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GUEST,Gerry Lyr Req: 1942 Turkey in the Straw (Carson Robison) (12) Lyr Add: HERE I GO TO TOKIO (Carson Robison) 17 May 15


Someone upthread mentioned Here I Go To Tokio, a Carson Robison reworking of Barnacle Bill, in which Bill plans to win World War 2 single-handed. The recording is online at http://www.authentichistory.com/1939-1945/3-music/04-PH-Reaction/19420100_Barnacle_Bill_The_Sailor-Carson_Robison.html with the lyrics as transcribed by the site's proprieter:

"Here I Go To Tokio", Said Barnacle Bill, the Sailor

Performed by Carson Robison
Recorded January 1942
Written by Carson Robison and Frank Luther

Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy, ahoy
Well, "Here I go to Tokio," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"To whip the dirty so-and-so," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"They gave me a leave to come ashore
To see a gal I had here before
And here I am right at her door," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
[knock knock]
"Who's that knocking at my door?
[knock knock]
Who's that knocking at my door?
[knock knock]
I think I've heard that knock before," cried the fair young maiden

"Say, maybe she's waiting for some other bloke," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"If I catch him here his neck will get broke," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"Come open this door, it's only me
who did you think it was going to be?
Aw, quit jumpin' around like a dog with a flea," said Barnacle Bill the sailor

"Oh Bill I'm so glad to see you
Honest, I'm awful glad to see you
I just never was so glad to see anybody," cried the fair young maiden

"Well, you'll only see me a minute or so," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"'Cause I'm on my way to Tokio," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
Ahee Ahoo and blow me down
I'll stick their yellow nose in the ground
and turn their bloomin' damper down," said Barnacle Bill the sailor

"Oh Bill you shouldn't go
Honest Bill you just mustn't go
'Cause you're gettin' old you know," cried the fair young maiden

"Oh, the older I get the tougher I am," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"Why I use my head for a battering ram," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"I guess I never told you before
It was me that won the Civil War
Why I was a kid at a hundred and four," said Barnacle Bill the sailor

"Oh I hope you got a gun
Tell me Bill, have you got a gun?
I don't even believe you've even got a gun," cried the fair young maiden

"No guns or tanks or planes or trucks," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"All I need is my old brass knucks," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"I'll go through Japan like a fine-toothed comb
I'll bounce my fist off of Hitler's dome
And puncture that windbag that lives in Rome," said Barnacle Bill the sailor

"When will you be home again?
When will I ever see you again?
Oh, tell me when you'll be home again," cried the fair young maiden

"Well, it won't be long 'till I'll be back," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"All I need is just one good smack," said Barnacle Bill the sailor
"If you're saying goodbye, you'd better begin
'cause I got to hurry and get to Berlin
Or the Russians will have it before I get in," said Barnacle Bill the sailor

Goodbye!

[lyrics transcribed by listening. Send corrections via the contact link on the main page]


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