The Navy Gets the Gravy But the Army Gets the Beans

From the film “At War With the Army”, 1950.
Words by Mack David.
Music by Jerry Livingston.

The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

  1. In the Navy they get steak
    Caviar and whipped cream cake
    They have fancy cooks
    Who know what cooking means
    In the Army we get mess
    And it really is a mess
    Oh, the Navy gets the gravy
    But the Army gets the beans
    Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans
    Send a salami to your boy in the Army
    Yes, the Navy gets the gravy
    But the Army gets the beans
    Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans
  2. Navy service is ideal
    Printed menus ev’ry meal
    And they decorate your plate
    With parsley greens
    In the Army we get chow
    That you wouldn’t feed a Chow
    Oh, the Navy gets the gravy
    But the Army gets the beans
    Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans
    Send a bologney ’cause
    I’m skinny and boney
    Yes, the Navy gets the gravy
    But the Army gets the beans
    Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans
  3. Oh, it seems bell bottomed pants
    Are conducive to romance
    They are wined and dined
    And loved by movie queens
    But you wear a khaki frame
    And you get a wacky dame
    Oh, the Navy gets the gravy
    But the Army gets the beans
    Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans
    I hit the jackpot
    But it’s always a crackpot
    Yes, the Navy gets the gravy
    But the Army gets the beans
    Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans
    Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans