PEARL HARBOR BLUES
(Peter J. Clayton)


Dr. Clayton - 1942
Champion Jack Dupree - 1960




December the seventh
Nineteen hundred and forty one
On December the seventh
Nineteen hundred and forty one
The Japanese flew over Pearl Harbor
Droppin' bombs by the ton

The Japanese is so ungrateful
Just like a stray dog on the street
Yes, the Japanese is ungrateful
Like a stray dog on the street
Well, he'll bite the hand that feeds him
Soon as he get enough to eat

Some say the Japanese is hard fighters
But any dummy ought to know
Some say the Japanese is hard fighters
But any dummy ought to know
Even a rattlesnake won't bite you in your back
He will warn you before he strikes his blow

I turned on my radio 
And I heard mister Roosevelt say
I turned on my radio 
And I heard mister Roosevelt say
We wanted to stay out of Europe and Asia
But now we all got a debt to pay

We even sold the Japanese brass and scrap iron
And it makes my blood boil in the vein
We sold the Japanese brass and scrap iron
And it makes my blood boil in the vein
'Cause they made bombs and shells out of it
And they dropped it on Pearl Harbor just like rain


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 1960)