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Bell Bottom Trousers

by Lily Ann Carol

on TV Show (1954), Tv Show Jimmy Durante (1968)

b>Lily Ann:
When I was a lady's maid down in Drury Lane
My mistress, she was good to me; my master was the same
Along came a sailor, happy as could be
And he was the cause of all my misery

With his bell bottom trousers, coat of navy blue
(She loved her sailor and he loved her too)

He asked me for a candle to light him up to bed
He asked me for a kerchief to tie around his head
And I, like a silly girl, thinking it no harm
Lay down beside him, just to keep him warm

With his bell bottom trousers, coat of navy blue
(She loved her sailor and he loved her too)

Early in the mornin', before the break of day
A sawbuck note he left for me before he went away
And he wrote a message that if I have a son
Let him be a sailor if he wants to have some fun

With his bell bottom trousers, coat of navy blue
(She loved her sailor and he loved her too)

Louis:
If it is a daughter, bounce her on your knee
And if it is a boy, send the begger out to sea
Singin' bell bottom trousers, coat of navy blue
Oh, he'll climb the riggin', like the sailors used to do

Lily Ann:
If my sailor I can't find on the bounding main
I am hopeful he will soon come home safe again
So we can get married, and raise a family
Dress up all our kiddies in sailor's dungarees