There's a Fellow Waiting In Poughkeepsie

Performed by Bing Crosby, Andrews Sisters
Recorded December 8, 1944
Written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer

(Andrews Sisters)
There’s a fellow waitin’ in Poughkeepsie
And he’s just as sweet as sweet can be
He hasn’t even been tipsy
Since I left him and took to the sea
There’s another waitin’ in Pomona
With the cutest dimple in his chin
And there’s a guy in Daytona
Who just waits for my ship to come in
I miss ‘em, honor bright
I write ‘em every night
But if you held my hand
I suppose they would all understand
Oh, you mustn’t think I’m just a gypsy
But I really ought to set you right
There’s a fellow waitin’ in Poughkeepsie
But I’m strictly on my own tonight

(Bing)
There’s a WAVE who’s waitin’ in Biloxi
Says she’s gonna marry me or bust
We’re bein’ married by proxy
When I find me a wolf I can trust
There’s a spar who’s waitin' in Waukegan
Who is really different from the rest
I think her last name is Regan
That’s the name that’s tattooed on my chest
A WAC in Hackensack
A WAC from Pontiac
I got ‘em here and there
What the heck, chicks are chicks anywhere
Some of them are kinda bobby-soxsy
But it may be quite a lengthy fight
There’s a WAVE who’s waitin in Biloxi
But I’m strictly on my own tonight.

(All)
There’s a sweetheart in Poughkeepsie

(A.S.)
Just as sweet as sweet can be, you see

(All)
He hasn’t even been tipsy
Since I left him and took to the sea
Oh, you mustn’t think we’re gypsies

(A.S.)
But we really ought to set you right

(Bing)
Well tell it tonight

(All)
There’s a feller and a girl watin’ in Poughkeepsie

(A.S.)
But I’m strictly on my own,

(Bing)
Yes I’m strictly on my own

(All)
Oh we’re strictly on our own tonight.

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