Recitation: 
Here's a little song that I wrote the other night, 
In a little beer hall down on the corner. 
It's about one of my favorite people... 

Verse: 
I've got a girl who'll love me more than life 
I've got a girl who'll love me more than life 
I've got a girl who's closer than a brother 
She's my little young un's mother, she's the wife 

Well, drink up, boys 
Let's have a little toast to the queenie of our life 
You can't do with 'em and you can't do without 'em 
So here's to the wife 

Army stories and navy jokes sound trite 
Army stories and navy jokes sound trite 
Navy jokes can't make me laugh 
'Cause in my wallet there's a photograph - of the wife 

Well, drink up, boys . . . 

Wine and women and song, that's alright 
Yeah, Wine and women and song, that's alright 
Well, it's alright when you're single and free 
But you're in trouble if you're like me - and got the wife 

Well, drink up, boys . . .