Sink the Bismarck
Hymnal Index | Ship's Company Website
Recorded by Homer & Jethro; Original words and music by Johnny Horton & Tillman Franks
Way back in Ninteen-Forty Two or maybe Forty Three
We sailed with Captain Tuna, the Chicken of the Sea
We didn't sink the Bismarck, no matter what they say
Fer when we seen the German ships, we sailed the other way.
CHORUS:
Oh! we didn't sink the Bismarck and we didn't fight at all
We spend our time in Norfolk and we really had a ball
Chasin' after women while our ship was overhauled
A-livin' it up on grapefruit juice and sick bay alcohol.
We saw torpedos comin' and we saw a periscope
We were full of fightin' spirit and our souls were full of hope
The captain yelled; "Now hear this!" He really flipped his lid
We haven't yet began to fight, what's more we never did.
Tony our Italian cook was a-settin' on the deck
We wuz a-peelin' 'taters, we musta peeled a peck
The captain yelled; "Hey! Tony! Is that a U-boat I see?"
Tony says; "It ain't my boat, she's-a no belong to me!"
Then they made me a Frogman on the Demolition Team
I sunk a Battleship, a Cruiser and a Submarine
I blew up ammunition dumps, I did my best to please
I did it all before the Navy sent me overseas.
And now the war is over and our story can be told
About our Captain fighting and the young ones and the old
We stayed in San Francisco, away from the battle scene
We spent our time on Treasure Island a-fightin' the Marines.