Talking Merchant Marine Lyrics - Woody Guthrie

In bed with my woman, just singin' the blues 

Heard the radio tellin' the news 

That the big Red Army took a hundred towns 

And allies droppin' them two ton bombs 

Started hollerin', yellin', dancin' up and down like a bullfrog 

Doorbell rung and in come a man 

I signed my name, I got a telegram 

Said, "If you wanna take a vacation trip 

Got a dish washin' job on a Liberty ship" 

Woman a-cryin', me a-flyin', out the door and down the line 

'Bout two minutes I run ten blocks 

I come to my ship, down at the dock 

Walked up the plank and I signed my name 

Blowed that whistle, was gone again 

Right on out and down the stream 

Ships as fur' as my eye could see, woman a-waitin' 

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Ship loaded down with TNT, all out across the rollin' sea 

Stood on the deck, watched the fishes swim 

I'se a-prayin' them fish wasn't made out of tin 

Sharks, porpoises, jellybeans, rainbow trouts 

Mudcats, jugars, all over that water 

This convoy's the biggest I ever did see 

Stretches all the way out across the sea 

And the ships blow the whistles and a-rang her bells 

Gonna blow them fascists all to hell 

Win some freedom, liberty, stuff like that 

Walked to the tail, stood on the stern 

Lookin' at the big brass screw blade turn 

Listened to the sound of the engine pound 

Gained sixteen feet every time it went around 

Gettin' closer and closer, look out, you fascists 

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I'm just one of the merchant crew 

I belong to the union called the N. M. U. 

I'm a union man from head to toe 

I'm U. S. A. and C. I. O. fightin' out here on the waters 

To win some freedom on the land