden? GALS: Pardon me, but aren't you the city chap? GUYS: Cuddle closer won't you please I'm about to take a squeeze GALS: If you do then I will give your face a slap GUYS: I would love to take you home to meet my mother GALS: I would like to meet your mother but I can't GUYS: She will treat you like a queen GALS: But I'm only seventeen GUYS: If you are seventeen, then so's my aunt GALS: Hi ho! I want you to behave GUYS: Hi ho! I think you need a shave GALS: Do you think that you can get me into pictures? GUYS: If you're nice to me I'll get you on the screen GALS: How about a movie test? GUYS: Not with hair upon your chest GALS: And now it's time to dance but keep it clean
The German troops heard Hitler shout "We'll win this war without a doubt" But they were never told about That Russian winter The German troops heard Hitler swear He huffed and puffed and tore his hair But somehow Hitler couldn't scare That Russian winter There was the German staff Running from the storm Poor Hitler's photograph Couldn't keep them warm When Hitler cried, "This cannot be!" Napolean spoke beneath a tree That Frenchman yelled, "You're telling me!" That Russian winter
[as sung in film:] [VERSE:] There's a change in fashion that shows In those Lenox Avenue clothes Mister Dude has disappeared with his flashy tie You'll see in the Harlem Esquire What the well-dressed man will desire When he's struttin' down the street with his sweetie-pie [REFRAIN:] Sun tan, shade of green Or an olive drab color scheme That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear Dressed up in O.D.'s With a tin hat for overseas That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear Top hat, white tie and tails no more They've been put away till after the war If you want to know Take a look at Brown Bomber Joe That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear
[1] The Army this, the Army that Is all we heard from where we sat Now how about a cheer for the Navy? The Army's great, the Army's tough But don't you think we've heard enough? So how about a cheer for the Navy? We know that Mister Stimson is solid as the rocks But how about an orchid for Secretary Knox? The Army may be in the groove But Walter Winchell won't approve Unless you give a cheer for the Navy [2] Hip hip hooray We haven't got long to stay So how about one bouquet For the Navy? One word of praise, let it flow from your lips One cheer and then we'll go back to our ships Hip hip hooray The Army has had its say You're letting them get away With the gravy Just let them know That an Army show Could never be a hit without the Navy [3] The Army's what you may prefer But in the social register Is where you'll have to look for the Navy If you would like to touch the gilt Of Astor or of Vanderbilt You'll have to come around to the Navy The show was in the alley, it simply wouldn't do Until the big finale with Navy white and blue The Army sails across the foam The Navy always bring them home So how about a cheer for the Navy? [CODA as sung in film:] Give a cheer, give a cheer, give a cheer, give a cheer For the Navy Just make it clear That a rousing cheer Is very much in order for the N-A-V-Y The Navy Navy
Eagles, American eagles America sings of her wings in the sky Eagles, American eagles America's strong just as long as they fly Give us some more bombers to attack with More bombers till the skies are black with Eagles, American eagles America sings of her kings in the sky
[VERSE:] What does a flyer think of when he's up there in the sky? Ask any Army pilot and he'll answer with a sigh [REFRAIN:] While I'm there in the air With my head in the clouds I think of someone I love And I know down below She is thinking of me When I am up there above When the night is clear And the bombardier Drops a bomb that's wired for sound How I yearn to return With my head in the clouds To the one I love on the ground
[as sung in film:] [VERSE:] 'Twas not so long ago we sailed to meet the foe And thought our fighting days were done We thought 'twas over then but now we're in again To win the war that wasn't won [REFRAIN:] This time, we will all make certain That this time is the last time This time, we will not say "Curtain" Till we ring it down in their own home town For this time, we are out to finish The job we started then Clean it up for all time this time So we won't have to do it again Dressed up to win We're dressed up to win Dressed up for victory We are just beginning And we won't stop winning Till the world is free [CODA:] We'll fight to the finish this time And we'll never have to do it again
[VERSE:] Johnny Doughboy overseas filled with pride and joy Stopping everyone he meets and shouting "It's a boy" [REFRAIN:] What does he look like, that boy of mine? Since the news came I can't get him off my mind Does he resemble his homely dad? Does he look like the girl that I left behind? Bring on the Germans and bring on the Japs Bring on the first who you can find One for the rascal I haven't seen And one for the girl that I left behind
Take me with you, soldier boy Take me when you start I won't take up too much space in your heart I'll be with you, soldier boy With you day and night And I promise not to get in your way I know there's a job to do but, somehow, you will find A soldier does a better job with a girl on his mind Let me be your lucky charm when you cross the sea Someday, I'll return you safely to me
[VERSE:] Someone was always in my dreams That someone was always you I never thought we'd meet someday But now that my dream came true [REFRAIN:] I just want the right to love you All of my life Just the right to take care of you All of my life I just want the right to be near you Always to be there Sharing ev'ry care and strife Life can be as simple as a nursery rhyme Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, all of the time Long as I may live I just want the right to give All my love with all my heart for all of my life
[VERSE:] Love sees ev'rything right but love can be blind I've seen things with my heart instead of my mind Love sees ev'rything high when ev'rything's low And the first to be hurt is the last one to know [REFRAIN:] Ev'rybody knew but me You were longing to be free I thought that I was in clover but my dreams were over And ev'rybody knew but me We were in a minor key We were bound to disagree And ev'rybody saw the things that I was too much in love to see You were getting thru and ev'rybody knew but me