Rosie the Riveter (1942)

A World War II song from 1942
Words and music by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb
Lyrics
While other girls attend their favorite cocktail bar
Sipping dry Martinis, munching caviar
There’s a girl who’s really putting them to shame
Rosie is her name
Refrain
All the day long whether rain or shine
She’s a part of the assembly line
She’s making history working for victory
Rosie brrr the riveter
Keeps a sharp lookout for sabotage
Sitting up there on the fuselage
That little frail can do
More than a male can do
Rosie brrr the riveter
Rosie’s got a boy friend Charlie
Charlie, he’s a marine
Rosie is protecting Carlie
Working overtime on the riveting machine
When they gave her a production “E”
She was as proud as a girl could be
There’s something true about
Red, white and blue about
Rosie brrr the riveter
Refrain
Everyone stops to admire the scene
Rosie at work on the B-Nineteen
She’s never twittery, nervous or jittery
Rosie brrr the riveter
What if she’s smeared full of oil and grease
Doing her bit for the old Lend-lease
She keeps the gang around
They love to hang around
Rosie brrr the riveter
Rosie’s buys a lot of war bonds
That girl really has sense
Wishes she could purchase more bonds
Putting all her cash into national defense
Senator Jones, who is “in the know”
Shouted these words on the radio
Berlin will hear about
Moscow will cheer about
Rosie brrr the riveter
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Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein.
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne.
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