(I'm Getting) Corns For My Country Lyrics
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 waistline and I don't even try
I don't need a Duberry or a Westmore course
'Cos 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 healthykind
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'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