Bell Bottom Trousers

Performed by Kay Kyser
Recorded April 2, 1945
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 her 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

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

[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 they all go bling
She just smiles and shakes her head; then she sings this song:

[repeat chorus]

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

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

[repeat chorus]

[lyrics modified from the original sheet music]