ALL THE GIRLS LOVE A REAL JACK TAR

(Green)


As recorded by:
Leslie Holmes  (as Roy Leslie)
Acc. By Studio Band, Dir. Jay Wilbur
Recorded May 1935



When you see a sailor cruising on the shore
You’ll find a girl somewhere
Jack’s the kind of Romeo the girls adore
He knows how to make them care
There’s something in the bearing of a sailor
A something which we never can define
He may be just a Captain or a plain Jack Tar
But still he gets the girlies every time

Nobody love the ladies like a sailor
And the girls love a real Jack Tar
Oh my, can you wonder why
When the sailor’s always got a saucy twinkle in his eye
He’s the boy for loving the girls
It’s the way with every sailor
Yo-heave-ho, what ho my lads, what ho
All the girls love a real Jack Tar

Now Jack’s the boy for romance
When he’s on the spree
He treats the girlies fine
Leave it to the sailors in the King’s Navy
They all have a real good time
For when the British Navy drops an anchor
In Pompey, or in China, or Peru
There’s sure to be a sweetie in the town somewhere
For every single member of the crew

Nobody love the ladies like a sailor
And the girls love a real Jack Tar
Oh my, can you wonder why
When the sailor’s always got a saucy twinkle in his eye
He’s the boy for loving the girls
It’s the way with every sailor
Yo-heave-ho, what ho my lads, what ho
All the girls love a real Jack Tar

(Musical Break)

Yo-heave-ho, what ho my lads, what ho
All the girls love a real Jack Tar




(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM 
Record Collection by Bill Huntley - November 2013)