Rosie The Riveter
Words and Music by Redd Evans & John Jacob Loeb
Published 1942

While other girls attend their fav'rite cocktail bar
Sipping dry Martinis, munching caviar
There's a girl who's really putting them to shame
Rosie is her name

[Refrain 1]
All the day long whether rain or shine
She's a part of the assembly line
She's making histo'ry working for victory,
Rosie Brrr the riveter.
Keeps a sharp lookout for sabotage
Sitting up there on the fuselage
That little frail can do
More than a male can do,
Rosie Brrr the riveter
Rosie's got a boyfriend Charlie,
Charlie, he's a marine
Rosie, is protecting Charlie
Working overtime on the riveting machine.
They gave her a production "E"
She was a proud as a girl could be,
There's something true about
Red, white and blue about
Rosie, Brrr the riveter.

[Refrain 2]
Ev'ry one stops to admire the scene
Rosie at work on the B-Nineteen
She's never twittery nervous or jittery,
Rosie Brrr the riveter.
What if she's smeared full of oil and grease
Doing her bit for the old Lend-lease
She keeps the gang around
They love to hand around,
Rosie Brrr the riveter.
Rosie buys a lot of war bonds
That girl really has sense
Wishes she could purchase more bonds
Putting all her cash into national defense.
Senator Jones, who is "in the know"
Shouted these words on the radio,
Berlin will hear about,
Moscow will cheer about
Rosie, Brrr the riveter.