FIRST CLASS PRIVATE MARY BROWN
From the Army Special Services Show "About Face"
(Frank Loesser)


Perry Como - 1944




 
First Class Private Mary Brown
She wore that uniform like a million dollar gown
How my heart would leap when she drove the Jeep
With the one big stripe on her arm
And it seemed to me that a PFC
Stood for 'Perfect Feminine Charm'
 
First Class Private, Mary Brown,
Oh how she smiled goodbye when they shipped me out of town
Let the big guns roar, let me win this war,
'Cause I want to hurry right back
To First Class Private Mary Brown, my wonderful WAC
 
(First Class Private Mary Brown)
(I've got her army serial number written down)
(She's got bulgy eyes, but when she marched by)
(I just had to look at her twice)
(And it struck me then that the ASN)
(Meant an 'Angel, Specially Nice')
 
First Class Private Mary Brown,
Could make the PX seem like the Ritz in New York town
Let the big guns roar, let me win this war
'Cause I want to hurry right back, on the double
To First Class Private Mary Brown, my wonderful WAC
 
(Let the big guns roar, let us win this war)
'Cause I want to hurry right back, on the double
To First Class Private (Private) Mary (Mary) Brown, my wonderful WAC





(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2012)