A Sailor's Not A Sailor ('Til A Sailor's Been Tattooed)
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Ethel Merman & Mitzi Gaynor



Merman: I'm an old salt
Gaynor: I'm a young salt
Both: In the Navy we've been working very hard
Merman: I was part of the Flotilla with Dewey in Manila
Gaynor: I'm a new recruit at the Brooklyn Navy yard

Both: Tonight we're on a spree and feeling flow'ry
Both: We've got a date with gals and drink and food
Gaynor: Across the Brooklyn Bridge and to the Bow'ry
Merman: And I'm gonna get the kid tattooed
Gaynor: Tattooed?
Merman: Tattooed!
Both: A sailor's not a sailor 'til a sailor's been tattooed

Merman:
Here's an anchor from a tanker
That I sailed upon when first I went to sea
Here's another of my mother
Takes me back to when I sat upon her knee
Here's a crimson heart with a Cupid's dart
Here's a Battle Cruiser and when I sit down
On that, too
There's a tattoo
Of my home town

Gaynor: To the Bow'ry
Merman: To the Bow'ry
Gaynor: 'Cross the Brooklyn Bridge and I'm just in the mood

Merman:
He'll be filled with diff'rent mixtures
And covered up with pictures

Gaynor:
I can't wait to be, 't will be great to be tattooed

Merman: Tattooed?
Gaynor: Tattooed!
Both: A sailor's not a sailor 'til a sailor's been tattooed