Corns for My Country

Corns for My Country - The Andrews Sisters/Carmen Cavellaro/Nat King Cole

I'm gettin' corns for my country

At the Hollywood canteen

The hardest workin' junior hostess

You've ever seen

I'm doin' my bit down here for uncle Sam

I'm a patriotic jitterbug

Yeah yeah that's what I am

I'm gettin' corns for my country

You should see the pounds fly

I'm gettin' down the waist line

And I don't even try

I don't need a duberry

Or a westmore course

'Cause my weight's been taken over by the army air

Force

We're not petite as sweet Joan Leslie

But then we never mind

When those gi's knock the south we're glad that we're

The healthy kind

The way those cowboys from the prairie expect us to

Sashay

I think I'd rather two step with their horses any

Day

We're gettin' corns for our country though the goin' is

Tough

When we think we can't go on we find we

Can't get enough

So if you hear of a soldier sailor or marine

Tell him to look us up at the Hollywood canteen

I used to be aesthetic they say oh yes I

Was really I was

I served the drama arts and the ballet

But the theatre guild came over and said 'forget about

Pavlova'

Learn to cut a rug

So now we're jitterbugs

I'm gettin' corns for my country

So I'm really all in

In a week from now we'll be here with our

Usual vim

So if you hail from the bronx des moines or

Aberdeen

Come down and ask for us at the Hollywood canteen