I LEFT MY HEART AT THE STAGE DOOR CANTEEN
From the Broadway All-Soldier Show "This Is The Army" (1942)
(Irving Berlin)

Corporal Earl Oxford & Soldier Chorus - 1942
Kenny Baker - 1942
Sammy Kaye & Orch. (vocal: Don Cornell) - 1942
Charlie Spivak & Orch. (vocal: Garry Stevens) - 1942
Bob Crosby & Orch. - 1942
Glenn Miller & Orch. - 1942
Eric Winstone & Orch. - 1943
Ambrose & Orch. (vocal: Rex Eaton) - 1943

Also recorded by: Jo Stafford and Vera Lynn





As recorded by CPL. EARL OXFORD, 30th July 1942:

Old Mister Absent-Minded, that's me
Just as forgetful as I can be
I've got the strangest sort of a mind
I'm always leaving something behind.....

I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen
I left it there with a girl named Eileen
I kept her serving doughnuts till all she had were gone
I sat there dunking doughnuts till she caught on

I must go back to the Army routine
And every doughboy knows what that will mean
A soldier boy without a heart
Has two strikes on him from the start
And my heart's at the Stage Door Canteen

(I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen) I left my heart
(I left it there with a girl named Eileen) With a girl named Eileen
I kept her serving doughnuts till all she had were gone
I sat there dunking doughnuts till she caught on

I must go back to the Army routine (The old Army Routine)
And every doughboy knows what that will mean (We know what that means)
A soldier boy without a heart
Has two strikes on him from the start
And my heart's at the Stage Door Canteen
My heart's at the Stage Door Canteen


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2004)