A SLIP OF THE LIP (CAN SINK A SHIP)
Words and music by Luther Henderson, Jr. and Mercer Ellington, ©1942.
As recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.

Shhh! Don't talk too much.
Shhh! Don't know too much.
Jack, don't be too hip,
'Cause a slip of the lip might sink a ship.

Shhh! Don't see too much.
Boy, don't you jive too much.
Jack, don't be so hip,
'Cause a slip of the lip might sink a ship.

The walls have ears.
The night has eyes,
So let's be wise
And trick those nasty Nazi spies.

Shhh! Don't talk too much.
Shhh! Don't know too much.
Boy, don't you be too hip,
'Cause a slip of the lip might sink a ship.

Shhh!
Shhh!
Shhh!
Shhh!
Shhh!
It's so bodacious to be loquacious.

A slip of the lip might sink a ship.
Shhh!