Bell Bottom Trousers

Performed by The Jesters
Recorded June 26, 1944
Words and Music by Moe Jaffe

[chorus]
Bell Bottom Trousers, coat of navy blue
She loves her sailor and he loves her too.

[verse 1]
Once there was a little girl who lived next to me
And she loved a sailor boy; he was only three
Now he's on a battleship in his sailor suit
Just a great big sailor man but he's just as cute

[repat chorus]

[verse 2]
When her sailor boy's away on the ocean blue
Soldier boys all flirt with her but to him she's true
Though they smile and tip their caps and whistle [cat call]
She just smiles and shakes her head; then she softly sighs:

[repeat chorus]

[verse 3]
Ev'rywhere her sailor went, she was sure to go,
Till one day he sailed away, where she doesn't know.
Now she's gonna join the Waves, maybe go to sea,
Try to find her sailor boy wherever he may be:

[repeat chorus]

[verse 4]
If her sailor she can find on the bounding main,
She is hopeful he will soon come home safe again.
So they can get married, and raise a family
Dress up all their kiddies in sailor's dungarees:

[repeat chorus]

[lyrics modified from the original sheet music]