A serio-comic mock ballad, 1925
words and music by Joe Burke
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- It was on a Tuesday evening
At the home of Madge Malone
There was quite a celebration
For her father wasn’t home
There were songs and witty stories
And a bottle on the shelf
When up sprang Dan McGrew and said
“Here’s a song I wrote meself”
“Sing it, Dan,” “Right-o, I will”
Chorus
She was just a sailor’s Sweetheart
And she loved her sailor lad
But he left her broke in Hartford
He was all she ever had
But she still believes in sailors
And she’s true to the Red, White and Blue
And altho’ she’s barred
From the Navy yard
Oh! she loves her sailor boy
Positively!
- The applause rang out like thunder
And they yelled, “Well done, McGrew
Then they lifted high their glasses
Crying, “Dan, lad, here’s to you”
“Would ya have me learn ya history?”
Asked their hero with a smile
“And sing of Cleopatra
Who vamped Marc Antony by the Nile”
“Sing it Dan” “Ye Gods, I will”
Chorus
She was just a sailor’s Sweetheart
And she loved her sailor lad
But he left her broke in Hartford
He was all she ever had
But she still believes in sailors
And she’s true to the Red, White and Blue
And tho’ she got sore
When he broke her jaw
Oh! she loves her sailor boy
Absolutely!
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: