Glad To Have You Aboard

Written for: Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
Performer: Vivian Blaine, Esther Williams, the De Marco Sisters & Chorus
Lyric: Ralph Blane
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1951
Original publisher: Harry Warren Music, Inc.

Chorus 1:

(Lt. Barnes:) Glad to have you aboard, the Navy welcomes you;
Glad to have you aboard to wear the Navy blue.
And now that you're a regular part of the Navy,
You'll find that you're gonna be more ashore than afloat.
Replacing the men they vitally need in the Navy,
Replacing the men they vitally need on a boat!
Glad to have you aboard, and while the men are gone,
Just continue to carry on.
Give away your old civilian gear
And carve yourself a new career;
The Navy's glad to have you all aboard,
The Navy welcomes you aboard!

Interlude:

(1st officer:) You're a regular now,
Things have gotta be done
In a regular set routine!
There's a regular this
And a regular that,
And a very little time between!
(2nd officer:) There's a navy blue suit
You'll be fitted into,
And a regular working gray!
There's a regular time
For the regular mail,
And a bank for your regular pay!
(3rd officer:) There's a dental exam,
And you're gonna be shot
In the regular medical place!
And you're only allowed
To stop for a breath
In the regular breathing space!
(All four officers:) Yes, you're only allowed
To stop for a breath
In the regular breathing space!
(Lt. Barnes, spoken:) As you can see, we're pretty well regulated.
Now, girls, we don't expect too much at first,
But let's try to look as if we had some connection with the Navy!
Forward march!

Chorus 2:

(All four officers, sung:) Glad to have you aboard, the Navy welcomes you;
Glad to have you aboard to wear the Navy blue.
And now that you're a regular part of the Navy,
You'll find that you're gonna be more ashore than afloat.
Replacing the men they vitally need in the Navy,
Replacing the men they vitally need on a boat!
Glad to have you aboard, and while the men are gone,
Just continue to carry on.
Give away your old civilian gear
And carve yourself a new career;
The Navy's glad to have you all aboard,
The Navy welcomes you aboard!