Don't Give Up The Ship

Written for: Shipmates Forever (1935)
Performer: Dick Powell; Dick Powell & Studio Chorus
Lyric: Al Dubin (gratefully acknowledging valuable suggestions made by Lt. William Gordon Beecher, Jr., U. S. N.)
British lyric: Charles Dunn
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1935
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

American version:

Chorus:

Shipmates, stand together,
Don't give up the ship;
Fair or stormy weather,
We won't give up,
We won't give up the ship!
Friends and pals forever,
It's a long, long trip;
If you have to take a lickin',
Carry on and quit your kickin',
Don't give up the ship!

Interlude:

INSTRUMENTAL

[Chorus]


British version:

Chorus:

Whate'er fate may send us,
Don't give up the ship;
Though the gale may rend us,
We won't give up,
We won't give up the ship!
Fear shall not transcend us,
Let the storm gods rip!
Life's a passage, you can make it,
Let your chin stand out and take it,
Don't give up the ship.

Interlude:

INSTRUMENTAL

[Chorus]