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Thread #59026 Message #938894
Posted By: Little Hawk
23-Apr-03 - 08:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: You're a Sap, Mister Jap
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: YOU'RE A SAP, MISTER JAP
And now....the "answer" song, recorded by "Cactus" Kato, the Singin' Okinawa Cowboy, released on Rising Sun Records in 1942.
You'll Get Sank, Mr. Yank!
You'll get sank, Mr. Yank! You should not have blocked our oil You'll get sank, Mr. Yank! Our anger's on the boil Wait and see before we're done The IJN will sink your guns You'll get sank, Mr. Yank! You don't know our Yamamoto When he fights for his rights You'll get hammered in the toto You're a greedy, ugly bignose, running on an empty tank You'll get sank, you'll get sank, Mr. Yank!
You'll get sank, Mr. Yank! Asia for the Asiatics You'll get sank, Mr. Yank! Down with bignose Yank fanatics Wait and see before we're done The IJN will sink your guns You'll get sank, Mr. Yank! You don't know our raging eagles You'll get sank, Mr. Yank! When we pounce upon your beagles You'll get hammered in the toto By Sakai and Hashimoto You're a greedy, ugly bignose, running on an empty tank You'll get sank, you'll get sank, Mr. Yank!
The song was enormously popular in the heady days of early '42, and remained on the Japan hit parade well into '44, but vanished into obscurity following the end of the war. "Cactus" Kato managed a modest career for himself in the postwar Japanese movie industry and played as an extra in numerous Godzilla movies in the 50's and 60's.